[Dan J]

I own a Porsche repair shop in Ct. We work on alot of these cars. In my experience they are very good cars. Our failure rate on the engines is less then 3% based on approx 500 cars.
That being said I would avoid the Targa. When the roof has problems (not if) the expense to repair can be huge, 993 targas are worse. Buy a coupe or cab and enjoy