04-18-2014, 06:58 PM
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Location: California
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200k Club Check-In
Any others in this club?
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300K Mile Club
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04-18-2014, 07:34 PM
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I am my own mechanic....
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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Even my Ford Ranger is only 220k...
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'08 VW Touareg T-3 wife's car
'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
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04-18-2014, 08:23 PM
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Registered Boxster abuser
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Location: socal
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This was at 12/17/13 of last year but I'm not at 260k yet...
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04-19-2014, 04:20 AM
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Location: Chicago suburbs
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Pretty remarkable testament to the rare M96 durability...my 02 S has less than 10% of those mileages!
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04-19-2014, 05:24 AM
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Had much problems with the engine?
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04-19-2014, 05:36 AM
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Location: Montreal, QC. (currently expat to Shanghai)
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Originally Posted by Jager
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bloody hell... this is pretty amazing. According to the legend you must have changed the IMS bearing what, seven times now?
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04-19-2014, 06:29 AM
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HolmaN Had much problems with the engine?
No problems with the engine... I have replaced the water pump twice and AOS four times. I have no idea how many oil changes, ~ 40 times.
Nine8Six bloody hell... this is pretty amazing. According to the legend you must have changed the IMS bearing what, seven times now?
No, just twice, both with LNE bearing (single row).
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04-19-2014, 06:55 AM
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Location: Montreal, QC. (currently expat to Shanghai)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jager
No problems with the engine... I have replaced the water pump twice and AOS four times. I have no idea how many oil changes, ~ 40 times.
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Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for sharing this.... Sounds good to me
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04-19-2014, 07:30 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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I guess they don't make them like they use to!
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04-19-2014, 01:18 PM
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Registered Boxster abuser
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Location: socal
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I decided to pull the trans as there was a oil leak at the rear of the motor....
Apparently the IMS was never replaced!!!
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04-19-2014, 06:03 PM
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Yep, That's what I was thinking.
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04-19-2014, 06:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: MA
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43,300 today...on my 1998
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04-19-2014, 06:52 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Chicago
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160,xxx miles.. Almost there :/
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07-20-2014, 10:55 PM
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Registered Boxster abuser
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Location: socal
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I just saw a ad in craigslist for a 98...
324k miles!!!
How many in the 300k club???
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Last edited by healthservices; 07-20-2014 at 10:58 PM.
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07-21-2014, 05:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by healthservices
I just saw a ad in craigslist for a 98...
324k miles!!!
How many in the 300k club???
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these posts always make me wonder what floridabill's up to. (pic was from 2012 on a 2000 S) and he had no clue what an IMS was.
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07-21-2014, 06:55 AM
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That's because he drives it every day, year round, and obviously on trips long enough to burn off all the stuff you don't want hanging around in there. Unfortunately most people drive the complete opposite... once in a blue moon, only when the weather is mild and on trips where the oil doesn't have enough time to get up to temp..probably less than 20 minutes.
I don't think it was engineered to do the latter.
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Originally Posted by tonycarreon
these posts always make me wonder what floridabill's up to. (pic was from 2012 on a 2000 S) and he had no clue what an IMS was.

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07-21-2014, 07:08 AM
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Certified Boxster Addict
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Location: Los Angeles
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I feel woefully inadequate - engine failed (hydraulic lifter) at 136,000 with 89 track days.
Guess my engine was built by a hung-over mechanic on a Monday morning during Oktoberfest.
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07-22-2014, 07:50 PM
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Location: Colorado
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Perfectlap
That's because he drives it every day, year round, and obviously on trips long enough to burn off all the stuff you don't want hanging around in there. Unfortunately most people drive the complete opposite... once in a blue moon, only when the weather is mild and on trips where the oil doesn't have enough time to get up to temp..probably less than 20 minutes.
I don't think it was engineered to do the latter.
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I put at least 60 miles on mine 4-5 days/week to work and back and sometimes over 100 miles on weekends.
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07-22-2014, 06:31 AM
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I was looking at a 2000 S, it had 267k on the clock. when I did a test drive, the engine appeared to run extremely well. for that mileage I was surprised. also I plugged in my scan tool, expecting to see a cleared CEL fault, but nothing was triggered. I ended up passing on the purchase, but I was amazed at how well it ran. maybe if the seller had a detailed history on the car I would have purchased it, but I was leery of the purchase of what could have been a ticking time bomb.
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