Love the RS3 inline 5 sound. Hate the RS3 price of admission. Depreciation and time will hopefully make them a great deal soon.
Apparently, the Ford RS has an issue with under-supported ecoboost cylinder liners which can move and cause the head gasket to fail and best addressed with an ecobeast block.
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Originally Posted by PorscheGAL
Just a counterpoint to the RS rumors:
Our RS has almost 140K miles on it with a Mountune custom tune and all their bolt-ons. With that many miles and the stress of a tune, the car has not had a single issue engine or otherwise.
I know the stories on the forums; much like IMS bearings failures being common.
The ride isn't as nice as an Audi RS3 but not as bad as a 1987 930. A 2005 Lotus Elise is much worse in harshness of ride.
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