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Old 12-10-2008, 05:16 AM   #4
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"just drive it"

Jake, I think many of us on this forum are not in a position to replace our motors right away with a reman. unit or one of yours because we're stretching it to own the car in the first place. Putting an 8k~$15k motor in it, which is as much as I paid for my car, is something I would have to save up for and it would take me three to four years of very disciplined saving to do it.

So what that looks like for most motorless boxster owners is a dusty car in the garage with flat-spotted tires that will probably be sold off for next to nothing = the end of Porsche ownership for a good long while, apologies to wives for pissing away thousands of retirement dollars and having nothing to show for it in tough economic times, and nothing fun to look forward to on sunny weekends.

Like DMCutter, I do drive my car hard. I pushed the car as hard as I have ever pushed it at a DE this weekend and I now have 25k on my reman. motor (#2, installed a couple of weeks before I bought the car).

But like everyone else on this forum, we're all thinking, "I wonder when the ticking time bomb's clock will finally reach 0:00?"

It's a real and sizable concern everyone is trying to learn as much about as possible.

Let me reiterate that I drive my car like I stole it most every time I get in it, which is weekly. That won't change. But an IMS failure for me probably means making one last post here on the forum to say goodbye.
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