“This list does not take into consideration the huge cost of owning a Porsche.”
100% right. I own a different German luxury/sport make, and the repair costs are currently bleeding me. Stuff that would likely never even go wrong in a Honda or Toyota or a Chevy will go wrong in your Teutonic sports car, and the repairs will cost 3X-5X what they’d cost in a Toyota.
Well, I never had a single mechanical problem with my 08 Ford Edge that I owned for 12 years. However, after I bought it, I had one guy tell me it took almost 2 days labor to replace a water pump because the dealer had to pull the engine, cost he was quoted was close to $2500. Made me wonder if Porsche had designed the car (I had owned a ‘72 911 in the distant past).
One way to look at it is that the Germans make reliable Italian cars.