read this please

[Jaxonalden]

Originally Posted by boxster_s_boy_34

Alright boys, here's the deal, lets all use a little common sense here. You can only build something so much one way or so much another way before you sacrafice. Porsches are a performance vehicle, and we should be glad that they do what they do with out the often engine "freshening" that Ferrari owners have to deal with. Take for example the Honda Civic, gutless wonder, 1,000,000 mile engine (a little exaggerated but you see where I'm going with this). The fact that these vehicles perform the way that they do and are less expensive to maintain than say a Viper that is actually a domestic car is pretty awesome!

Do you not understand the point of this Thread? It's about known failures in the engine, particularly one part-the intermediate shaft. It has nothing to do with the Boxster being a performance vehicle. 11:1, dual overhead cam, variable valve timing, flat 6 is not that high tech. And it sure doesn't deserve the distinction of a high output-low service life engine (thats reserved for race engines). These production cars should go 100,000 miles easy, and do. But the know problem still exists and needs to be addressed before it claims another victim, maybe you, and thats the point.