So it ends for now. The damage this time? 400EC for two brand new tires. (~$150US, or about $37US per person) It could have been worse, but it could have been better. Hopefully our landlord, whom we rent the car from, will assume some of the cost, as he is getting brand new tires back instead of the bald tires that the car came with. Unfortunately, he is in Trinidad and unreachable, so we had to replace the tires and hope for some sort of reimbursement.