986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners - View Single Post - A bit worried about long term costs and reliability

rondocap · 01-16-2013, 11:59 AM

Thanks for helping me put things into perspective guys, the experience here really shows. That's a good idea - just take one thing at a time. I am having fun as well fixing little issues as they come up myself, and I am sure after some time of doing it my mechanical skills will increase a bit.

So basically, I just have to get "lucky" and hope to avoid a huge problem with the car, like the IMS failing before I can upgrade it. If that doesn't happen, I'll fix the little things one by one. It seems like the IMS problems are only a small percentage of the total cars out there anyway, I guess they are magnified on the forums and we tend to think every Boxster will fail.

Bottom line: I really, really like the car. I love driving it, it's so raw and connected to the driver that it makes it a pleasure. I like cleaning it, washing it, and staring at it, too.

01-16-2013, 11:59 AM	#9
rondocap Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: NY/NJ Posts: 195	Thanks for helping me put things into perspective guys, the experience here really shows. That's a good idea - just take one thing at a time. I am having fun as well fixing little issues as they come up myself, and I am sure after some time of doing it my mechanical skills will increase a bit. So basically, I just have to get "lucky" and hope to avoid a huge problem with the car, like the IMS failing before I can upgrade it. If that doesn't happen, I'll fix the little things one by one. It seems like the IMS problems are only a small percentage of the total cars out there anyway, I guess they are magnified on the forums and we tend to think every Boxster will fail. Bottom line: I really, really like the car. I love driving it, it's so raw and connected to the driver that it makes it a pleasure. I like cleaning it, washing it, and staring at it, too.