S85 is not as bad as everyone says, the problem is that the maintenance costs for the vehicles are very high and therefore they have been ignored by many. How many videos do I see on insta and tiktok where people drive their s85 with smoking tyres and red warning lights on the speedo. No wonder, maintain your high performance engine as it deserves to be maintained and it won’t cause any problems.
Any engine that has rod bearings under “normal” maintenance is a dog. I hear the same excuse pushed by Alfa Romeo masochists, who insist their Giulia is reliable with the exception of that one time their 2-year old car left them stranded and needed a tow for “only an ECU replacement,” but was otherwise trustworthy.
I mean… name another car with 4 doors and an 8250rpm redline v10 that can be daily driven and doesn’t require heavy maintenance?