[MichiganMat]

Guy around the corner races an X1/9 in the SCCA. I dropped in to chat for a few and was awestruck that he was able to keep it running. He told me the X1/9 is a really reliable car _only_ if the dealer had torqued down the head properly upon delivery. Don't torque the head and all sorts of stuff blows up. His X1/9 racecar had 120K miles on it and was still going strong. I told him to buy a lottery ticket while he still had time.