Meaning that engines are mechanical and even the best can fail at any time without any warning. I see lots of M96 owners that are way too worried about failure and end up worrying themselves miserably to the point where the car is not good for their health. Enjoy the car while it's running and don't worry about failures, if they happen they happen and there is no good going to come from worry.
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Jake, I think many of us on this forum are not in a position to replace our motors right away with a reman. unit or one of yours because we're stretching it to own the car in the first place. Putting an 8k~$15k motor in it, which is as much as I paid for my car, is something
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I fully understand.
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I would have to save up for and it would take me three to four years of very disciplined saving to do it.
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And thats why the whole engine situation is so sad. The majority can buy the Boxster, but can't afford to repair it.
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So what that looks like for most motorless boxster owners is a dusty car in the garage with flat-spotted tires that will probably be sold off for next to nothing = the end of Porsche ownership for a good long while, apologies to wives for pissing away thousands of retirement dollars and having nothing to show for it in tough economic times, and nothing fun to look forward to on sunny weekends.
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More reason why those who already have the cars should just drive them.
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Like DMCutter, I do drive my car hard. I pushed the car as hard as I have ever pushed it at a DE this weekend and I now have 25k on my reman. motor (#2, installed a couple of weeks before I bought the car).
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Thats the way it should be driven, we still se WAY less failures from cars driven hard than those pussy-footed around town.
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But like everyone else on this forum, we're all thinking, "I wonder when the ticking time bomb's clock will finally reach 0:00?"
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Sit back and enjoy the ride... Mine hasn't popped yet and I have had over 600 events of over rev limit occur so far as I purposely try to explode the engine.
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It's a real and sizable concern everyone is trying to learn as much about as possible.
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And I wish we could share more.. Fact is people argue with the facts for no reason, with no experience and thats really depressing to those who DO KNOW the issues and can solve them.
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Let me reiterate that I drive my car like I stole it most every time I get in it, which is weekly
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And I'd bet you'll never have a problem.