That makes sense... seems that there  are a hell of a lot of 944s still
on the road.

I looked at one yesterday, it was a 1987, and it had 87,000 miles on
it, and was going for $5K (asking price).  But, when I went to look at
it, I was horrified!  First off, it was automatic transmission.
Gag.... , it had an obvious dent - about the size of a silver dollar
(the old eisenhower ones)  -- which certainly contradicted the seller's
description of "excellent condition" (and this was a dealer!)... but
none of that was the dealbreaker.

The dealbreaker was that some cheezeball must have owned it before,
because the seats were yellow and black flame pattern seats, and there
was all this totally cheezy work done to it.  It looked like some kid
bought it and tried to "pimp" it out, like those cheezeballs who trick
out hyundais and dodge neons.  I guess if I ever decide that I want to
be a 19 year old unemployed loser who calls everyone "dog" or "homey,"
I could choose this as my porsche of choice.

Ah well... back to the classifieds.

Dittos.

The 944 is reliable and easy to work on. Some things do cost Porsche
prices but maintenance items (brakes pads, filters, etc.) aren't too bad.

An N/A (naturally aspirated or no turbo) is less likely to have problems
than the turbo. That'd be both mechanically and when the go pedal is used.