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Thinking of a Cayenne - please talk me out of it!

kerb scraper

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The current gaily driver Range Rover Sport TDV8 has done good service for the past 4 years. However, these have a reputation for being a ticking timebomb as the turbo seals can blow without warning sending oil and shrapnel into the cylinders. Replacement engines are available only from Land Rover at ludicrous expense.

Am thinking about changing to a Cayenne GTS around 2009 vintage. Is this sensible? Where should I source one from? OPC don't deal in cars this old and it seems RSJ are the only Porsche specialist who carry a good stock?

What is the real world mpg?

Can anyone tell me the must-have options or better still persuade me it will be a money pit?
 
I had a Touareg a few year back which is the same car but scaled back in luxury levels and engines. Solid car with its only fault being it went through tyres like no one's business. A trait common across the platform I'm told.
Other than that....gold.
 
I was about to say I'd seen a nice selection at RSJ website, but you've clocked that...

The only downside I can see is thirst... 20.3 combined, worse than the RR if such things are a consideration.

Hmm, wasnt aware of that little foible with the TDV8s, I will cross that off my list of possibles!
 
I can only say that from my point of view i dont get many to fix .. routine serviceing for the most part.

very boreing for me ! but probably good for the owners lol .
 
Diesel is the way to go
But if you fancy a petrol I have a customer with a 2012 v8S 8,000 mile car that I'm about to buy
 
Can highly recommend the GTS, potent engine though as has been said resulting fuel economy is not that great. Mine was a 2009 facelift car with PCM3 which I bought from RSJ, no issues apart from a parking sensor failure which was sorted under warranty. Recommend getting one with the optional pdcc (dynamic chassis control) which gives you adjustable air suspension and a corresponding better ride quality.
 
No reason not to buy a Cayenne , I chopped my 2009 RRS TDV8 for a 2015 Diesel S .....best thing I could have done .... No more sleepless nights worrying what s next to drain my wallet of 1k every visit to a garage .....and build quality is another class all together..

Diesel has tons of torque ...puts many other motors to shame on the open road ....and if you get the V8 then there's the soundtrack as well ..
Overall mpg for mine is easy 35mpg

'Just do it'....

Terry
 
Cayenne is a decent proposition and we have run a 4.5s for ten years having said that nearly everything that goes wrong with them seems to cost a grand plus to fix if given to a garage unless you are handy.

I've replaced the propshaft centre bearing twice now, first time at 90k then at 165k. The bearing can be done by itself and doesn't require the whole propshaft, same part as Toureg and Q7.

Plastic water pipe feed from expansion tank over top of the engine block leaks on early cars, fixed by about 2006/7 through fitting of metal pipes.

Fuel pumps packed up after about 150k and indeed could fail through age say 10year + and there's two of them in the tank. Pumps are the same as the toureg and q7 and these are much cheaper fix for essentially the same part.

Discs and pads give about the same amount of life from new of around 70k.

Window regulators fail but nothing particularly strange about that, time consuming to fix as the door needs totally dismantling to fix it.

I've never found that tyre wear is bad for a car weighing 2+ tons and have always run Bridgestone Dueller HP Sports which give v good mileage and performance.

Watch out for electrical gremlins on older cars, make sure everything works.

MPG is very steady, drive like miss daisy and you may see 24mpg, thrash it and you get 19mpg, cruises all day at 90mph without breaking a sweat.

The only down side I can see is that with the mk3 coming in 2017 the early mk1 cars including the face lifted version (gts etc) upto 2010 are bound to loose a chunk of value as the mk2 comes into the sub 20k price bracket.
 
Hmm, not liking the new 2018MY -

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1102173_2018-porsche-cayenne-spy-shots#image=100551270

I got a 2014MY GTS a few months ago as a stop gap and it's a cracking car, not something I will keep for long as I prefer a sports car but I really cannot fault it, it copes brilliantly with the unadopted road approaching my new build!

I would recommend a warranty though, they seem to be a money pit as has been mentioned, I claimed for corroded exhaust tips (I have the optional sports exhaust) and Porsche quoted £2500 + VAT!

Cheers
 
Apologies for the late recognition of the very helpful replies.

I'm not rushing into this one but I feel a change is due at some time.

Incidentally the TDV8 issue can most probably be avoided by strictly observing the usual sensible precautions for any (VVT) turbo charged motor:
Careful warm up before hard use
Allow it to idle for a couple of minutes before shutting down
Using top quality oil of the correct spec and changing it every 6k miles
Run on premium fuels
 
Thinking of a Cayenne - please talk me out of it!

Ugly and driven by posers, only slightly less naff than a Range Rover Sport.
Will that do?



Get a Mercedes E Class Estate with a monster engine. Much cooler.

I've got one.
 
Kimbo said:
Thinking of a Cayenne - please talk me out of it!

Ugly and driven by posers, only slightly less naff than a Range Rover Sport.
Will that do?



Get a Mercedes E Class Estate with a monster engine. Much cooler.

I've got one.

Bah Humbug ..You heathen :p

Love the Avatar btw :D
 
Kimbo said:
Thinking of a Cayenne - please talk me out of it!

Ugly and driven by posers, only slightly less naff than a Range Rover Sport.
Will that do?


Get a Mercedes E Class Estate with a monster engine. Much cooler.

I've got one.

Cheers Kimbo - can always be relied upon for a little acerbic wit.

So slightly less naff than the Sport - that's a positive then :grin:
 
I have to say that I find them a bit 'meh!'

Perhaps a bit ostentatious. I don't know. That front end just doesn't work on an SUV for me. :dont know:

I should imagine the GTS and turbo's go like the clappers though! 8)
 
had 2 - gen1 turbo & gen 2 Hybrid

60K miles in the turbo, at an ave of 19mpg.

stonking car for the money I paid - traded it in at more than I bought it for !

Winter wheels & tyres, went everywhere - party piece was pulling a range rover out of a ditch in deep snow then towing it up a steep road in reverse - no-where to turn around. Whoever says they can't do offroad clearly haven't had a go !

Hybrid was good, very smooth, but I really bought it for the massive spec on it. Not a box wasn't ticked by the first owner, who had it for only 6 months (winter car in London for some Saudi royalty apparently...)

Towed the race car all over Europe with it (on a trailer..), took it round Spa & Donny - coped remarkably well.
can't remember the fuel consumption, but it certainly wasn't bad.

Thinking of the V8 diesel next year to replace the Mrs' Impreza WRX STi
 

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