[jb92563]

Must be an inside joke as it flew right over my head????

I choose the 2001 Boxster S (3.2l) because Jake Raby (Engine Builder) says it has nice thick cylinder walls and too me seems like it would there fore be more robust.

There was also some slipping cylinder sleeves or something like that on a limited number of MY98's if I recall correctly.

You can avoid the whole IMS issue by buying MY09 and above since they removed that feature from the engine by then.

If you like power you should get the S, else you'll have S envy forever and end up buying all sorts of expensive performance enhancing gadgets for minimal gain.

If I had to do it again I'd buy the same car, but you could also buy an IMS fatality car for cheap and put a 3.4l or 3.6l in it and go like a flaming bat out of hell.