Sounds good up until that, never heard anything good about Passen unless things have changed.
And honestly a DSM isn't so bad. Mine got me to Florida, back to Ohio, back to Florida, no problem. Actually the only problem I ever had with my Talon was the original water pump went out at 116k. Cost me about $500 to have that and the whole timing belt assembly replaced. All the other stuff that borke were minor and honestly it never left me walking anytime. I was never scared to go out start and drive it anywhere. Maybe I just got lucky? Or the nay-sayers are doing something wrong?