Sick of Car Trouble

My husband and have had our fair share of car trouble this year. 3 months after moving to Iowa we were in a car accident on our way to church. For about a month we had to deal with the insurance company going back and forth on wether our car was totaled or not. That is enough alone to give me a headache! Now this was our only car, which made matters worse. Luckly for us we have great friends who very kindly lent us a car. After using their car for about 2 weeks we only felt that it would be right to get a rental until futher notice. While using the rental car the check engine light came on, thus causing more problems we didn't have time to deal with. 2 weeks after this we then bought a new car from our friends. Finally we were done with the car problems... NOT. The car then started making this squealing noise when it was either really hot or cold out side. My husband no offence had no clue as to the first thing about cars, didn't know what was going on. We found out it was just that a belt needed to be fixed. Okay not that big of a deal. Quickly it was taken care of. As I said before we only have one car. On a daily basis it is a constant trade off of who is picking up who for day. While picking up Kriag tonight from work our car starts shutting down. It won't read the speed that I am driving and is saying that a half full tank of gas is now empty. Also the air bag light is flashing, the lights are growing dimmer and dimmer as continue to drive. I quickly say a prayer of please let me make it to work. Thankfully I do but just as I pull up the car dies. Honestly now... I am so sick of car problems. Cars are just this never ending drain that keeps taking more money out of our bank account.