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Originally Posted by gregdacat
Maybe I am ignorant or a bit touched, but I knew what I was buying when I bought my 986. I paid significantly less for my car than my wife paid for her Jeep Liberty. I have had it a tad over a year and put about 9,000 miles on it (74,000 on the clock). The honeymoon is not over. The only repairs I have put into it other than routine Maintenance is to replace the A/C display and a brake light switch.
If it implodes tomorrow or 4 years from now I would probably buy another. What is it they say about insanity, "It's doing the same thing and expecting different results."If that is the case, I am crazy about my 986.
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I feel pretty much the same way. I got my boxster at a fire sale price. I always said if I end up liking it(which I do/did) then if the engine goes kaboom, I might think about dropping in a 3.4 or even a 3.8.
After chatting with an "expert" on the IMS subject, I am trying to weigh the cost of Preventive maintenance and engine replacement. The Ims is about 12.4% to 25% of an engine replacement(depending on what size I get). Here is the sick part. to do the lifters,clutch rebuild and ims/rms its 47% of what I paid for my Boxster two months ago.
I have the upmost confidence in the "expert" but that is a lot of money to ponder, especially in this economy(couldn't resist blaming it)
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