I have a Viking that was purchased new in 1977. It was their top model at the time. I love that machine and it was my primary machine until 3 years ago when I bought a Janome for the large harp area. I had my Viking regularly serviced each year and have had no problems until a few years ago when the foot pedal started overheating after I sewed for a while. When I went to get a new foot pedal I found that they were no longer available and there was no substitute that would work due to the fact that the foot pedal and power cord are one unit in that machine. Some things I just want to last forever and that machine is one of them.