I'm looking into buying a Ford escort. I think the year of it is between 1997-2000. You know The year when they were kinda rounded and egg shaped because it's a four door car! It is a one owner car and has 49,000 original miles on it. My sister's friend got evicted and it was his deceased mother's car and he will sell it to me for $200 but reverse is out and its an automatic. Will I have to get a rebuilt tranny or could that be fixed and how much would it cost? He is willing to take payments too, So should i do it or not?? Thank you, Cindy