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just_me · 10-29-2010, 01:44 PM

Boxsters are actually very, very reliable, and can run >200k miles, even driven hard. Why? among other things a big oil sump; locasil lined cylinders (very hard); stout manual trannies from Audi (5-sp) and the 996 (6-sp).

With one major issue, and its a biggie: the IMS.

So think like this. An improved IMS bearing from LN engineering is about $600. The labor is about 7-9 hours, all-in. So for $1300-1700 (or so) you can make that issue go away. RMS is an annoyance, and mine's bone dry anyway. A new clutch, RMS, etc would be additional, of course.

So add $1700 to the price and you have a car with no horror stories. Feel better?

10-29-2010, 01:44 PM	#10
just_me Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 26	So here's the balanced deal. Boxsters are actually very, very reliable, and can run >200k miles, even driven hard. Why? among other things a big oil sump; locasil lined cylinders (very hard); stout manual trannies from Audi (5-sp) and the 996 (6-sp). With one major issue, and its a biggie: the IMS. So think like this. An improved IMS bearing from LN engineering is about $600. The labor is about 7-9 hours, all-in. So for $1300-1700 (or so) you can make that issue go away. RMS is an annoyance, and mine's bone dry anyway. A new clutch, RMS, etc would be additional, of course. So add $1700 to the price and you have a car with no horror stories. Feel better? Last edited by just_me; 10-29-2010 at 03:02 PM.