My 19+ year old son has driven a '96 SL1 for the last 3 years. It had 112K
miles on it when he got it and we did all preventive maintenance at that
time. It now has 140K miles and has been good to him. It was a good car to
travel to/from college since it had adequate space, got very good gas
mileage, and was easy to maintain.

Unfortunately, he was involved earlier tonight in a minor fender bender
(thankfully everyone is OK), but the car suffered passenger side headlight,
superficial bumper, hood, a leaking radiator and A/C condenser damage.
Since we dropped collision on it, I am thinking it could be time to let go
and just replace it with a newer vehicle.

My question is are the newer SL1's and SL2's as reliable as the old '96 he
had? What known problems are there to be on the lookout for in say, a 2000
or newer SL2?

Feedback is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Bob