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Originally Posted by 23109VC

YMMV and it all depends on the car, how it was maintained, ,etc..

I bought a 2000 with 75k miles on it.. from my dad..the car had all it's records since new, was always well maintained, and driven responsibly... despite knowingi the history, I still did a PPI which it passed with flying colors.

I've had it about two years and drive it on weekends... i put ONLY about 5000 miles on it in two years of ownership!

in ONLY those 5k miles I've had to replace the following:

I put new tires/brakes..but that was routine maintenance.

in terms of unexpected repairs I had a leaky windshield washer tank, two vacuum leaks, a bad MAF, and a bad water pump. total out of pocket by me to fix all this stuff was about 1700.

my window regulator is now broken..the window goes up and down but it makes a terrible crunching noise..so it's only a matter of tiem untit it stops working. $200ish dollar part. I also have a crackion my rear plastic window.. another $350-400 to get fixed at an upholstery shop.

to me.. that's a LOT of stuff to go bad on a car with only 75-79k miles that ONLY had 5k put on it in almost two years of driving! Compared to some of the horror stories on here, I've had it not too bad.. but compared to other cars I've owned, I think more stuff than normal has worn out..

I have owned quite a few other cars, some better some worse. I had a 1990 Miata tat I owned when younger, thoroughly abused... and it NEVER broke. NEVER. it just ran and ran.. i ran it almost 50k miles. I had a Honda Prelude that I redlined every time I drove it.. and put almost 60k miles on it and it NEVER broke.. nothing. I had a 1999 Volvo S70 T5 turbo that I bought used with 30ki miles and sold it to my bro in law at about 140k... he still has it...it now has almost 160k on it. it maybe cost $1700 in repairs over the LIFE of the car... fr unexpected stuff... and it's still on the OEM water pump, engine, tranny, turbo...

I'm NOT impressed with teh reliability of Porsche stuff. compared to other cars, I think they have a far worse track record for parts going bad and unfortunately, ALL the parts are expensive...

I AM impressed with how muc fun it is to drive. it is THE most fun car I have ever owned.

you pay to play.

if you want a fun roaodster with more peace of mind get a newer one with a warranty or buy an S2000. they are pretty nice, used ones are less than a Boxser, and they likely will have far better reliability...

good luck.

I would agree. Parts that don't last for the price, but I would disagree, I actually bought the Boxster because an S2000 is about twice the price. I do agree that the S2000 would be much more reliable. I replaced the passenger seat belt on mine to get rid of the air bag light, new tires on front and a 4 wheel alignment at the cost of the PO, new brakes yesterday. The rotors were worn below the stamped thickness, I'm about 8 months in. The only real non standard repair was the seat belt for me. It the car starts crapping out like some people's. I'll switch to the S2000 or even a Honda Civic. A car should be fun to drive but it should also be reliable. I wonder what Ferdinand would think of the parts failures and high maintenance...when I did my brake job yesterday I noticed both front wheel bearings felt "rough". After I spun them a few turns by hand they got smooth. But, geeze! I have cars that have 100k-300k on them with smoother wheel bearings. This one has 68k on it. It makes you wonder sometimes..."high performance" is no excused, its just a bearing like every other. The Japanese cars seem to do a heck of a lot better than this for a whole lot less. I'm just venting...this is the most fun car I have ever owned with its handling and looks. But the most reliable and minimal cost to maintain car I have ever owned was a Honda Civic hands down.