Keep in mind that the class action law suit against Porsche for faulty IMS bearings only included the model years of 2000-2005 which is the years the most catastrophic failures occurred. Many blame it on the switch from a double row IMS, used in the 97-99 model years to the single row IMS used in the 2000-2005 models. The number of Boxsters involved was around 54K and some years had a failure rate as high as 10%. Mileage did not seem to be an issue as the failure rate covered low and high mileage vehicles. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a consistent reason to back up claims that most failures occur in garage queen cars. It appears to be the luck of the draw.
