To answer qu.2. I think that it comes with the territory of owning a Boxster of any kind until the year 2009 where it has been engineered out. I have a 2001 Boxster base 2.7 and I have the Ims guardian installed which will detect an impending ims failure. As I have said before it is near impossible to run a Boxster as cheaply as a Miata. But if you do your own repairs u can save lots on labor. I am sure that I could easily spend about $7k at my indy garage doing a new clutch, rms, new ims plus a couple of other things. But for now she runs well. The big spending can wait a year or two
