Based on what I know–not what I’ve guessed–based on experience and research, you are in fact fortunate that you haven’t experienced a coil failure. The fact that I can’t quantify the odds in a way that’s satisfactory to you doesn’t change that. Anecdotal evidence still means something.
As for being “dismissive,” do you mean what you’re doing to me? Characterizing someone’s lived experience as “opinion” is pretty much the definition of dismissive. Think carefully, reread my posts, and I think you’ll realize I didn’t say you were lying or ignorant. I didn’t dismiss your own experience as “opinion.” I didn’t demand “proof.” I simply said your experience doesn’t jibe with what I know to be true and I believe you’ve been comparatively lucky–in fact more lucky than that–and I stand by that assertion.
If a dozen people eat tainted meatloaf at the local diner and only six of them get sick that doesn’t entitle them to say there was nothing wrong with the meatloaf. It means they were lucky. If someone owns a vehicle with a reputation for coil failures–or even several such vehicles–and no coils fail that doesn’t mean there’s no underlying problem. It means the owner is lucky.
In any event, I’m done. Among other things, the forum software is nagging me about replying too many times to the same person. If you choose to interpret that as some version of “I give up” that’s your privilege.