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Old 11-25-2018, 07:26 AM   #1
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If we move forward a notch, what are people’s experience with the 987 cars? 2005-08. Apart from the apparently more reliable but more difficult to change IMS.
I have 62K mi on my LE and 59K mi on my CSS. They live entirely different lives. My LE is a fair weather car that I drive from early spring to late fall, and it sits for 3 mo of winter. My CSS dons a set of snows and is my "winter beater", gets some daily driving during nice weather season, collects trophies at car shows, and does 2-4 DEs / yr. I bought my LE new 11 yrs ago next mo and bought the CSS used 6 yrs ago next mo. She was 3 yrs old and had 7400 mi. So I've had them most of their lives. I change oil between 4-5K mi. Both have had water pump failures, but that's it.
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Old 11-25-2018, 07:32 AM   #2
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Old 11-25-2018, 10:17 AM   #3
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Surprised they would have changed the clutch and RMS and not do the IMSB while they were in there for only a relatively modest additional cost.
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Old 11-28-2018, 09:03 PM   #4
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what about the 04' Boxster 550 spyder
are these car worth anything,..FM
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Old 11-29-2018, 06:50 AM   #5
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are these car worth anything,..FM
Don’t understand what you mean by ‘worth anything’ but 2004 550SE current asking prices are around 12,000 - 29,000 USD.
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Old 11-29-2018, 07:11 AM   #6
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...Just buy this one and start enjoying life.

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Old 12-03-2018, 06:08 PM   #7
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Here's another.....
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