I used to own Lincoln Mark VIII's and spent a lot of time on the Lincoln Owners board. Talk about problems!! And my first Mark VIII experienced most of them in the 10K miles that I drove it - warped rotors, drive train vibration, idle pulley failure, ignition coil failure, etc. The rate of failure and problems in those Lincolns FAR exceeds the rate posted here by VX owners. Only the S2000 board seemed to have a higher mod-to-problem ratio. After reading ALL of the messages on this board I would have NO hesitation in purchasing another VX. I definitely can't say that about the Mark VIII, although my second one was trouble free. HOWEVER, the VX is NOT for everyone. If you aren't dead set on owning one, then you may not be cut out for VX ownership. In my case I was sold before I even went to the dealership. If you really want one -- GET IT NOW!