The Subie was great until I hit about 160K miles, now it's overhauled and good for another several years at least, with much lower registration fees (aka taxes) and insurance. And plenty of room for bikes, skis, what have you...
My point was, no car company is immune from issues, be it Subaru's head gaskets, some manufacturers transmissions, some's oil consumpton, what have you. We are looking for an option to replace the Miata with, a summer fun car that will take the burden off of the Yukon. We are thinking a Z3 or Z4 fro BMW because they are no more money than a nice Miata and you get a ton more refimenment. A TT convertible because of the same reason, the 1.8T does have its quirks but overall, as
@Bill Talbot there are a ton of great independent mechanics out there. A NC Miata is still a possibility too. It is a matter of finding a car that speaks to us that will be a better long distance tourer than the NA which while is fun for a drive around the lake, had it's limits. Plus a 92 SBY with 36K jsut became to valuable to use as a "driver", I know that is against Bill's philosophy but there is a lot of things that we veiw different than him and that is fine too. So to keep the htread on track, we will be replacing a car in our quiver, and chances are it will have a ton of head room, you could say the sky will be the limit.
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