thanks all!

Yea, I was expecting the premature tranny failure to be mainly driver related. However it seems a mildly worked tranny is alittle failure prone. I may end up buying new in that case, so I can monitor the break in period and use for myself.

One thing that concerns me the most is being able to do simple routine maintenance on my own, and even bolt ons (suspension, brakes, etc). Is this a tuner friendly vehicle, along the lines of Hondas in terms of simplicity? I dont want a car that kicks my ass with some weird computer design that makes absolutely no sense and is very user unfriendly.

Sorry if my questions are alittle broad but Im having a hard time getting good reviews that are long term off the net. Most are from people who have never driven the vehicle or are very short.