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Well Shad, my experience differs. I've owned/controlled-the maintenance-for an average of 3 cars for the last 53 years and had everything from a Plymouth, Dodge (4), Pontiac, Alfa, Acura have a major internal mechanical failure resulting in the need to rebuild or replace the engine or transmission. That doesn't count probably 30 cars replaced for premature rust reasons. Or others which were just generally so unreliable and unfixable (914) I gave up on them. I maintain the cars better than the manufacturers ask and still there are random failures.
Yes, I had a secretary who had about 400k on her 4-cyl Pontiac with the original clutch and never any internal engine work. Her driving style and the luck of assembly just happened to coincide. But for every one of those, there is someone early on that bell curve of reliability.
They all fail sometime. And not just M96s.
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