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Originally Posted by CK25
Thanks for the feedback. The car is in pristine condition and has been maintained per the owners manual. I do not have any tools or the knowlege on how to install an engine. It seems like the labor cost I've been quoted to swap them out is anywhere between $2-$3K. I will say this has been the least reliable car I've ever owned. Lots of fun to drive, but I think leasing would be the only way I would purchase another Porsche.
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The car is overall very reliable and percentage wise only a small number was affected with IMS issues. The reality is Porsche produced hundreds of thousands of these cars and almost guaranteed not 10,000 of these had IMS failures. Of course when everyone is happy, most owners do not come forward to say how great and reliable the car is. It is the owners that had the issues that will flood the internet saying how crap the car is. This is just human nature. Rant when crap happens, stay quiet when it is all good.
That said, the IMS design is indeed stupid BUT if you treat it like another part that requires preventive maintenance, chances it will fail will be very very slim. Like check/change it every 40,000 miles with a new clutch. Or 30,000 if you want to be even safer. Sure it adds up on the up keeping costs with the car. But at the end of the day it is a Porsche. If we want to drive super reliable, almost maintenance free and cheap-to-fix-when-****************e-happens we would all be driving Mazda Miatas or Honda Civics and not Porsches.
Key of owning a Porsche is to set money aside every month AND take a proactive approach maintenance wise. Never wait for something to break to go and fix. Fix it BEFORE it happens. How? Simple. We all know many parts have an expected lifespan. For example the water pump. Why wait until it dies? Change it every 50-60k for piece of mind. Same can be said regarding the IMS, Clutch, chains, etc.
If you follow that you will certainly have a car that will never fail on you.
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