Went junkyarding with Evan, and like he said, got the cruise cable I was after...but that was about the extent of my good luck. Started POURING on us as we were finishing up at the yard. Then on the way home, the car went ape s***.
We just made a turn from one highway to another, in 5th gear, and the car started spitting, sputtering, and falling on it's face. We DID hit a big ass hole in the road, but the problems didn't start immediately after the hole for us to say "Yup, that's what cause it". It was a little ways after it. Tried to downshift, but I could not give the car any gas without it acting this way.
s*** got wierd after that. Coasted to the side of the highway, and came to a stop. The car idled FINE...at first. Then it'd spit, sputter, and stall once you tried to give it gas. After a short period of time, it wouldn't idle at all. It starts fine, just falls on it's face and stalls soon after. Once while we were waiting for the tow, it idled fine again, but now it doesn't even stay running.
CEL came on once, and luckily I had the scanner in the car. Said P0340 (i think), camshaft position sensor blah blah blah. So we're like..."Alright, cool. I have the spare one at home. We'll switch it out and be back on the road" Of course it couldn't be that easy...so we're baffled at what it could be. My neighbor suggested pulling the fuel pump out and checking the screen/filter thing-a-magig, so I'm going to get that done asap. Other than that, who knows. At least I have a car to drive still...