Was having a lovely think a couple of weeks ago about how great my lovely Mig has been over the three years I have run it and marvelled about how when going through it's 145k history it's still on it's original oil cooler, rocker gaskets, cats etc and has took me on some amazing trips all over the country whilst being a paragon of reliability, twas a lovely moment.....since then the goddam bitch has blown a load of electrics,fried it's pump relay, eaten a crank sensor or two, sliced my hands to pieces with it's razor edged engine bay, ICV has fell apart and is now limping aroud like a misfiring piece of crap, flashing it's EML at me like a tacky christmas tree light.
Do not lavish love and attention on your mig as it won't appreciate it, treat it like a pig and it will probably run forever
It has the weekend to get a grip, respond to my tinkering, or it's frag food!!!
I love it really