Every problem that happens to anybody doesn't mean it will happen to you. It is important to keep the forum in that perspective. I have to constantly remind myself of that. A very high percentage of the threads are about solving problems. If you are a faithful follower it is easy to become so paranoid that you will be reluctant to drive your X at all.

My position is the problems you experience are more related to how you drive, the environment you are in and how well you keep up with preventative maintenance. Certainly, there are things that wear out but the majority of that happens somewhere around 100,000 miles. The costly repairs that there are lots of posts about--like tranny and blue smoke issues don't happen to everyone and more often than not around or over that same 100,000 mile mark. FYI--I have over 109,000 miles on my X. I have not experienced the blue smoke issue and have not had problems with the tranny. I have many engine mods and am spraying nitrous. Based on the frequency of tranny and blue smoke posts I should be fogging mosquitos and on my 4 or 5th transmission.

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