Pretty solid outside of the IMS bearing.

Yeah but then you gotta deal with those shitty boxer engines

Not worth. You'll have more fun hunting for a girlfriend than that thing.

>>28915683
At this point if the being bearing was bad it would have either been fixed or totaled

>>28915683
None of the 986 have bore scoring?

>>28915683
>>28915700
neither of these are really issues if you drive them often.
you can fix IMS for like $500 while you do clutch and rear main.
bore score is incredibly rare. if you let them sit for a while you can get bore score cause the oil all returns to the sump and you run a few rotations dry, so just drive the car

>>28915678
i have one, they're fun if you don't mind the barely 200hp. on backroads they're a blast and convertibles are so much fun. the maintenance is expensive though, cause most of the parts are shared with the 996. and you will need to do maintenance, either you buy a garage kept 20k example with all the rubber rotten and the aforementioned issues, or you buy a high mile one with a bunch of wear items in need of replacement. learn to wrench and spend a little less on doordash and you should be okay.

>>28915710
oh wait you said 25 year old boxsters. if you get a 2000-2004 you don't have to worry about IMS at all, they fixed it

>>28915678
It will never make sense to buy the 986 instead of the 996. Parts and labor practically identical for that gen, boxster will never hold/gain the value 911 will