Thanks for the comments and ideas. I'm inclined to take the car if the seller will come down to the mid $4K because:
- while I'm not scared away by the turbo, this might be a good [slow] car for my son later when he learns to drive
- although I can do much of the maintenance myself, one or two times at teh mechanic can tally up to $1000 easy....you can't predict the future, but of any car I've looked at, there is minimial chance of taking the car in for repairs on the short-to-mid term.
- the car comes with a plethora of extra (most new) parts
- it is such a well taken care of example of this model

Thanks -harv