engine stopped while on highway? Distributor? Options

[homebuilder]

I was hoping for some advice... I was driving down the highway when all of a sudden the cars power stopped. I pulled to the side. Waited for about 20 minutes intermittently trying to start it while waiting for AAA. Then after about 20 minutes it started.

Before this happened I just filled the tank with gas and a month ago I had a mechanic replace the timing belt.

I brought it to a local shop thinking it may be bad gas or fuel pump. They said an engine code popped up saying something about an ignition part in the distributor and it was cheaper to replace the entire distributor.

Does this sound right?

The replacement part is apparently 150 plus 150 to replace for 300.

[jordisonjr]

What was the CEL Code?
If it was a distributor, you can simply buy a used one that works, and change it yourself.
I think I got one one here for like 30 bucks plus shipping, simply marked the position of mine, took it off, replaced the o-ring and put the new one on in the same spot, and it worked out fine.

With a bad distributor, my car drove like crap, and had very speradic revs, and the whole car would jerk forward and back, as if someone was learning to drive standard, but it wasn't just when shifting. However it did still drive.