How long do you expect your Boxster engine to last?
 

I'm curious to hear what the average expectation is after an owner becomes a bit more knowledgeable about their car.
How long do you expect your Boxster engine to last before a costly rebuild is unavoidable or the engine self donates?

p.s.
Don't cheat by viewing the poll results before casting your vote!

I'm at 109,000 miles right now. I'm hoping to get to 200,000 without any major repairs needed. We will see how it goes. My LN bearing and new clutch only have 25,000 miles on them so I'm assuming both will need to be done again before 200,000. Maybe another 100,000 after that?

Forever!!!

Forever ever?

Im at 45k right now and planning to do the LN bearing/clutch soon since I just purchased. I will be really happy if I make it to 100k without major engine issues.

She is my DD. At 116k miles right now, almost half way to the 250k mile mark I selected.

Forever meaning it will outlive me. I clicked the 150K box meaning I think once it has that mileage since the elective rebuild I would want to refresh it in some way at a minimum & probably a full elective rebuild.
Seems to me few people consider rebuilding a engine pre-need in order to enjoy the benifits for a longer time & lower costs long term. I have owned my DD Box for 12 years & put 100K miles on it, 30K since I rebuilt the engine. I'm sure I won't need to rebuild it again in my lifetime.

The poll is missing a key entry.

- Until I sell it.;)

Have heard of over 300,000 with the regular maintenance - 15,000 mile oil changes interval and was absolutely supprised - it is here someplce on the web - owner also never did the IMS - just reg maint. Hard to believe but everything on the internet is true.

I believe 200,000 miles / 300,000km should be decent - maybe up to 250,000 miles but one never knows - only 125,000 km on it now

I went for 300. I bought my car in 06 with exactly 60k, now I'm at 174k, so I've passed one mark, and am pretty close to the next.

I think the 200,000 mark is realistic for me.I hear a lot of good comments about the first year(2000) 3.2 S motor from engine guys and I did my IMS/RMS when I got my car at 60,000 miles.

I'm crossing my fingers at 200k
My minds schedule: (I'm already at 76k miles)
85k new clutch, IMSB, RMS (At my current driving miles that would be this winter)
150k new clutch, IMSB, RMS (This would be 6-7 years away 2021 - 22 - car would be 20 years old)
200k - replace engine - Hell everything will need replacement by then
@ 200k 2028 - There probably won't be gas by then. There won't be parts by then
This could be Mad Max territory
Porsche will be owned by Kia

A long, long time!

Hard not to view the poll results before I replied, since they were right there at the top of the thread when I opened it up :rolleyes:!

So, what's the right answer ;)?

This topic makes me wonder if you can discern the sound of a less 50K mile or over 100K, 200K, 300K, etc. engine (assuming all had regular oil changes and are frequently driven).
That would be a great YouTube video montage.


Yes, that's one of our forum members who doesn't post very often. He had no idea what the IMS was. But before this leads to a false sense of confidence about the IMS, he maintained a strict dealer maintenance routine and drove the car every day, it did not sit for long obviously.
Two culprits of IMSB, oil starvation (as in insufficient lubrication) and oil contamination were mitigated through proper maintenance and driving.

exactly!!!!!!!!!!

I consider 150k to be the minimum and anything above that to be a bonus and totally doable with proper maintainance. I bought mine a year and a half ago with 41k and now have 59k. It's my daily driver and DE car. Like others have said these cars are reliable but not necessarily durable making preventative maintainance important.

If I knew how to predict this, I would only buy one more lottery ticket and then retire to tend my supercar collection.