[racer]

Depending on budget, your may come up to the old mileage/price matrix.. the cars that fit the budget are 100K mile examples in need of lots of deferred maintenance.

The usual good advice is "buy the newest/nicest you can afford"

There will be many more 986's available than 987s.. Simply Porsche built more of the early cars.

There are also a myriad of options.. Seats, lighting, wheels, steering wheels, interior trim packages etc. Figure out what a "need" or a "want" and look accordingly.

Sit in a few. My 2000 base had cubby holes at the bottom of the console. Easy to remove to gain a little more kneeroom/ legroom. Later cars had HVAC controls relocated there.

Tip or Manual. Base vs S. Glass rear window or plastic? (or aftermarket swap), Hardtop option?

Then, leave about 20% of your budget to address all the things you didn't notice and need to, or want to, fix/change.