IMS: To Fix or Not to Fix? What are the costs?
I am a new Boxster owner (1999 base with 80K miles) and am interested in the financial tradeoff between:
(1) Cost to fix/update IMS
versus
(2) Doing nothing and possibly having IMS failure/rebuild costs
versus
(3) Simply replacing the car if the engine blows
What do you estimate the IMS fix along with the other updates to cost?
What does a used engine or rebuild really cost? Looks like anywhere from $8K for a used replacement to $18K for a super rebuild. Correct?
If the rebuild costs are really $15K+, aren't Boxsters with blown engines throwaways since a decent replacement car can now be had for the same price as the rebuild?
Thanks.
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1997 Spec Boxster BSR #254
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