Agree with you, the point I was trying to make in my thread above was that even when mine has been running big bhp for 21 years it has still been reliable.I think a lot of people wrongly assume that they are a fragile car which are always breaking down.
It has also passed 21 MOT tests on the trot, the latest one just done with no advisories.
I have had more problems with my everyday Renault Laguna 2.0 petrol estate which has only done 51,00 miles than I have ever had with my 2wd Sapphire!!