*sympathy* on the car. I wish I could help you out with the car thing, but I'm still waiting on my severance dosh, dammit.

(Alex and I skated along on expired tags for quite a while, 'cos of money woes, too. In hindsight, we were hellishly lucky)

As for Mike and Sarah: please, oh please, block their email addresses/mark them as spam. I seriously doubt there is a *single* thing they can say to you that you need to hear - quite the opposite, in fact. So put them at arm's length as much as possible, especially right now...

*hugs* Perservere, luv, you're stronger than any dickhead in your life, and you've coped with curveballs before...