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I'm going against the grain here, I would take the turbo w/o batting an eye. 105k on an '02 turbo is absolutely nothing unless they ran it w/o oil or coolant. That is the 993/GT3 based bottom end so you can forget about the RMS issue and think previous 3.6 w/ dry sump, etc... I would buy one w/ 200k on it if it checked-out and was cheap enough.

These are absolutely bullet-proof cars if known issues are dealt with. I don't know that the turbo even has any known issues, I've never heard of anyone having trouble with one other than too much HP and torque. The turbo is twice the car of the regular 996, especially the first gen 996. I had a very early '99 996, (built Feb. '98), it was the best car I've ever owned w/ 205k miles and beaten like a rented mule for all its life. And I'm a Mercedes diesel guy, so I doubt that anyone here is going to school me on durability.