Never been stranded. on any DII specific issue. Actually, I've never been stranded, I think, on any mechanical or electrical issue with my DII. I always made it home. I drenched my MAF a few years ago, and immediatly hit the throttle when I saw that the engine didn't lock, she sputered for a while, died and then dried out, and it ran on that MAF for 3 years before I bought a new one. Even then, it still ran, it just had a sputter every now and again towards the end. I think it may have turned itself off once, and gone into limp home once. Never stranded, though. Nothing was damaged.
When I had the Optimas, if it wasn't for that fancy limp home mode, I would have been stranded several times. Those stupid things were always giving me problems in the end. Then, my alternator died recently. I made it home once, after things had shut down one by one, with 9 volts showing while the engine was running. It was a fairly long trip for no alternator. Limp home the whole way got me there, it's a smart little system.
The funny thing is, my new Orbital went from 9 back to 13.6 in 2.5 hours at 10 amps, and was like new again. Those yellow tops would never take a charge worth a damn.
The only thing that drove me crazy for years about the DII, is the exhaust location. It was too easy to rip off on a failed hill climb. I dinally just replaced the last one I ripped off with a custom bend and a cheap flowmaster. When that dies, I'll get a borla and turn it to the side at the local shop. I hear someone got a mandrel bender.
I've had some issues here and there, but nothing that wouldn't have happened to a DI.
Cheers,
Kennith