Are 996.2 just not worth the risk now?

[highway]

Seen a nice low miles 40 jahre. I’ve been down the 996 rabbit hole and the consensus seems to be that even at 22 years old and with 30k miles, you run a vivid risk of bore scoring. My interpretation is that even assuming the car passed a bore scope with flying colours, you could still bump into this issue anyway.

Is this really the case?
I’m aware of Hartech and similar but paying for a rebuild on an engine is really not something I want on my bingo card.

I’d be doing 3-6k per year.

Thoughts?

[Chris Stott]

Personally, if the bores were clean it’s not something I’d worry about… but I’m guessing it’s top money at that mileage, so I’d want a full inspection as there are plenty of things that can throw big bills on a 996.