At the risk of offending everything P-car, here is one option for $4000!
This is a very awesome car (no affiliation with its owner) I owned one back in the day and it was stellar! Drove it to 150k and 4 speeding tickets. It really only needed regular maintenance, period. Decent on gas too!
Sell the 44 and put yourself out of the misery and stress of dealing with it.
Been there!
1991 Toyota supra turbo - $4000