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Originally Posted by aigel
The issue is that the engines may leak or grenade. Not highly likely but those are both catastrophic failures - i.e. your $15k 996 will then be worth $5k. Nobody wants to take that risk. The older cars do not blow up. They wear out slowly and predictably.
I would only buy a newer Porsche with the old case / bottom end (turbo, GT3).
George
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George, the older engines DO, for all intents and purposes, blow up on occasion. Ask PatrickB about the $25,000 he just spent on a full rebuild of his dead 3.2. Granted, it was a complete tear down and rebuild, but no performance mods were done. He had the bottom end strengthened, however, with the usual hardware.