I toyed with the idea of another car when I hydrolocked mine and screwed up the motor, but you'd be very hard pressed to find anything that would be more reliable for the cost of fixing whatever is wrong.
I just got my car back today (woohoo!) with a 60k JDM engine, all new seals, timing belt, clutch, mounts, etc for ~$1600 all in including labor. I could have bought a 4th gen accord or some other crap that would have been reliable but very very boring. Instead I ended up w/ a Legend that will last for another 10 years

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