From someone who bought one in this condition for < 1/3 of the price and is in the tail end of a 3 year rebuild of the car, 10k is CP range for this ride. Despite the great descriptions, it will need a complete going over, the motor probably has leaks everywhere, and stuff will need rebuilding.

This is just one of those things that wasn’t designed to last on a 944. Add to it the following:

When I bought my 944 Turbo sight unseen, I had a local PCA guy check it out for me. This checks out - super cool dude, has rebuilt and owned many 944s also currently owns a 996 TT.

I like the screens with rear view where the side mirrors would be.

Right there with ya. Whether or not it’s worth it is besides the point that you make in your first paragraph - in what world is this ‘affordability’ and how can it be considered ‘right’ if it’s so damn expensive.

There have been studies done on scarcity and the impact that has on IQ and the inability to focus on anything else. This is a sort of manufactured scarcity - I need these things and I don’t have them so it lowers my IQ and focus until I get them.

It is insane and it all stems from poor decision making. Like, buying a new C300 sport when you REALLY didn’t need to or should have in the first place and then 6 months later changing your mind and jumping into a loaded F-150 EcoBoost because that’s what everyone else did and then a year later rolling the…

In your first case, yes. Absolutely a lease makes total sense and you get the pleasure of a new car every 2-3 years for not a ton of money for now. That’s crazy about Maine! wow.

I also don’t get the “new every two years” mentality either. I’m in a similar boat - def. in the top 5% of earners for my county, have two small kids, and we drive two paid off vehicles: a 10 year old CR-V and a 9 year old midsize pickup. There isn’t much reason to go new even for us - cars are just staying good for…

Neutral: worked for Kia.

A lot of other folks have brought up what are common workers’ protections, but I’d like to add that many trades unions provide scholarships for further education of members, steer safer building codes, and help prove out safe and sustainable engineering advancements.

I’ve been shopping around in a similar spot, thinking about unloading my truck for a sportier wagon that’ll fit two car seats, transport bikes on the roof, and easy to load up hockey gear in the back.

Realistically, for a daily driver with a family, a manual about has to be a ‘nice to have.’

I’d be damn hard pressed to find a better answer than this.

HA! It’s disappointing how few people get that reference.

Great googley moogley. Too late to edit that now. Thanks for finding it.

Neutral: Are You Buying A Car This Year?

Same here. We’ve been mulling over getting out of our truck and into a minivan and if the deal’s good enough...

How can you drive it when it’s in cement? Aren’t TRDs for offroad anyway? psh.

I think the parts about the car being less unique or more boring than the Mustang and Mopar offerings is silly - the Camaro is far more ditinct than those.