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Thoughts...
The overall statistics for the third generation are not influenced by what anyone working at the dealer would say.
Having said that, they are thought to be somewhere around .1% per car/year. That is 1/10 of a percent (not 1 percent) for every year you run the car.
I follow this issue on 3 continents, 9 forums. I don't see a lot of third generation failure reports, quite the contrary.
If the dealer is selling 100 cars/months now, that is lots more than he was selling in 2008 because he is selling SUVs and sedans now in addition to sports cars.
Also a 2008 is long out of warranty so he doesn't see all the cars he sold as the older they are the more likely to be serviced outside the dealer network.
Some mechanics who are very experienced with the IMS say that the more the car was used and the more it was exercised at higher revs (once well warmed up) the better for the IMS. They recommend quality oil and 5k miles oil changes.
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