I am strongly considering buying a used Cayenne, however I am concerned due to lack of Porsche dealership support in my area (nearest dealers are about 150 miles away in any direction). So I would you buy a used 2006-2010 Cayenne, mostly likely a Cayenne S or possibly Turbo under these lack of local dealer conditions?

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p.s.also I am not looking at 2 Cayennes, one is an 06 turbo, one an 08 Cayenne S, the turbo is private party sale, the other is at a non-porsche dealer, both are about 100 miles away, both are about the same price ($30K) and same mileage (50-60K), which would you pick?

 

Thanks for the reply, there is a VW / import shop that is about 50 miles away, they have been around for a long time, I don't know how long, but I know they had been around for a long time 25 years ago.

 

I would not worry with maintenance. If you know something about cars, normal procedures can be done by yourself (e.g. replacement of filters, oil change, brake pads) and they charge a leg and arm for those! Got my brake pad changed (NOT ceramics, this is on a base Cayenne) with senors. Including about a $500 normal service (filter, oil change) it ran $2,000! That means $1,500 for brake pads. Yikes!

Also, if you don't know how to do the maintenances, or just don't have the time, you can just find a local indie specialized in Porsches/German vehicles. As mentioned before, the procedures are not difficult at all so any shop should be ok. Granted you provide them with quality supplies (like the right oil, spark plugs, filter of your choice, etc.)