Once in 40 years!?! Man, I'd say you are lucky--sorry about your minor problem but don't blame the marque for the breakdown. It's a mechanical failure, could have happened to any make or model vehicle. When you have an 9 year old vehicle, an occasional problem requiring a tow doesn't seem highly unreasonable to me...

My $.02,

-GH

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