There's gotta be a reasons why 90% of the cars you see at HPDE events are either BMW or Porsche. Sure, the "performance" matters, but I think reliability does just as much, if not more. Cars like Evo, STi, or Merc? Oh forget it.. we start betting on those.
I have rarely seen modern, relatively-stock Porsches fail at the track. And I also have a '98 Boxster with 140k miles without IMSB upgrade that has given me zero mechanical problems. By far the most reliable car compared to my several other BMWs, Hondas, Toyotas, Volvo, Mitsubishi, etc. But then again, I'm only 1 data point, so YMMV.
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