21 here had my 944S for ~a year and a half. Ditto on the nothing more expensive than a cheap Porsche, i paid $3400 for my 87S probably so far another $3400 but I haven't done all the work myself but I'm learning.
"what the Firetruck did they do it THAT way for?"
There's a lot of this like why the F is the tb for the S mashed behind the intake manifold and the back of the engine bay where it's impossible to get to..... also the oil filter location make me
Oc is a little far from me but I don't have any experience with belts anyway, up in Oxnard