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Rare? One person experiences 2 failures and you call it rare? I sold my last Porsche because I feared such a failure. The person who eventually had the mentioned failures said I was "over reacting". He said it really wasn't that much of a problem. He and I both drive Mustangs now. And he is singing a different tune.
It's not that they had a problem. It's that they took so long to fix it.
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One data point doesn't equal a statistical representation.
I love the old cars as well, but what part of pulled head studs, premature valve seal wear, exploding airboxes, grinding 915 gearboxes, etc do you not understand? It's not uncommon for an air cooled 911 to need a full $10k rebuild at 100k miles but you claim they are more reliable? These are Porsches, not Hondas. Regardless of what you buy there is always the possibility of expensive maintenance. Frankly I have seen far more 100k+ water cooled cars for sale that are on their original motors than the older cars. If you're sweating the IMS issues then get the updated aftermarket kit for $500 and you're good to go.