[turbo6bar]

The transmission on my dad's Lexus ES300 exploded last week, and being a "why pay someone to füch it up when I can füch it myself for free," decided to extract the transmission with the help of little brother. After that adventure, I will never work on a front wheel drive car ever again. I will also never own a front wheel drive car.

Does there exist any newer car (say 1995+) that's DIY-friendly? My peabrain (not a car magazine reader) points me towards the rear-drive BMWs(BMW even make a front wheel drive?). Are they amenable towards DIY? Mercedes makes darn good cars, but you can't get factory manuals. Porsche 964 (I know it's pre-1995)? 993? Pain in the rear to repair a 993?

I'm not looking for simple to repair as much as a car that is actually engineered well to facilitate repair. I'm not looking to buy now. I'm just curious.