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> SOT: Talking about Cayennes..., Who's got one?
Eric_Shea
post Jul 14 2010, 08:15 PM
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What if you want both?
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post Jul 14 2010, 08:16 PM
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Yeah, you're right Zach. I looked at cheap ass tow vehicles. But as dumb as it probably is, I can't abide having a truck that sits 360 days a year. I would need to trade in the Rabbit and get something to drive full time, that I can tow with on occasion.
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post Jul 14 2010, 08:20 PM
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I use mine as a shop dog. It hauls a couple hundred pounds of calipers to the platers each week (and back).

It also takes the wife and I to dinner.

It also takes the family camping and it takes the trailer to the campground (wherever that campground may be... we do a lot of BLM stuff).

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post Jul 14 2010, 09:05 PM
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What about modern Porsche factory manuals? Anyone know anything about acquiring this info?
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post Jul 14 2010, 09:19 PM
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I have the factory manuals in PDF form. I forgot where I got it. It was somewhere online for $15 or so.
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post Jul 15 2010, 03:37 PM
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Watch a few Top Gear segments on YouTube. According to those guys, the Cayenne is ugly but otherwise really nice. But the Touareg was definitely NOT well received.

The wife is on board... so I'll need to look into getting rid of the Rabbit.
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post Jul 15 2010, 04:38 PM
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no direct Porsche Cayane experience, but My ex has an 04 Toureg, we looked at the cayane and bmw x5 and chose the vw for the following reasons, which were in part subjective:

service costs, even for identical services are more expensive for a p or bmw

i liked the vw interior more than the porsche. and neither exterior overwelmed me

vw offered a six which was adequate for her uses, and unless you intend to tow often and heavy i think is adequate. , The porsche didn't offer a 6.in o4. i believe the coolant pipe issue is a v8 issue only. i don't believe the 6 gets much better gas mileage about 14mpg, so on a used car the price difference between a 6 and 8 may not be much, it was $over $10000 new.

Price much cheaper, we paid $35,000, for vw with leather, and xeon lights, more than 20,000 cheaper than p or bmw, last i looked a used a nice 04 probably isn't more than a $10,000 car, but an eddie bauer expedition probably is only worth $5000.

its a very nice truck, nice interior, heavy secure feel, nice in rain, we don't have snow but i'm sure its nice in snow

problems:
transmission gone at 51000 miles i bought extended warranty for $5000, the transmission alone was more than that

the high tech info panel includes a low tire pressure sensor. one wheel sensor went bad. that then in effect overode all other panel info until repaired, she refused to pay $2900 to have her tire pressure monitored. obviously for legal reasons no one will override the system.

as someone else commented on the p truck, even the base vw has a lot of high tech sensors, transmission adjustments etc, which we never used but add expenses when they break.

ditto the previous radio comments, eventually after 2 or 3 replacements we just bought an aftermarket stereo, thereby loosing all the steering wheel controls, but getting a radio that did not need to be replaced every year.

tires never get more than 20000 miles on a set on michilins, less on whatever else we tried

we bought the truck because there was a tax credit for trucks with over a 6000 gvw, i say that because we traded a lexus rx 300, which imho if you don't need much towing capacity (3500 Lb if i remember correct) is cheaper too maintain, better ride and far better build quality.

i have come to hate vw and their dealers, because of many nagging issues and their either lack of response or cost, but if you can do the work yourself or have a very good independent mechanic they are very nice trucks





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post Sep 6 2010, 10:36 PM
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I bought one.... You like?

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post Sep 6 2010, 11:01 PM
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post Sep 6 2010, 11:22 PM
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The owner of the company i workfor has one and never drives it,he says his jeep is better.
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post Sep 6 2010, 11:24 PM
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Tom, if your boss wants to sell his low-mileage Cayenne. Let me know.
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post Sep 6 2010, 11:33 PM
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Tom, if your boss wants to sell his low-mileage Cayenne. Let me know.

Sorry he never sells anything.I'v already tryed.
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post May 30 2011, 10:36 AM
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Test drove a 2004 Turbo last weekend. What a MONSTER! That thing is awesome. I'm kinda hooked. The one I looked at was pretty thrashed. They were asking $25k, but I'm gonna offer $20k (have to replace the seats, center console, brakes, tires) but even then I'm not sure I want that one.

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post May 30 2011, 02:05 PM
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Buy a used Ford F150 and put a Porsche badge on the hood. No one will know the difference. Well, they might in Napa. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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post May 30 2011, 07:44 PM
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Elliot when I get my Turbo, we can race. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post May 31 2011, 09:36 AM
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My Wife is looking at the 2008-2009 range, but i test drove a new 2011 S a couple of weeks back. Wow, it's a completely different car than the Gen 1. I was very impressed, but at $82K, I better be.....
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post May 31 2011, 10:02 AM
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Toyoda biggest problem is the floor mat/gas pedal interface...... OR you could buy an overpriced euro rig and watch it disintegrate in front of your eyes......but it may be cool to watch.

I got this 2006 with 23K miles on it bout a year & a half ago for 18K. It now has 40K on it.
Guess what it's worth now.


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