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I also have a 2000 (3.2). I'd say I've spent $10K on major and minor maintenance over the last 12 months. It's like spooky clockwork. A bunch of things just strated to go. But to be honese a few of those have been on their last legs for some time.

What you have to keep in mind is that this is a sports car.
Not an econo box. The parts are made lighter and more fragile and cost more to produce. There's no getting around any of this. Either buy new or newish or suck it up. Either way you end up paying. The only difference is do you want to plunk down a bunch of cash all at once for used or have a never ending monthly payment.

But at the end of the day withing the sports car realm, these are very durable rare birds.