the 2.5's do have a higher than average fail rate, but it's only something like 1 in 10 fail
if your engine get's to 30k and it's not melted, do you stand and shout 'look everybody, my engine hasn't melted!!!'
there is a lot of noise made about failed engines -
one possible cure is a remap - how many paid for a remap to try to stop it, or did they just keep ragging it and then moan when it happened?
how many were run on 95 ron fuel?
FSH?
high rev's will kill them in a different way (high speed run, no air into top mount, high temp with heat soak, running rich = dead engine), but probably still slagged off for being a 2.5
the forged ones do fetch more money, but not what it has cost. even a forged wrx will be good for 380bhp