From doing background reading on Boxster intermediate shaft failures, I gather Porsche responded with a redesigned bearing and cover in late 2005 or 2006 MY.
My question is simple: anyone heard of an IMS failure on a 2006 or later model?
I've been paying a fair amount of attention and i haven't heard of any yet. I had my RMS leak once on my 2005 but they replaced it with yet another revised seal and haven't had any problems since (30,000 miles ago or so).