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Originally Posted by RichardNew
I think the whole IMS thing was overblown.
Dealers replaced as many as they could find under warranty. That's how dealers make money.
The independent shops saw this and put fear into every Boxster owner's heart. They're still making a lot of money as the cars change hands.
Richard Newton
Porsche Concours College |
Unfortunately, the problem is very real. As the owner of a shop, I have had to tell more than one teary eyed owner that his or her engine was toast as the result of an IMS failure. We even had one owner that had
two IMS failures (in two different cars). He now drives another brand of car.
Point is that while the problem is real, there are multiple viable fixes available, and not all year engines are at the same level of risk. So depending upon the year of the car, and your risk tolerance, the risk could either be tolerable or preventable; but simply putting ones head in sand does not make it go away.