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Old 02-24-2017, 12:43 PM   #1
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Narrative was not communicated clearly. There is proof of IMS failures, but scientifically what causes the failures have not been shown. Basic maintenance has shown many original IMS still exists in Porches driven with several tens of thousands of miles
And time and again, history has shown that IMS failures occur at 10K miles, 50K miles, and 100K miles in even well maintained cars. Putting your head in the sand and pretending it won't happen to you is not the answer.
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Old 02-24-2017, 01:15 PM   #2
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And time and again, history has shown that IMS failures occur at 10K miles, 50K miles, and 100K miles in even well maintained cars. Putting your head in the sand and pretending it won't happen to you is not the answer.
I never said it would never happen. Certainly there will be many other failures that precede an IMS failure e.g. AOS for instance. If there is proof that IMS failures occur at every 10,50,or 100K then you've solved everyone's guess as to when an IMS failure will occur or is this an alternate fact?
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