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Bad timing! I just sold a 20 year old 2-stroke LawnBoy that had been used for 2 years and sat for 18. Wasn't self propelled but it did all the other stuff on your list. It had the alloy deck and weighed next to nothing, so I never saw a need for the self-propel complexity. Anyway it's gone.

I don't have a push mower anymore. Rider is a Simplicity Broadmoor with Briggs v-twin, 15+ years old and still going. Lots of little things happen to it such as vibration cracks and stuff falling off and whatnot, but the expensive bits have been dead reliable.

I agree with a lot of the comments about big-box store mowers. Even if they have the same name, they're very often custom made for the big-box and the quality isn't the same as the ones at the local mower shop.

My suggestion is to find a local mower shop you like and buy what they sell.