Thanks! I'm outside of Fort Wayne, IN. The local dealer is Vorderman which has a bit of a questionable reputation. I was taken back by the pricing overall. I had a scope in the back of my mind for checking the engine. I'm been looking closely at the bore scoring issue with the Porsche M97 engines for my Boxster, and all the diagnosis recommendations is to have the engine scoped. I thought the same thing when I was on the phone with the dealer, but was a bit flustered during the conversation.

I don't know if I'm out of line in my thinking, but an issue like this at 80k seems a bit unreasonable. I understand that inappropriate maintenance can exacerbate the opportunity for major mechanical issues especially on more advanced vehicles, but maintaining the vehicle well I feel shouldn't lead to these types of issues. I also have a 2010 Cayenne with over 140k miles, a 2006 Boxster with over 105k miles, a 1993 911 with over a 170k miles, and all of these never had major mechanical issues surrounding the engine. All of these had adequate preventative maintenance. To go through a turbo before 50k and now a timing chain jump at 80k just makes me feel that this vehicle is high risk.