I can’t be the only one with questions about Porsche’s CPO lease programs, so here’s a thread.
Are there any particularly expensive routine maintenance intervals to avoid, based on current mileage of the target vehicle + the term / mileage included in the lease?
For my purposes I’m asking about a Taycan (4S or higher, if it matters).
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Every 20k or 2 years on the taycans. Check carfax for that service and new tires since all EV’s shred them and your good.
Now, the can of worms you are opening on residual/mf’s and why Porsche does not want them public is the reason this thread should be closed.
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Roughly how expensive is maintenance at these intervals?
(And I’m not closing my own thread over words that haven’t been spoken about someone else’s worms.)
Suit yourself. Google is your friend tho.
https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/porsche-scheduled-maintenance-plan.19307/
Also see Reddit/Rennlist.
The service at a dealer is about $1200 for an air filter, brake fluid flush and vehicle inspection.
If you’re handy and have the tools - it’s about an hour job and $150 in parts.
We did mine in a friends garage.
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What questions do you have? I know the programs VERY well - have done 4 leases in the last month and probably 15 in the last year and a half (3 for me and the rest friends/family/redditors)
Edit - I’m not a broker; or even in the car business anymore - I’m just a regular guy who knows hos it all works.
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The interesting thing about Porsche is the whole concept of service being due in time or miles.
I’m supposed to be getting a brake fluid flush on a car that only has 4,300 miles on it of street use, because technically I’m due for the 30,000 mile service which is due at 30k or the 3rd year since it was first sold. Needless to say, my service advisor and the shop foreman told me there is no reason to actually do that.
I just did a 40K mile service on my Posh-aaah and it was a cool $2200. At an independent shop. At a dealer, double it. Same dealer which quoted me $4K for new brakes on another Porsh-ahhh I had until recently. Moral of the story: once out of warranty, stay TF away from Porsche dealers.
Cue the “but it’s so simple, just do it yourself for only $12.78 in parts” comments… 
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Which model?
I don’t think the EVs are that expensive to service.
And Porsche doesn’t make any gas vehicles I want.
Yeah for sure EV won’t be anywhere near that. I was saying more to stay away from dealers when doing any sort of maintenance. Even under warranty, maintenance doesn’t have to be done at a dealer.
The $2200 was for a Cayenne. The brake quote was for a Panamera.
Luckily I have an indy mechanic who is good and honest and reasonably priced. He’s an Audi/Porsche/VW guy. He doesn’t work on EVs though. I don’t think any of the indy shops around here do. Might be hard to avoid dealers for them. But the good news is there’s not much maintenance to worry about. So not the end of the world if you do have to go to a dealer.
I have an EV which is fine for a luxury car. But for a Porsche? I want to hear vroom vroom not whiz whiz in one of those
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Cost me $1,100. Dealer quoted $3,800.
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American dollars? 
I think these prices fluctuate a lot based on geography and basic supply/demand In my small to mid sized city, there’s only 1 dealer. Closest one other than that is 200ish miles away. That dealer has a captive customer base, and can charge an arm and a leg, knowing they’ll get customers. Especially those who think if it;s under warranty, a dealer has to do the maintenance. Which is like everyone.
The indy shops charge less but their pricing is still a function of dealer pricing. And weirdly there aren’t a lot of them. There are only 3 indy shops I would trust but lots of high end German cars to service. All 3 are never not booked out weeks in advance. Simple supply and demand at work.
This one place opened up 3 years ago. I was like OK cool, some more competition. Prices are bound to go down now right??. Called them up, how much for an oil change? $300. LOL. OK so much for that theory.
Porsche San Diego hourly rate was $375/hr. I was well informed of the eye watering maintenance cost before I bought my Panamera, but was still annoyed every time I took it in.
If I ever venture back into the Porsche world, I’m getting a low mileage off warranty 911 with a nice Fidelity Platinum warranty after.
Idk about the Taycan, but for every other Porsche it’s the 4 year service that’s expensive.
Scott leases any CPO Porsche you want under $300 a month with $0 down, right @IAC_Scott ?
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If you get a CPO one or one still under warranty, then you can buy Porsche Platinum extended warranty. You get prorated refund when you sell before expiration.
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I did a CPO lease on a 2021 911. Not sure what I was thinking, tbh. I’ve done many great deals with inspiration from LH and with help from some brokers on here, but I went solo on this one and kinda shot myself in the foot. The selling price of the car was actually great for the time and the market but the MF and residuals are pretty bad. The broker CPO lease deals advertised on here, most of which are for short terms like 12/15 or 24/7.5, are pretty stellar, while mine wasn’t so stellar. This was mostly my fault as I rolled in some negative equity but my terms (39/10) resulted in a high monthly payment. For anyone looking to do a 911 CPO lease, I’d try to get a broker deal from here or just buy one. Even 2025 model leases aren’t too pretty on 911’s.
99.99% of 911’s won’t make sense to CPO lease unfortunately.
That said, if you buy one, you could very well wind up having sub 750/mo carry costs depending on when you sell it, how many miles you put on, etc
You are absolutely right, sir. I absolutely love the car but I’m trying to decide what to do. My payoff is about $5-7k less than what a comparable CPO car would retail for but still slightly higher than MMR. By purchasing it, I will save about $600 per month. The car is absolutely perfect and I love it, and it still has a healthy balance of factory warranty left plus the two years of CPO. I may just buy it out now. Any disagreement with my thought process is welcomed (and encouraged!) as I’m always trying to learn.
Forget about MMR on 911’s, it’s not nearly as useful a tool as it is on other models. It sounds like at $5-7k less than comps you have a solid candidate of a car worth buying, especially if you love it. Frankly it seems like buying out makes sense in your case, the interest will likely be thousands less even with a used car loan vs Porsche’s insane APR.