doing your own service or going to dealer

[coreseller]

Ditto everything above. My Boxster was the first German car I worked on, I had substantial wrenching experience prior. For whatever reason I was very tentative about touching it, once I started and got into various projects I realized it was a fairly simple car to work on.

3 Invaluable Resources:

-Bentley Manual
-Waynes' 101 Projects book
-Websites such as this

With those 3 things, basic tools, patience and initiative you can tackle most projects.