LeviA

Mine was my old '89 Escort turbo. Fantastic car, in my ownership it needed rear wheel bearings and that was it! Used every day for 3 yrs!

I'd love to know where it is now. Mercury grey G53 VPG, bought in Guildford bout 6-7 years ago.

Jay,

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mk 16 sport never ever went wrong

SteveW

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mk5 rs2000, owned it nearly 3 years, apart from normal services all it needed was the starter motor rebuilt

Less.

the RS2000 mk6 i got now

RS500/364

My last saff didnt cost me a thing in brakedown parts
some women KEYED it then i got the new saff
was quick to for a stage 1 !!

Oranoco

Not saying.

I said our hoover was great and that then broke. I said my Panasonic telly was great and that evening it packed up. I've learnt my lesson and will now keep my gob shut

Finch-inaCos

My S1 was very reliable. Just usual maintenance and servicing. But, it had had a load of engine work just before I bought it and was looked after from an early age.

I think that reliability is all about how the car has been looked after.

My recent S1 was great, but my first RST bought way back in 1998 was a complete nightmare, i bought it because it was cheap and TBH you get what you pay for. A trip to the garage about once a month... at least

AlexD

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My RST only split a header tank in 12mths of owning it.

My Sapph never missed a heart beat for 4 years, used it every day no probs.

Untill i got the modding bug then ooo dear.... lol...

Rs Gary

my mk5 rs2000,in the 3 years i have had it(and its used every day)i have spent £200 on her for repairs to the engine
cheeRS gary
AKA shrek

Mr.Ford

Escort MK5 RS2000 (1992), one of the most reliable car's i've ever owned

The most reliable non-RS is the Escort Mk2 1.3

COMEDY DAN

No such thing....lol

I had an RS2000 for a while and that seemed ok, anything turbo, forget it.

The need for MORE power always exceeds reliability thoughts....

GUZZLER

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my '92 saff was awesome, escort gti aswell, used both everyday with no problems

Porkie

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Audi RS2 and Porsche GT3 RS

My Sierra once went for 321 miles without breaking

Arfur

Ade

I've only ever owned one genuine RS..... a rotten wide-arched ex-track S1.

It just managed a 5 mile trip from where I bought it to my house whilst it was pissing petrol.......... then I stripped it

turbo1973

my s2 turbo had it 4yrs just needed a clutch and servicing

Rippers

My old Fiesta turbo was pretty reliable, can't think of anything that went wrong during ownership.. even when it was ZT.. drove to all the events and back..

Oh no I just thought I once ripped an Engine mount in half but even then it drove home ok

EDIT: Also remembered I smash the standard LSD on my first outing to the pod when ZT.. still got home thou one wheel drive

Disabled Account

My old black 3DR..............D938 PGT (first Cosworth I owned)

......Stage 1 tuned, I had that car for 4 or 5 years and did 49 K miles without it ever being off the road for more than 2 days of each year - and that was for servicing, usually by a then quite young Mr Shead.........then in later years it was serviced bt Paul Bailey - who bought the car off me when it had done 118 K miles

gingeRS

my 92 saff??

both my last 2 RS's have both been very reliable, alot of people (my friends mostly) mistake servicing, and tinkering for it being broken and unreliable, so i get some stick from my mates cos my car needs fixing all the time

the saff may have to go though its too nice to use for my everyday commute to work, and tesco's etc. and i have too much money tied up in it.

may have to join the passionBMW crew

User 32922

my old Sierra Sapphire Cossie it never, ever let me down

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

Considering my S2 had knackered turbo oil seals and needed a head gasket, it was very reliable!

i was concerned about reliability in my S1 cos it had sat for a while when I bought it but was pressed into daily use and only thing tha went wrong was a collapsed wheel bearing

SassyRS

4x4 saph cossie J** OKK

fish99

My 88 series 2 Turbo...the only thing that went was the heater matrix... would be going today if it wasnt for some twat reversing off his drive

gingeRS

FasterFords

My old RS1600i

smitsturbo

i know aa girl thats had her s2 for a few years without a problem but it was standard & it was a girl,

had an rs 1600i without a problem but the twin coils where replaced with a distributer

COMEDY DAN

I bet you will cherish those 321 miles for the rest of your life.

I can imagine you sat in a rocking chair, smoking a pipe, drinking a cup of ovaltine when you are 80 telling your great grand kids about those 321 miles.....

GiRO

RS 1600i (r.i.p) that i had years ago, blokey spent a small fortune on a new engine/box from interpro before decidin he wanted one of them DTM Calibra's that came out at the time. Dead reliable never let me down once in 4 years.. just a shame he spent even more money on P38 for the sills/floor/arches etc etc..

Ginge !

the most reliable car ive EVER owned was a peice of shite blue escort cabrio,,, never checked the oil, never opened the bonnet for the first n6 months and the ONLY time it broke down was when i ran out of petrol ( petrol stations in central london are getting rare and i never have time when i see one) then one day the exhaust ripped off and then it done a gearbox ,,,, well i sold it before the problems started, done 35k miles though with out even checking the oil though

its for sale now if anyone is interested


my bmw was the most reliable car XRT-SI ever owned,,,,, so i bought it off him,,, since then ive done the water pump. thermostat, brake pads, 4 new fucking tyres and the rear arch has rust comming though, sunroof no longer works and needs all new bushes and the diff now whines and the bottom end it knocking,,,,,

so no car is EVER reliable,,,, but then alot of them problems they blame my driving style for due to me using all the rev gauge when driving to avoid premature wear to 1 to 3krpm when it reads up to 7krpm,,,,, why not use all of it before changing gears,,,,, just like using all the speedo when driving on motorways,,,,, if its not ment to be used then why whould they give them targets to aim for

Mr RS500

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This



Only because i have only done 20 miles in it , in 2 years i have owned it

GUZZLER

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i don't know if that cars even had a head gasket since new

Ollie.

Mitsubishi Evo 6 RS 2

dave cos4x4

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deffo the rs turbos i had years ago.

ok they were only 3-5 years old so should of been reliable.

xr2i-carl

think my mums brand new erst in 87 was reliable

Etty

My old sapp cosworth had it 5 years , never let me down.

Kev.H

defo the FRS well until i went to start it saturday and the battery was flat

Mike1

Current Sapphire Cosworth - owned 9 years - never let me down - took it to South of France - never missed a beat - do about 6k a year in it - same as my other car.

wildheart

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My first Fiesta RS Turbo,

But it was only 2 years old at the time lol.

RSKim

My RS2000, and GUM my 2nd cossie....none of them EVER let me down, and poor gum used to get a good seeing to on the way to the shows pmsl!!!!!

And the RS2k, took us all the way to Germany and back!!!!!!!