2003 Boxster S - prevent IMS failure?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Jan67

Hi,

Adam: we have almost the same car: mine is a red 2003 6-speed 3.2S with black interior. It is on standard 17" rims altough. Here in europe the colour is called indian red instead of guards red. You have a point in that the chances are low that the engine might break. On the other hand the car would give me greater joy without thinking about a 12.000 $ repair every time i floor the right pedal


Thanks to all of you

Jan

If you need more piece of mind how about getting an aftermarket warranty? I have warranty up to 2010 or 70k miles so if she blows she blows. Also, I drive mine hard all the time and it's been over-revved a couple times on accident. The needle has probably hit the limiter hundreds of times mostly when I autocross the car. Nothing has broken yet. Most of the stories I hear on engine failures are low mileage cars that have been babied so don't feel bad about putting your foot on the gas.....you're not hurting it as long as the engine is properly warmed up. This engine has been extremely reliable and able to handle everything I've thrown at it so far. Remember, for every person that reports an engine failure on a forum, there are thousands out there just happily motoring along with a healthy car.