Hi all
I currently own a 2000 986 Boxster S which has given me plenty of decent service. Round about now however is the time where I'm going to either spend 2-3k sorting out some of the old niggles (glass windscreen upgrade, alloy refurb, performance exhaust etc.) or upgrade to a new car. About the only thing that fits in terms of price and looks is a 996. I am of course concerned about the potential for great engine death that surrounds these cars though.
Does anybody know how reliability between the two compares? Are there a horde of issues with the 996 that just aren't there on the Boxster? As far as I know, all I have to worry about at the moment is the IMS dying, but I've heard there are potentially far worse fates awaiting a 996 owner?
Thanks!
Ed
I currently own a 2000 986 Boxster S which has given me plenty of decent service. Round about now however is the time where I'm going to either spend 2-3k sorting out some of the old niggles (glass windscreen upgrade, alloy refurb, performance exhaust etc.) or upgrade to a new car. About the only thing that fits in terms of price and looks is a 996. I am of course concerned about the potential for great engine death that surrounds these cars though.
Does anybody know how reliability between the two compares? Are there a horde of issues with the 996 that just aren't there on the Boxster? As far as I know, all I have to worry about at the moment is the IMS dying, but I've heard there are potentially far worse fates awaiting a 996 owner?
Thanks!
Ed