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I will play too.. fun to see trends, hopefully give new owners perspective on what they might expect (especially without good history)
Purchased Fall 2019

2001 986 S 6spd Seal Gray / Black interior / Black top
50300 Miles at purchase
Sport bucket seats (heated), Sport package, Sport design package (have to look up the difference of these two one day), 18" turbo twists w/color crests, PSM.
Body had a few scratches, nothing bad, no dents carfax 100% clean, no accidents etc..
I am the 5th owner... first 2 were short, 3rd had the car for most of it's life, 4th was friend of owner 3 and had it for 2 yrs.
Mechanically good a purchase but NO history, had a full fabspeed headers / cats / maxflo installed and tune, otherwise stock. The reverse lights were out so I had to replace the switch on the tranny for inspection (prev owner always parked in reverse)
Paid 10,500.

Since:
I did the AOS within a month of purchase as it failed cleaned intake / throttle body /plenum (self - ~145)
Filters (cabin / air / fuel) (self ~$90)
Pioneer 2550NEX head unit (self - ~$350) vent debris fix ($10? self)
Front trunk struts (self $24)
Plugs / tune up (self $53)
Replaced both visor mirrors (euro style without airbag sticker) (self ~$175)
Water pump / Thermostat (preventative / maintenance) (self ~$550 w/ porsche coolant)
expansion tank (leaking / repair ) (self ~$300)
Motor mount (old) (self ~$200 with carrier)
right door microswitch (just started acting up) (self $40)
so: $1927 in on top so far, but am feeling really good that I have done a lot of the major stuff. Oil analysis came back excellent and she pulls like hell.

I also spent ~450$ on 2003 style oem headlights and euro sidemarkers from a forum member recently but this was completely optional. My stock eggs were okay. My mileage sits at 53000 now.
I do also acknowledge that I will have a clutch / IMS eventually (prob 1-2 years). Unless I purchase a lift this is something I will find a good indie shop to do.

Hope that helps, I hope it adds some real numbers to the "without history" cost. My negotiated price had accounted for this.