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Greetings all, I am new to the board. Two months ago i bought a 2002 base with 30K miles for $14 grand. I live in Bismarck, ND, where it was -40 degrees actual temp last night. Needless to say, I won't be driving the Box anytime soon. I was able to put a couple hundred miles on it before storing it, and so far I love it. My take is this, all of the fun cars I have owned have had potential issues. My last car was a BMW M coupe, which everyone on the forums were afraid that the rear subframe was going to rip itself loose from the car. My car before that was a 85 Carrera, which had it own set of fearful issues. I have had over 35 cars, and 13 motorcycles. If you look hard enough ( forums are great for this), you will find people that have had problems, and love to spread fear. If you can't take it, don't buy the car. Sports and muscle cars by nature are going to be less reliable, because they are more high-strung, closer to the edge. If you want reliabilty, by a super-boring, vanilla Honda civic or Toyota camry. The tradeoff to reliability is a less exiting ride. I personally got lucky and found my car for a very resonable price. If the car grenades, I am still not out much. There are cars out there that are a fair tradoff price vs. risk, you just gotta find them. I personally plan on driving the hell out of my car, and maintaining it properly. I even bought this "risky" car, and the nearest dealership is 200 miles away. Life's too short to worry about what "might" happen. If you can't take the heat, get outta the kitchen.....sorry for the rant, I just get sick of reading all the doom and gloom.....
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