are boxsters reliable?

[thstone]

In general, the 986 Boxster is highly reliable.

At this point in time the fleet of 986 models is 10-15 years old and many cars have well over 100,000 miles so component failures would be expected to become more common and even grow going into the future as the fleet accumulates more miles and continues to age.

Of course, each car has its own unique reliability history and some of the less reliable cars are truly painful to read about. However, these are relatively rare and need to be taken in context with the overall averages for the entire fleet of more than 200,000 cars.