i've owned 2 brz's.
the first, i bought in january, and i meticulously kept to the break-in schedule for the entire 1,000 painful miles that i finally completed in early april. in march, someone blew a stop sign and totaled it a block away from my house. it was a very long walk home despite the short distance.
the second, i took it off the lot sideways, banging off the rev limiter