similar story, two of my most loved cars had major faults, but neither ultimately made me sell
Alfa 33 GC, broken crankshaft, was repaired by some cowboys in Falkirk, but ended up getting a newer engine fitted a few months later on by Fishers [S McL]
Alfa 33 16v - gearbox exploded on me leaving a set of lights, repair attempted, but again a replacement box was the ultimate answer, also had a blown head gasket but after a skimmed head she was enjoyed for another good year
Most recently my 156 JTS Lusso had its engine replaced under warranty after barely 40k due to excessive oil consumption, main dealer [AC Paisley]was the main reason for selling her, lost count of the amount of times I got an MCS failure on that particular car, only went into limp home mode once out of the total 6 occurences, they faffed around ad-infinitum chasing lambda probe issues
