When I say DD, I drive mine ALL year round. This year is the FIRST time I've actually not driven it in winter
. I'd suggest doing the usual maintenance check ups. I haven't had any major issues other than the alternator going bad on me during the winter. DSMs are equipped with the 75amp alty, GVR4s have the 90amp alty...that's probably why my car has gone through 3 alternators. Other than that, I really did wish I had a set of winter tires and summer tires because it'd actually be quite useful during the snowy snowy snow days. I religiously change my oil/oil filter ever 3,000 miles and luckily...I don't have a heavy foot. The GVR4 has been my DD for college and it's definitely done it's fair job
my mods are; e316g, 2g mani, exhaust system, 550s, 190 pump, fmic, dsmlink v2, 2g mas...yeah. REALLY reliable when they're not hacked or half-assed built and don't have shitty/crappy previous owners.