MY2000 Boxster S info

[Dar01]

Originally Posted by robbiez

I just became a new owner of a used Boxster S.

I can't beleive I made such a impulse purchase with such little research.

Can anyone give a sound judgement about this vehicle.

It only has 38000 miles but it has some issues which I have yet to deal with.

My questions:
1) What years are affected by this RMS leak or IMS bearing issue?
-All but 2010 (poss 2009-not sure)
2) Why are clutches and axle boots in need of replacing at such low miles on a lot of threads I have seen? When I purchased mine the previous owner said the clutch was recently done.
Clutch dependent on driver-Axle boots-6sp go quicker than 5
3) Is it normal for the idle to jump while finding it's true idle rpm? And if not what sensor or part is the cause?
I would start with a cleaning of the throttle body-should cure it!
4) With such a large capacity of oil capacity in the engine, is there any need to add oil within the 15k life of the oil?
I would never let the oil go to 15k....mine is 3-5k, but that's just me....I never have to add oil between
5) How reliable is this engine? Again there seem to be a lot of threads and issues which I don't expect from a Porsche.
dependent on driver (and luck-lol) some people have 150k to over 200k with no major issues.....just take care of it! and drive the piss out of it!
Thanks in advance for your responses

Seriously.....don't worry so much about it....take care of it and drive it!