3Gs is also cheaper than a new tranny in a conventional ic vehicle
like
my old Taurus,

Your inflating the numbers here to serve your own agenda. I'm pretty
familiar with the costs of replacing Ford Taurus transmissions since we
had quite a few of them as company cars at my last job. The bill for
replacing a transmission in these cars never exceeded $2200 and that
was at a Ford dealer. If you really paid more than $3,000 for a new
Taurus transmission you were ripped off big time and are a lousy
shopper.