I tend to hang onto my cars for decades, usually because the qualities that attracted them to me in the first place remain in place.
I still enjoy my M3W after several years of ownership without a huge amount of trouble, and certainly have had far more fun than any car I have ever owned. I am also aware of the problems that surround the vehicle, but a short drive out tends to mean that those problems pale into insignificance.
I would suggest that as the post production years roll by, far better brains than mine come up with admirable solutions for areas of reliability concern( solutions such as the PB centa coupling modification). The list of solutions is becoming longer, helped enormously by the wonderful resource of this Forum.
I suspect that in a few years time these cars will be remarkably reliable-- they will of course require far more maintenance than a boring main stream production car, but will be well worth the input.
I can never imagine the likes of the 5 speeder being produced in the future sanitised and Politically Correct World. Let us be glad and grateful that we have been given the opportunity to own these cars, accept the challenges ownership can throw up, and look forward to the evolution of modifications which will make downtime a diminishing feature of ownership.
I intend to keep and enjoy mine for as long as life allows..........
