Ivan, I agree to a certain extent. If the car is not maintained properly (more specifically the cooling system), it
is prone to BHG. However, properly maintained, the HG should last the life of the car. In my personal opinion, the reason we see so many BHG is that most of our cars were originally owned by people that were neither enthusiasts nor well versed (ie: older people and more affluent types) in proper care and feeding of the Legend and quite frankly, had enough money to not give a sh!t. If the radiator blew, they probably did NOT pull over to the side of the road, shut it off and gotten a tow as they should have. They probably just drove it to the closest service center and said "fix it", not knowing that they had just done long-term major damage to the engine. Remember too, that most original owners probably cut their teeth on American cars with cast iron heads & blocks that could take overheating abuse to a certain extent. Hell, I had a '66 Chevy Impala that I drove for a month or more with a leaking radiator, overheated the piss out of it and it never flinched.
Just my .02. BTW, good to see ya---
