Porsche Cayenne with 10k budget?
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Had my Turbo over a year now, still can't get over how great it actually is. What a machine. Did a tour up the north of
Scotland with some more Porsche nuts. Wanted to go in the Gt2, but not easy when you've got 2 kids going also.
Took the Cayenne, lets just say it had no difficulty staying with the others on the spirited drive :-))
Interestingly over the same route and distance doing the same speeds my Cayenne Turbo used £88 of fuel.
Tuned 964 Turbo used £74 of fuel and a tuned 996 Turbo Tip used £58 of fuel. Obviously we all fuelled and started from the same point. So it likes a drink, but in comparison not overly bad, and well worth it for what you get.
Putting the air suspension to sport mode I just can't believe how well this big bus handles, and with no roll. Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Scotland with some more Porsche nuts. Wanted to go in the Gt2, but not easy when you've got 2 kids going also.
Took the Cayenne, lets just say it had no difficulty staying with the others on the spirited drive :-))
Interestingly over the same route and distance doing the same speeds my Cayenne Turbo used £88 of fuel.
Tuned 964 Turbo used £74 of fuel and a tuned 996 Turbo Tip used £58 of fuel. Obviously we all fuelled and started from the same point. So it likes a drink, but in comparison not overly bad, and well worth it for what you get.
Putting the air suspension to sport mode I just can't believe how well this big bus handles, and with no roll. Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Car has developed a new fault. Rear reversing sensors have stopped working - I just get two red lights at each end of the display and a constant noise.
A quick search says it's common, and most likely one of the sensors above an exhaust. Will plug Durametric in at some point and see if it tells me which one is failing but it may need to wait until the weekend.
A quick search says it's common, and most likely one of the sensors above an exhaust. Will plug Durametric in at some point and see if it tells me which one is failing but it may need to wait until the weekend.
Edited by davek_964 on Tuesday 7th May 15:15
An update for anybody who's still considering whether a sub-£10k Cayenne is a good buy.
My reversing sensors fixed themselves - at least, they work about 90% of the time. I plugged durametric in and found the left centre rear was flagging a fault (although there seem to be two that could describe!).
I also had trouble with the air vents, so clearly have a servo problem - the centre air vents stopped working for a week - then started again. I haven't dared to change the air flow settings since.
The car was booked into 9E in about a weeks time to get these things sorted. Although I suspect they're quite simple to do, there is too much other stuff going on at the moment for me to want to pull cars apart. However - the visit to 9E has been brought forward. When I used the car on Thurs, I got to a junction and it actually felt like it was thinking about stalling - idle was very low (about 4-500rpm) and it felt a bit rough. At the next junction, it actually did stall.
Drove OK when I went home - read the codes on Durametric and there was one for a cam position sensor, so it could be that. It said it wasn't currently active when I plugged the laptop in - however, I read the codes about a two weeks ago because of the servo / reverse sensor problems so I know it wasn't there then.
Car is now at 9E, so we'll see what they find - and what it costs. Put 4 new tyres on last week, so seems it's going to be an expensive month. Especially since the turbo is booked in the week after the Cayenne.
My reversing sensors fixed themselves - at least, they work about 90% of the time. I plugged durametric in and found the left centre rear was flagging a fault (although there seem to be two that could describe!).
I also had trouble with the air vents, so clearly have a servo problem - the centre air vents stopped working for a week - then started again. I haven't dared to change the air flow settings since.
The car was booked into 9E in about a weeks time to get these things sorted. Although I suspect they're quite simple to do, there is too much other stuff going on at the moment for me to want to pull cars apart. However - the visit to 9E has been brought forward. When I used the car on Thurs, I got to a junction and it actually felt like it was thinking about stalling - idle was very low (about 4-500rpm) and it felt a bit rough. At the next junction, it actually did stall.
Drove OK when I went home - read the codes on Durametric and there was one for a cam position sensor, so it could be that. It said it wasn't currently active when I plugged the laptop in - however, I read the codes about a two weeks ago because of the servo / reverse sensor problems so I know it wasn't there then.
Car is now at 9E, so we'll see what they find - and what it costs. Put 4 new tyres on last week, so seems it's going to be an expensive month. Especially since the turbo is booked in the week after the Cayenne.
I have a £10K cayenne and I treat it as such, it is 9 years old with 70K on the clock so it is going to have the occasional niggle, things do seem to go wrong, then fix them self! But I remind my self that it is 9 years old and that is the hard part, I like thing to be just so and you can't have that on older cars, so I constantly have to remind myself just to leave it.
As a side note, anyone else noticed the lack of older cars on the road? In my office car park mine is about the oldest car in there.
As a side note, anyone else noticed the lack of older cars on the road? In my office car park mine is about the oldest car in there.
Sometimes if it comes down to luck(Friday car), sometimes how it's been maintained and used throughout the years.
Bought mine through 911 Virgin with almost 85k miles. Car has FPSH with the large service being carried out a few months ago, Porsche warranty, Coolant pipes replaced, N rated Michelins, brakes/tyres changed not to long ago and almost every option.
Did 1k miles this weekend and didn't miss a beat, for the money unbeatable. Has magic carpet ride
Car also passed a 111 point check at OPC on thursday without even an advisory.
Credit to previous owner and 911V for finding such a vehicle.
Bought mine through 911 Virgin with almost 85k miles. Car has FPSH with the large service being carried out a few months ago, Porsche warranty, Coolant pipes replaced, N rated Michelins, brakes/tyres changed not to long ago and almost every option.
Did 1k miles this weekend and didn't miss a beat, for the money unbeatable. Has magic carpet ride
Car also passed a 111 point check at OPC on thursday without even an advisory.
Credit to previous owner and 911V for finding such a vehicle.
Edited by Callughan on Monday 29th July 15:39
well mine is an 04 and had it from new; with nearly 135,000 on the clock it's value isn't likely to start going up anytime soon 
so now it is the daily beater, someone dinged the door in a car park and then my PA caught the rear wing on the gate when taking the dogs for a walk; the body work now gets left until somebody crashes into me and they can pay for the work. Luckily they are all on the passenger side so as far as I'm concerned it's concours standard.
But keep it serviced and they go on quite happily. the odd scuff won't hurt as nobody thouth they were lookers in the first place!
so now it is the daily beater, someone dinged the door in a car park and then my PA caught the rear wing on the gate when taking the dogs for a walk; the body work now gets left until somebody crashes into me and they can pay for the work. Luckily they are all on the passenger side so as far as I'm concerned it's concours standard.
But keep it serviced and they go on quite happily. the odd scuff won't hurt as nobody thouth they were lookers in the first place!
Thanks to this thread I've decided to get a Cayenne. Found one in auto trader, spoke to the garage, everything sounded good, pictures and details were perfect for a 10 year old turbo, so I put down a deposit. Since the dealer was 500 miles away it was a right pain when I turned up and the car wasn't available. There was some cock and bull story about the head gasket going and them selling it back to the previous owner. As luck would have it I then found a newer model which had only done 40k,for not much more. I must say that the drive back to Scotland was quite fun.
I'm still very happy with mine. It's got a few niggles that need sorting out - but they all magically fixed themselves before I took it to 9E.
If it wasn't for the fact that I bought badly and had to shell out a large amount of cash on it soon after purchase, I'd be changing it for a newer one. But I need to keep it long enough that I feel I've got my money's worth which will be a good year or two yet I think. Quite ironic, given that I bought cheaply purely because I thought it was a car I wouldn't like and wouldn't use much.
If it wasn't for the fact that I bought badly and had to shell out a large amount of cash on it soon after purchase, I'd be changing it for a newer one. But I need to keep it long enough that I feel I've got my money's worth which will be a good year or two yet I think. Quite ironic, given that I bought cheaply purely because I thought it was a car I wouldn't like and wouldn't use much.
davek_964 said:
Still happy with mine.
It's the oldest cheapest car I have and at the moment the only one of four that hasn't got anything wrong with it!
(Actually my 996 turbo has been fixed this week and I'll collect it tomorrow but you get the point).
Thanks for the response Davek, great to hear you are still enjoying it. This bodes well for me as yours was one of the less than ideal buys I have read about. Luck of the draw but very few horror stories about these budget beasts.It's the oldest cheapest car I have and at the moment the only one of four that hasn't got anything wrong with it!
(Actually my 996 turbo has been fixed this week and I'll collect it tomorrow but you get the point).
Hoopsuk said:
Thanks for the response Davek, great to hear you are still enjoying it. This bodes well for me as yours was one of the less than ideal buys I have read about. Luck of the draw but very few horror stories about these budget beasts.
Yep - I didn't buy particularly well, but once I'd sorted everything it's been pretty good.I got mine almost exactly 1 year ago, 53 plate 4.5s With 50k on the clock Dark grey. 20" wheels and Fully loaded including roof rack, tow pack. I struck lucky as it had been owned by a family in London who had a driver that used it for taking the kids to school, full service history with all receipts etc. The coolant pipes hadn't been changed to the metal ones so I did these at a cost of £800 other than that it has cost me a set of tyres £700 and pads all round which I did myself for less than £100. Going in for an oil change today. It has been used for many tip runs as I'm currently doing up a house, my wife has a furniture business so it also gets used a lot with the rear seats down. It's still in great condition and looks very smart after a wash and polish. Other than petrol costs at 17mpg It's an amazingly good all round vehicle.
Not such a happy story from me...
Bought a 2003 Turbo on 110k for £7800, little history as it had been in Cyprus for a while. No evidence of coolant pipes being done but it was cheap enough to take the risk on.
We had it for 9 months and I px'd it for £6500 based on needing the following to get it through it's MOT.
- Prop shaft UJ wear due to split boot
- Steering column module needing replacing meaning stalk controls were intermittent in function.
- Intermittent air suspension fault (not diagnosed)
Other issues it had were:
- 4 zone AC was buggered. Not hot air from front, several servos needed replacing.
- Battery drain that would kill it in 12 hours (was drawing 5 amps for 30 seconds every 2 mins whilst off and locked!)
I had it in to Northway for the work initially and their advice was to get rid. Repairs were estimated at over £4000 for the work (£800 for the prop, £1500 for the AC work as it was full dash out, £700 for the Steering column unit, others were unknown until further work was done)
On a car that old/cheap it just wasn't worth it and even if I did get it all done there was no guarantee that it would fix the battery drain issue, nor that something else wouldn't go wrong!
Overall it was a brilliant car, we did around 15k miles in the 9 months and averaged 14mpg and only started going wrong shortly before I cut my losses on it.
I'd have another, but I'd spend more initially and buy from a reputable specialist so I had some backing on it.
If anyone see's a Blue with Sand Turbo on 20" Techno wheels, LE03PYJ... AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!
Bought a 2003 Turbo on 110k for £7800, little history as it had been in Cyprus for a while. No evidence of coolant pipes being done but it was cheap enough to take the risk on.
We had it for 9 months and I px'd it for £6500 based on needing the following to get it through it's MOT.
- Prop shaft UJ wear due to split boot
- Steering column module needing replacing meaning stalk controls were intermittent in function.
- Intermittent air suspension fault (not diagnosed)
Other issues it had were:
- 4 zone AC was buggered. Not hot air from front, several servos needed replacing.
- Battery drain that would kill it in 12 hours (was drawing 5 amps for 30 seconds every 2 mins whilst off and locked!)
I had it in to Northway for the work initially and their advice was to get rid. Repairs were estimated at over £4000 for the work (£800 for the prop, £1500 for the AC work as it was full dash out, £700 for the Steering column unit, others were unknown until further work was done)
On a car that old/cheap it just wasn't worth it and even if I did get it all done there was no guarantee that it would fix the battery drain issue, nor that something else wouldn't go wrong!
Overall it was a brilliant car, we did around 15k miles in the 9 months and averaged 14mpg and only started going wrong shortly before I cut my losses on it.
I'd have another, but I'd spend more initially and buy from a reputable specialist so I had some backing on it.
If anyone see's a Blue with Sand Turbo on 20" Techno wheels, LE03PYJ... AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!
thegoose said:
£1300 for 15,000 miles in a CayenneTurbo that had no service history - not exactly expensive motoring is it?
Not at all (if we ignore the 14mpg!)I went into it with my eyes open so it didnt hurt too much. I'd set myself a budget of 12k initially so took a punt on this.
The only other bits I needed to fix during our ownership were the horns (£350 as it's bumper off on the Turbo) and low range selection motor jammed. I wasn't going to spend £500 on a replacement so took it off, changed the selector manually with some molegrips, realigned the motor and refitted it.
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