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I owned an RX8 several years ago and being on the RX8 forum allowed me to head off many of the issues before they cost me serious change.
So this issue is one of the main reasons I came on this forum.
First, before I bought my car, to find out which models were preferable to most, which had issues and what they were.
As you can see, my solution was a newer model with factory extended warranty (Certified).
Now, beside the obvious enjoyment of communicating with, mostly, like minded people from all over the world, I am able to keep up with what issues are effecting my model Porsche.
As an example, if lots of guys are having water pump issues at 60k miles, mine has 58k and I'm getting ready to go on a three to four thousand mile trip with Wifey, I would find it less expensive to replace the pump now, rather than a long tow, a ruined trip and the same expense to fix the pump, anyway.
If I'm at home and just doing local trips, I'll wait til it dies!
Something that can cause catastrophic failure, you bet, nip that puppy in the bud, but I'm not one to just replace expensive stuff like climbing a mountain, because it's there.