Engine Replacement Comparative Costs

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3k vs 12k is def. a big difference, but it is important to keep in mind certain points. One being that the rotary engine is extremely simple (one of its main appeals), and the fact that it has something like 3 (?) moving parts. You can find videos on youtube of a guy rebuilding a boxster engine from scratch and it takes quite some time and there are a lot of parts and labor involved in putting one together.

Then there is the Brand name mark-up and after-all they are in this to make money. That is why a lot of people sell their cars right after the warranty is up and why they become so cheap after what would seem like a random threshold.

I just got back from a car auction buying an A6. A 2006 A6 with 43k miles vs a 2006 A6 with 53k miles has quite a large difference in going price because it does not have a warranty.