I for one, am so damn happy I don't have a Japanese car. My friend does(DSM). Hes put 8 grand into his car. It looks like shit and but it is fast as hell. Ran 13.6, pulled the head and found a burnt valve(so he ran 13s on 3 cyls) But he has to run a piggyback and all that nonsense. He bought a parts car, and it has melted pistons due to a MBC on a stock hairdryer turbo. TCD cars only have a chip, and run stock engine mangement correct? My moms saab even with its GM influence can take far more stock than those cars, aslong as you don't blow the tranny Oh, and their all wheel drive is a joke compared to real quattro. In the words of my friend " If this car breaks again i'm gettin a bike" - after we did poly engine/tranny mounts.