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Originally Posted by DWBOX2000
Ims is way overblown in my opinion. Does it happen, yes. As frequent as these sites would suggest. No.
A guy is selling a low mile 986 down the street from my house. He's owned for 10 years. He was smitten over the car and condition. Rightfully so, beautiful car. I was about to ask him about the ims being replaced and decided against it. The people thAt don't know about it are the lucky ones.
I replaced mine, the original was perfect At 50k. Spend some time over on the boxster board and you'll read lots of posts about cars hitting 150k with zero issues.
I always wonder what kind of drivers the people that have these fail are? My neighbors son blew the motor on his new f150. Father wAs surprised. Drove many fords. I wasn't, his son is a major gear head with a history of breaking motorcycle frames and overreving dirtbikes. Everything hAs it's breaking point.
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In the 986 forum there was a survey done of Boxsters by various years of those who experienced ims failure and those who did not. Some years experienced a 5% failure rate which I think is significant. Some people would be scared off by that rate and some would not. Owning a Porsche is not just any car experience. It can be expensive in repairs and of course less if you work on cars yourself.
Spending several thousand $$ on an old Boxster makes little sense unless you keep it a long time. It is a crap shoot if you don't replace the ims. Is the buying of an old Boxster worth the price of admission? You bet. But the prospective buyer I would hope would do some research on what he/she is getting into. Many would not bother and are surprised when the engine goes kaboom....
