Uh excuse me for livin!
PEOPLE HAVE HAD TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE WITH 15,000 miles
on a $60+ thousand dollar best engineered car in the world..
They may be few and far between but I don't think it's asking
too much for $60,000 to reach 100000 miles on it 95 percent
of the time without having to UPGRADE internals of Their engine
they built and sold!
I came on this site to do my homework in preparation of taking delivery
of a very well maintained family member owned 2000 boxster S triple black with 44,000 miles on it for family price of $12,000. Sounds like a deal compared with local autotrader sites and stopping at lots only to see 1998 boxster with 108,000 miles for $14k or 2003 with 128k on it and all sun faded and abused for $12 k. These used dealers are smoking some good stuff I guess
Reading posts taught me alot and I was prepared for the increased maintenance cost and other breakages that may occur... But who cares about that because I would be driving a Porsche. I loved every minute I drove it the day it was loaned to me.
I couldn't Get the permagrin off of my face for a week. When opportunity knocked for me to get this from my brother I jumped because I know it's history for real unlike buying from anywhere else. I was ready to pamper the new to me baby and care for it in exchange for the fun it would provide. The wife even got a new leather jacket in preparation of cooler fall top down evening drives.
What I wasn't prepared for was this car hasn't had the IMS bearing UPGRADED so I have this vision in the back of my head of six months down the road the deal is up to $26,000 due to the new engine I had to put in it.
Well what do you know It blew up two weeks before I was to go and get it! Two weeks! 44k on the odometer and it has IMS failure and needs a new engine for $14k. What are the odds? Talk about bit o luck! Saved me from some serious buyers remorse.. Or did I jinx it by reading new posts on here about IMS failures? Either way I don't get my deal or the fun.
Not for everybody huh! I have just as much right to buy one as you! Volkswagen means?
Ten years old .. 44k on the clock and it's dead because it didn't get it's bearing upgraded because the factory one was ****************. You shouldn't have to upgrade!!
Just very ironic that this happened the way it did. Just a little soured.