Again as noted, I like Mustang IIs. My dad had a '77 plain coupe. One time my folks left for a few weeks on vacation. For what ever reason, I was driving my dad's Mutt II while they were gone. One morning I fire up the car, and it was runnning terrible. I took it to the nearby Ford dealer to see what's wrong. I was told the cam shaft had broke. I broke a cam shaft? I wasn't even beating on the car. It was only a 4-cylinder and not very fast besides. How could that be? And how was I going to pay for this, and then explain it to the folks when they got back? The service writer told me not to worry. Even though the car was well past its warranty, the cam shaft was covered. Ford had not properly drilled the rear oil main that the fed the cam shaft. So it was covered on an extended warranty for that problem only.
The Ford dealer was within walking distance of my house, so I left the car there. 24 hours later, they had the car repaired at no charge to me or my folks. When the folks came back several days later, I could have said nothing, and I doubt they would have ever known anything went wrong. But, I was honest and told them anyways. After all, it was not my fault. So what trouble could I get into?
Scott