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Originally Posted by rondocap
From a lot of research for my own personal needs - I've come to the conclusion that at least for me, the 2006 and 2007 Boxsters are the best. 2005, unless you plan to do the IMS upgrade, are to be avoided as they seem to have the highest cases for failure. I have rarely if ever seen a 2006+ that had a failure.
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To other potential buyers reading the above, the IMS "
reliability" imho should not be the primary consideration when it comes to picking a pre-09 Boxster. If you are going to decide based on the IMS (arguable, since other engine issues are more prevalent), then you should look for IMS "s
erviceability" instead. 2006 -2008 Boxsters only get two kinds of IMS bearings, the free one from the factory that has proven to be decent over the first 100K miles, and the $7-10K IMS bearing you'll be paying for to split the engine open in order to do the bearing swap once the factory unit is well past the sell by date... on account of the fact that sealed bearings are not lifetime parts. With a pre-2005 car, you don't have to pull the engine, thus the factory IMS bearing can be swapped in a day, when you replace the clutch. Personally speaking, I'd reather replace that bearing at a regular interval than to spend my nights crossing my fingers.