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I've owned three 996s: a low-mileage Millenium, a low-mileage C4S, and a higher-mileage but pristine '99 Carrera (105k). LOVED all of them. The '99 had the IMS retrofit, which lead me to believe I was safe. Low and behold, the 6th cylinder wall crumbled (d-chunk) while shifting from 3rd to 4th gear at full throttle. The engine was trashed and the estimates to repair/replace ranged from $24k-31K, so the car was sold for a fraction of what I had into it. I was a 996 evangelist up until that point. Amazing cars to drive, awful cars to watch being towed away on a flatbed. Still makes me very sad. I'm now restoring a '72.