I have several vintage machines--Singer Featherweight, Red Eye, a Domestic, a New Home, a White, a Viking 21 and 21A (my favorite) and a JC Penney (made in Japan) from the 80s. I service them all myself and I rarely have to do more than clean them and run them regularly to keep them humming. I would love to have a new expensive machine with all of the bells and whistles and I'd also love to have a long arm machine. Truthfully, though, I've never come across any sewing project so far that my oldies but goodies couldn't handle other than complex embroidery.