There you go: catastrophic engine failure

[Ckrikos]

I don't think it matters where the cars are assembled. Aren't all the motors made in Stuttgart?

[Jake Raby]

In the old days these failures happened over and over and over again.. Today we seldom see them and generally the only time they pop up are in super low mileage 99 models. That 98 must have been a very late production car.

[urban]

Originally Posted by Ckrikos

I don't think it matters where the cars are assembled. Aren't all the motors made in Stuttgart?

I've read that there were engines built in Finland, and cylinder sleeves were more prone to failure in Finnish built Boxsters. Don't know if that's true, but that was why I was asking that.

[lightisright]

Thanks guys for all your interesting feedback.

I own this Boxster for two and a half years now. I bought it with 87'000 miles and it has about 110'000 miles now. It's a Finnish built one (U). It was my daily driver for these past 2 years and everything was working perfectly fine until that day...
I maintain my cars very well, with frequent and best quality oils, always let the oil reach the right temperature etc...

I just can't believe it happened and how it happened. No reasons, no signs, nothing.
I started the engine, drove around the block and boom. That's it.