The VQ engine has won awards. Dig deeper into the VQ engine and you will see 3.0 and 3.5 are very well engineered and since i owned one, very reliable. You should have no gripes on getting a vehicle that has the motor, 3.0 or 3.5 liter. The only problem i could see is if the owner neglected maintenance at which any motor will go down from lack of oil changes for 30k miles, belts, hoses, coolant, etc.... It's like brushing your teeth. How long do you think you can go w/o brushing them at all? Just keep up with the maintenance...my honda civic has 350k so i know how to keep it running.

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