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The 944 is a higher maintenance car than the 914 or 911. Each 30K miles you have to replace the timing belt and readjust tension or face engine destruction. A Honda S2000 is a better car in that timing belt needs change at 90K miles (1/3 less maintenance) of a vital part. Clutch change labor is 2-3X that for a 911. The costs of entry is low but after factoring the costs of maintenance it's about even how much it will costs for either a 911 or 944. So I would rather find a good running 911S of 2.7L origin since that is the lowest priced undesirable model and do a project restore (in the drive train/engine area). Provided you get a good PPI and avoid the pitfall of needing an engine rebuild or tranny work, a decent running/looking 1974-1977 911S will be had for less than 10 grand.
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