Despite the misgivings the trend is definitely towards getting cures for all the ills, and my 2012 car is booked on the Paris - Dakar rally for 2018 once it is the paragon of reliability I am expecting by then.
Makes me realise how brave (foolish?) Charles Morgan was to take his early car on the Cannonball Run )or whatever it was called...)
Epic!! Makes the Cannonball Run look like a trip down to Tescos.