Viewing a Cayenne Turbo - checklist?

Viewing a Cayenne Turbo - checklist?

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Helicopter123

8,831 posts

156 months

Sunday 24th August 2014
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You can't expect perfection on a 10 year old car, especially a complex one like this. As long as it's straight, not been crashed, has the paperwork and has been looked after, then get it bought. Decent tyres and last service at this age a good indication of how it's been looked after. Also, does the vendor come across as someone who has been able to maintain it? This is not fool proof, but can add to the picture.

Luke.

10,991 posts

250 months

Sunday 24th August 2014
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So, how'd you get on with round 2?

5678

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6,146 posts

227 months

Sunday 24th August 2014
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Well, test drive done. Wife saw it and liked it too. Tried the kick down test from 5th to 3rd and keeping my foot in, all ok. Tried giving it beans off a roundabout, all ok.

Should be collecting it in the week wink

SkinnyP

1,419 posts

149 months

Sunday 24th August 2014
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Good lad. Remember pictures...

Luke.

10,991 posts

250 months

Tuesday 26th August 2014
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So has the deed been done? How'd you find it compared to the V6?

5678

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6,146 posts

227 months

Tuesday 26th August 2014
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Going to collect Friday pm or Saturday am!

Compared to the (low spec) V6 it's night and day difference. The V6 really is bordering dangerous in terms of how slow it was IMO. The turbo goes the other way and is far faster than it needs to be! Really, the V8 would have been perfect, but the engine issues were too much of a risk for me.
The interior was much more what you'd expect in this sort of car too. Heated front and rears, 4 zone climate, memory seats etc.

Just trying to work out the best iPhone/bluetooth solution for PCM2.1. It seems to be Dension or mObridge, but nothing much conclusive from what I can find on here or Rennlist. Dension is cheaper so thats leading at the moment!

Luke.

10,991 posts

250 months

Tuesday 26th August 2014
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Ah you got the 4 zone climate, nice one. I only had two zone in mine. No idea about the ipod stuff. They're lovely in Turbo spec, and especially love the alcantara headlining. Is that odd? smile

thegoose

8,075 posts

210 months

Tuesday 26th August 2014
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I use a second SIM card in the PCM slot, £3/month from Orange, works perfectly (just as it should). The car SIM has priority so if the ignition's on that's the phone that's working, switch the ignition off and it reverts back to my normal mobile handset.

sofaking

229 posts

147 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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5678 said:
Just trying to work out the best iPhone/bluetooth solution for PCM2.1. It seems to be Dension or mObridge, but nothing much conclusive from what I can find on here or Rennlist. Dension is cheaper so thats leading at the moment!
Another option is the Dynavin head unit. It is still a little buggy, but I found my early Dension clumsy and buggy too.

Rennlist thread:

http://rennlist.com/forums/porsche-cayenne-forum/7...

5678

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6,146 posts

227 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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Well, here we go!



Had my first issue already, the one thing I didn't check properly before buying was the shifting to low range, locking diffs etc. my mistake and I've learnt the hard way!

Messing around with the car on Friday and locked the diffs up as I was learning what did what. Tried to shift back to high range and it wouldn't, throwing a 4wd fault. Gutted!

Spent quite a while searching on Rennlist and Renntech and found it was likely to be the servo motor on the transfer case. Also saw mention of people taking it off, manually selecting high range and then fitting the motor back on. So, after a few attempts (and then eventually realising I needed it in neutral before it would switch!) I got the car back into high range and it's fine.

New motor to be purchased.

Otherwise it's great! Will give it a mention in the poverty pork thread too!

thegoose

8,075 posts

210 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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I've known of the exact same problem on an X5, Discovery and an ML. Seems odd to me that the motors are so susceptible to problems to do with water (and the resulting corrosion) considering they're on the underside of a 4x4!

5678

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6,146 posts

227 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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Yes, it's odd. The motor couldn't be more exposed either!

From what I've read, they did switch to a different design and supplier for the motor around 2005/6 so I want one of those as the replacement.

Luke.

10,991 posts

250 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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Sorry to hear you've run into a little problem. Though sounds like you're well on top of it.

Any more pics? Looks great.

5678

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6,146 posts

227 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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No more pictures yet, I spent most of the weekend under it rather than in it!

iPhone/Bluetooth wise, I've had 2 places refuse to quote on a Dension as they won't supply them. Then 1 quote of ~£950 for a mobridge install. If that's what it will cost then the Pioneer F60dab at £1250 fitted is quite likely.