I have the Logitech Digital force pro, its the predecessor to the GT, I've been very, very impressed by it and its build quality and reliability. It's a shame you have had problems with Logitech, they are known for being great on customer service, looking at the prices around i would push hard with Logitech to make totally sure there's no compromise to be reached, held you a faithful Logitech customer that's been pushed into looking at leaving them for the competition, because you appear to have got a bad wheel from them, can they not see fit to at least meet you half way on the 175, and NO you don't want yet another repair - you have totally lost faith in the 'bad' wheel that you feel was sold to you with an inherent fault that they have failed to sort, and that's making you loose faith in Logitech products as a whole - stay calm, talk to someone who has the authority and power to grant you what you want (but don't talk down to the 'minions' who have to put you through); state your case reasonably including that you are unable financially to throw such large amounts of money at an already bad wheel - and maybe, just maybe your patience and frustration will be repaid, good luck.