[mikefocke]

The IMS issues/IMS statistics are really three separate items, depending on which generation of car/engine you have.

And the fact that I had two Boxsters with one each of the first two generations and never had a problem in either is statistically insignificant. And matters not to the third generation owner.

The statistics are different.

Porsche has admitted in a court of law to some of the statistics. And paid penalties. So I think they just might be real.

And if you paid $3k-30k for a replacement engine plus installation, the problem/issue is all too real.

Be glad there are preventative solutions offered. Porsche said it was impossible. Some of those took hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop, test, package, manufacture and distribute before the developer saw a dime of profit. Others not so much. Thanks to all who contributed.

And, anecdotally, I know a guy who had one IMS failure and then another in the replacement engine Porsche sent him.