Either you had a lemon or I've just had tremendous luck! :-)
Well, the K-5 didn't become a lemon until after 80,000 miles. The guy I sold it too ended up putting an entire new engine in the thing, but I believe he liked it anyway. IMO, they don't make those vehicles anymore for good reason. But my Dodge pickup has been good, I'm thinking now of driving it at least for 200,000 miles.