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Yeah, I had my 03 986S lose its IMS bearing at 100k miles. Never believe the adage that if its good at 30k it's good to 200k. In my case I decided to source a used engine nad have it dropped in. Painful many months long process not for the faint of heart. In the end the $4,500 engine (with 40K miles) ended up costing me about $8,500 when you add in the installation and the "while we're there" items -- replaced the IMS, AOS, water pump, etc.
Financially it was about a wash, but the year before I had put about $k into the car and had confidence in its bones
I hear you on being skittish about Porsches in the future. The way they left time bombs ticking away in the class action settlement left a bad taste in my mouth
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