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Originally Posted by chassis
In my several years as a Porsche owner, the most egregious flaw in my mind is IMS bearing failure on flat-6s of certain years. As always with any car, the newest and lowest mileage for the price point, which ticks all of your boxes is best.
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Disagree here. The biggest flaw has turned out to be the ludicrous incidence of the engine lunching itself due to bore scoring. This is most prevalent on the 911 3.8 engine used in the 996 and early 997 models but does raise it's in smaller and later versions of the engine. A bore scope showing clean cylinder walls is a must.
"Newer" is worse IMHO, the 4 cylinder is a massive downgrade on a sports car, flat 6 all day, every day.