Is it still worth it?

[Chris Berg]

Thank you everyone for your thoughtful replies. Here are the numbers from the shop. Probably not the best deal, but the work was done correctly and the shop found time savings which brought the price down.

Parts total was $2157.21 including the IMS bearing and new clutch. Labor came in around $2500. With tax the whole job was $5035.00. The IMS bearing was $800 and clutch kit was also $800.

As expected, the IMS bearing was just fine but the clutch was close to failure. The metal rivits on the clutch plate were already scrapping onto metal. As my mechanic said, well, if you do one you do the other so the repair was justified and I have it documented if I ever sell the car on BringATrailer.com.

In reality the $10k boxster is just a myth and as my mechanic stated, few people sell these cars in perfect order. Now that the car is running, I can learn about it more slowly and work my way back into the engine. First big project on my own, getting the rear spoiler to deploy.