To me it’s all about the company going out of business.
Last year my wife needed a new car. She had a sedan and would have liked to have replaced it with another sedan. However major automotive manufacturing companies are discontinuing several sedan models. That was enough to dissuade me from buying any of their current models that were going to be discontinued. I buy cars for the long-haul (like train transformers), and reliability and serviceability are major issues for me.
Alan
After reading several comments posted after mine I would say that I would not hesitate to buy a tested used one at a good price. I'm really talking about buying a new one at MSRP with a warrantee longer than the company's life. The MSRP on all items is adjusted to cover future warrantee service. In actuality, it probably does not add that much to a Z-4000 since they are so reliable. But, with all that said, I don't like to buy pre-orphaned products.
Alan
