I don't know if the engineering got better, but I rolled mine out of the dealer, put about 600 miles on it in the first 2 weeks, then took it to Kansas City and back (from Chicago), straight shot each way.

Over the summer, took it to Taos New Mexico. 10,000 miles in the first year alone. The column lock went bad, but they replaced that no questions asked.

I'm very happy with mine. Sorry to hear you got a lemon.

Rick