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[jotoole]

I have an artic silver my 2000 Boxster 2.7 with just over 80,000 miles. Bought it 18 months ago at 70,000 mi. PPI by a trusted indi (but he's not a Porsche specialist) turned up nothing unusual, he replaced rms due to seepage per latest tech bulletin along with the recommended 70k service items, including new clutch, fuel filter, drive belt, etc...

Exterior and interior excellent shape except for plastic rear window showing it's age. Everything works, no tricks. Love the car. It gets many compliments from unexpected sources. Elderly folks, kids, teenagers. A pleasant surprise.

Question is: How do Boxsters fare in the LONG run. A previous car, a 1976 242 Volvo went over 200,000 mi (that's where odometer gave out) no issues, just regular maintenance. Same with my current 4 cylinder 1993 Camry w/135,000 mi. Literally drives and rides like new.

The Boxster's build quality seems on par with the Volvo's - solid.

Boxster seems like such a great, fun car, not to mention classic looks, I'm surprised I don't see a whole lot of posts referring to high mileage Boxsters.

So my question: is this car worth the IMS upgrade in the long run? Or more to the point: Percentage-wise, do Boxsters tend to be long lived, at least 150k?

Other posts about 100k+ Boxters don't seem very encouraging.

Thanks for any feedback!

jotoole