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<blockquote data-quote="AustinSN" data-source="post: 15773421" data-attributes="member: 159453"><p>It seemed way, way blown out of proportion.</p><p></p><p>When I had my RS there was a lot of talk all over the place about so and so blowing a head gasket and how so many cars were screwed from the start. I started poking around and from what I could tell, towards the end of my ownership, a little over 10 cars had blown head gaskets. I'm sure the number is higher now, but at that point there was some talk that the number was probably closer to 100. Many cars had tunes on them and many were stock. Mind you, world wide they probably sold 8,000 of them first year.</p><p></p><p>Ford was aware of the problem and they were replacing the engines without fuss. If you are planning on buying in the future, get a car with over 15-20k miles. It seems like if it was going to go, it would have happened before 10k miles. Or just get a later build.</p><p></p><p>Overall, the car seemed pretty solid. Mine had 10k miles on it when I sold it, and if I had to guess, probably close to 2000 miles alone were on track. The only issues I ever had was the B pillar rattle, which drove me insane until I fixed it and the hatch latch would pop itself anytime I was on track (which there was a recall for).</p><p></p><p>I miss it from time to time. It wasn't a car that would allow you to forget what it was. It's easy to sit back and bumble along in my mustang and forget what you are in, even with a loud exhaust. The RS didn't have that, the dial was turned to 11 and broke off, which made it the most fun street car I have ever owned. The only downside to that is that you physically run out of energy on long drives and the car doesn't.</p><p></p><p>I sold it for 2 reasons, first, to make it a better track car would take away from what it was as a street car and I wasn't willing to make that sacrifice. The second was I drove out on a Friday night from Denver to SLC, Saturday morning we were up early and to the track, same thing with Sunday, and right after our last session we headed straight back to Denver. I70 was the fastest route, which we avoided on the way out due to how crappy the road is. Around midnight I couldn't do it anymore, the car is still cranked up to 11 and I needed it to be a 3. The looming HG issues had no bearing on my decision, overall it seemed reliable, especially considering the life it lived.</p><p></p><p>That's my .02 on the car.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AustinSN, post: 15773421, member: 159453"] It seemed way, way blown out of proportion. When I had my RS there was a lot of talk all over the place about so and so blowing a head gasket and how so many cars were screwed from the start. I started poking around and from what I could tell, towards the end of my ownership, a little over 10 cars had blown head gaskets. I'm sure the number is higher now, but at that point there was some talk that the number was probably closer to 100. Many cars had tunes on them and many were stock. Mind you, world wide they probably sold 8,000 of them first year. Ford was aware of the problem and they were replacing the engines without fuss. If you are planning on buying in the future, get a car with over 15-20k miles. It seems like if it was going to go, it would have happened before 10k miles. Or just get a later build. Overall, the car seemed pretty solid. Mine had 10k miles on it when I sold it, and if I had to guess, probably close to 2000 miles alone were on track. The only issues I ever had was the B pillar rattle, which drove me insane until I fixed it and the hatch latch would pop itself anytime I was on track (which there was a recall for). I miss it from time to time. It wasn't a car that would allow you to forget what it was. It's easy to sit back and bumble along in my mustang and forget what you are in, even with a loud exhaust. The RS didn't have that, the dial was turned to 11 and broke off, which made it the most fun street car I have ever owned. The only downside to that is that you physically run out of energy on long drives and the car doesn't. I sold it for 2 reasons, first, to make it a better track car would take away from what it was as a street car and I wasn't willing to make that sacrifice. The second was I drove out on a Friday night from Denver to SLC, Saturday morning we were up early and to the track, same thing with Sunday, and right after our last session we headed straight back to Denver. I70 was the fastest route, which we avoided on the way out due to how crappy the road is. Around midnight I couldn't do it anymore, the car is still cranked up to 11 and I needed it to be a 3. The looming HG issues had no bearing on my decision, overall it seemed reliable, especially considering the life it lived. That's my .02 on the car. [/QUOTE]
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