Screw that! You can get twice that...

by exploiting the 3rd world countries... 20 dollas can get you 4 TH's and so by spending 600 bucks for airline tixs, you'll have 1400 left for goodies. Forget the tips. You don't need them there.

Oh, by the way, you should probably spend the 60 bucks to take the car to a professional mechanic and get his advice on the car. My uncle used to help people with that at his shop. Old cars are good, especially benzs, like aaron said, german cars are designed fairly well. However, certain things always need checking, Shocks, alternators, sparks, brakes, timing belts... you never know.

Jael