Transmission Problems

[Gravija]

Hi,

My 93 SVX recently died on the highway with transmission troubles (my parents drive it while I am at school, so I haven't seen it in person yet). They went to a mechanic and he quoted about $2500-3000 to fix the transmission.

My parents are unwilling to spend that much money on the car, since it has given them problems in the past and the fix is probably more than the car is worth. Are there any alternative suggestions besides trying to sell the car?
(no manual swap, i suggested it to my parents but none of them can drive stick)

The AC also died too, don't know what that is a cause of or when it happened, and i doubt it is related. Suggestions on that fix are welcome, but I haven't actually inspected the car.

Also, would anybody be interested in the car for parts/fix her up? Its located in the bay area, and it has HID lights.

Thanks