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The Porsche tax is real if using a dealer.
DIY is always the cheapest option. Standard maintenance is trivially easy, for experienced DIYers on German cars, on the Macan and Cayenne: brakes, oil change, spark plugs, engine air and cabin filters. Axle and t/case oil changes are easy. Transmission oil change I let the dealer handle.
Indy shops can easily do regular maintenance if DIY is not an option.
Large repairs are where I would use the dealer. Buying CPO, a third party (Fidelity) warranty or self-insuring is the way to mitigate these situations, if they come up.
Don't take delivery of a Macan until it has the t/case and front cover jobs done. Include a PDK service in the purchase transaction. Then you are good to go and in the normal realm of 7-year old preowned vehicle ownership.
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