Clean oil filter! Yea!

[vijen6]

4- Deliberated the ratio of cars with failed IMS vs cost to do upgrade just for the sake of piece of mind .. and decided against it ..

I fall into this category. I'm sure others too. Its definitely not about the money if OP said he's going with a 3.6 when the engine goes.

[NoGaBiker]

Originally Posted by vijen6

4- Deliberated the ratio of cars with failed IMS vs cost to do upgrade just for the sake of piece of mind .. and decided against it ..

I fall into this category. I'm sure others too. Its definitely not about the money if OP said he's going with a 3.6 when the engine goes.

Precisely. I've said it on here before, but with the cost approaching $3500 (Raby is local to me, Hi Jake!) that is pretty much exactly 25% of the cost of replacement engine. Since paying for a replacement engine would not be a hardship for me (and in fact would give me an excuse to upgrade to a 3.6), I like the odds. I don't think they are anywhere near 25% for 40-50,000 mile M96s, so statistically it is a bad gamble.

When I'm in there anyway (whenever dictated by a failed clutch, which might never happen if I decided to trade for something else, which could happen despite my intent not to right now) then of course the extra $600 is a small enough fraction of the cost of engine replacement that it could be considered incidental, and foolish to not do so at that time.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by vijen6

4- Deliberated the ratio of cars with failed IMS vs cost to do upgrade just for the sake of piece of mind.

^99.9% of Boxster owners will never know what that ratio really is.

Neither will they know if current ratios of failures have been misleading since the cars are now going higher up the mileage charts.

Example: Old owner didn't drive it very much for its first five years, changed the oil infrequently now fast forward to 2012 and a slew second and third owners start using that car as a daily driver. result: LN Engineerings phone starts ringing with more and more frequency.

Point is who is adjusting this "IMS Failed ratio" up or down each each year as m96 engines go up in mileage? Nobody.

There is deliberating with facts, albeit limited and guessing about possibilities.
Particularly when we aren't talking about buying a stock or a house but rather choosing not to address an isssue that is well known.
I wouldn't take comfort in perceptions.