Well at 145,000 miles the transmission suffered a sudden and complete failure. It had been great since the issues described above - no issues. BTW I have been using Valvoline Max life. I think I felt a delay shifting into D from P, but it only did it once or twice. On the day it died it lost D, had nothing in 3, 2 or 1. No codes on the OBDII. Nothing. It would move about 10 feet if revved to 4,000 rpms., but only did that 3 times moving the car to get towed home and to the trans shop. In SoCal - Reman trans was $2,500 with 3 year warranty. $1,300 to install. Included replacement of rear main seal that had been leaking. I had recently put in new motor and trans mounts, so no other work was needed. Other than this the entire car does not look to pretty, but is 100% mechanically (work after 100k miles - valve cover gaskets, starter, coolant, timing chain, drive belt, plugs, struts, brakes, just got new tires - so I could not get anything close to this car for $4,000. I was offered an in-shop rebuild for $2,600 total, but could only be warranted for 1 year. My wife and I drive this car hard (because it is so powerful and fun to drive) for trips into Los Angeles ; and I have a 16 year old that is driving it as his daily driver. Having the 3 year warranty was where I needed to be to keep it, so if that cost me and extra $1,200, it was worth it. The shop didn't open the trans, so they didn't have an idea about the failure, other than there was a whirring sound when cold at idle which they said is typical of the shaft bearings wallowing out their mounts in the cases. Once they get loose, the shafts start to wiggle and you're not long for the world at that point. The fluid was full and clean. They said they don't see many with more miles than this, so it didn't owe me anything - especially given our led foot. I sure don't want a turbocharged replacement car or the associated payment, so I hope I can pack another 100,000 on this car.