2005 Porsche Cayenne - 5 years on (150,000 miles)
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Hi all,
I thought I'd post a running report of my Porsche Cayenne (3.2 V6). I've owned the car for 5 years now, and it has just clocked over 150,000 miles. I've kept a detailed report on my website blog, but as I'm going to close the blog down later this year I thought I'd carry on my ramblings on here too if there is interest?
I purchased the car in 2016, then 10 years old and 100,000 miles so I've owned the car for 1/3 of its life and 1/3 of its miles too! The lady who owned it before me sent it to Porsche for a comprehensive service and I'm told had a lot of work done to bring it up to scratch again. Other than the service stamp, I don't know what that work was, because the OPC wouldn't tell me (data protection and all that), but the service lady did know the owner personally and said she brought it in and wanted everything doing that was needed.
This was reflected in the fact that the guy who I bought it from was one of those broker types who buys part-x cars from main dealers and then sells them on to other smaller dealers. He said he thought the car was in such good condition he'd sell it himself. When I took it to my specialist for its first service with me a week or so after I'd bought it, he commented that many of the typical components that need replacing on these cars, had been done. Great news!
This was all more luck than judgement as I bought the car with very little in terms of research. I didn't have an inspection, I just kicked the tyres, had a 10 minute test drive and bought it! The only thing I knew was that I wanted a 3.2, because this is a VW engine, rather than the nutoriously breakable 4.5 Porsche unit. The main reasons for buying was that I wanted an auto plus a car that had a bigger boot than our Evoque at the time. Plus I wanted another Porsche (I've previously owned a Boxster, Cayman and 911). We went cheap and chearful at £6,995 (5 years ago) as this was the first automatic car that Mrs Cloudy would have driven and I didn't want to shell out a lot of money if she didn't like it. The intention was to buy a newer model if she did like the auto-driving, but I really took a liking to this particular car and so it has stayed longer than any other car I've owned. Mrs Cloudy isn't keen on it at all though, so she has her own car to drive about in, but she still uses this occasionally if she either needs the space, or if weather determines this might be a better bet.
I find it extremely comfortable (the seats are just brilliant for my particular size and shape) and up to now it has been pretty reliable. I have it serviced on time as indicated by the cars computer, by Porsche Euro in Barnsley (great guys, I'd really recommend them) and I always ask them to give it a good going over and let me know if anything needs replacing, which then also gets done. With a car this age I think prevention might be better than cure, to keep the man-machine relationship a happy one!
Full back story here if you want to read before the blog closes: Running report for the last 5 years
This year will be a big service for the Cayenne, but that won’t be until towards the back end of the year. But the age (15) plus the milage (150k), plus the Major Service that it will be due next means quite a lot of service items will need refreshing in 2021!
The interior is holding up pretty well for its age (please excuse the dirty mats!)
I thought I'd post a running report of my Porsche Cayenne (3.2 V6). I've owned the car for 5 years now, and it has just clocked over 150,000 miles. I've kept a detailed report on my website blog, but as I'm going to close the blog down later this year I thought I'd carry on my ramblings on here too if there is interest?
I purchased the car in 2016, then 10 years old and 100,000 miles so I've owned the car for 1/3 of its life and 1/3 of its miles too! The lady who owned it before me sent it to Porsche for a comprehensive service and I'm told had a lot of work done to bring it up to scratch again. Other than the service stamp, I don't know what that work was, because the OPC wouldn't tell me (data protection and all that), but the service lady did know the owner personally and said she brought it in and wanted everything doing that was needed.
This was reflected in the fact that the guy who I bought it from was one of those broker types who buys part-x cars from main dealers and then sells them on to other smaller dealers. He said he thought the car was in such good condition he'd sell it himself. When I took it to my specialist for its first service with me a week or so after I'd bought it, he commented that many of the typical components that need replacing on these cars, had been done. Great news!
This was all more luck than judgement as I bought the car with very little in terms of research. I didn't have an inspection, I just kicked the tyres, had a 10 minute test drive and bought it! The only thing I knew was that I wanted a 3.2, because this is a VW engine, rather than the nutoriously breakable 4.5 Porsche unit. The main reasons for buying was that I wanted an auto plus a car that had a bigger boot than our Evoque at the time. Plus I wanted another Porsche (I've previously owned a Boxster, Cayman and 911). We went cheap and chearful at £6,995 (5 years ago) as this was the first automatic car that Mrs Cloudy would have driven and I didn't want to shell out a lot of money if she didn't like it. The intention was to buy a newer model if she did like the auto-driving, but I really took a liking to this particular car and so it has stayed longer than any other car I've owned. Mrs Cloudy isn't keen on it at all though, so she has her own car to drive about in, but she still uses this occasionally if she either needs the space, or if weather determines this might be a better bet.
I find it extremely comfortable (the seats are just brilliant for my particular size and shape) and up to now it has been pretty reliable. I have it serviced on time as indicated by the cars computer, by Porsche Euro in Barnsley (great guys, I'd really recommend them) and I always ask them to give it a good going over and let me know if anything needs replacing, which then also gets done. With a car this age I think prevention might be better than cure, to keep the man-machine relationship a happy one!
Full back story here if you want to read before the blog closes: Running report for the last 5 years
This year will be a big service for the Cayenne, but that won’t be until towards the back end of the year. But the age (15) plus the milage (150k), plus the Major Service that it will be due next means quite a lot of service items will need refreshing in 2021!
The interior is holding up pretty well for its age (please excuse the dirty mats!)
Edited by Cloudy147 on Friday 21st May 21:07
The Second (and Final) Update 
And so the Cayenne has now been sold, after just under five and a half years of fabulous ownership. I've absolutely loved owning this car and it has been my favourite ever car purchase. The seats were by far the most comfortable that I've ever sat in and the driving position is perfect for a tall bloke such as myself.
It has taken us all over the country on holidays and shopping trips, it has carried everything in its carnivorous boot, from moving house boxes, to tip runs, to garden centres trips and everything in between.
A phenomenal car which has been incredibly reliable and, for what it is (a 'prestige' SUV with true 4x4 capabilities), it has been a cheap car to run too!
COMPLETE COST OF OWNERSHIP FOR 65 MONTHS AND 51,000 MILES:
2016 – Minor service, wiper blades and brake fluid: £254
2016 – Number plates for my personal registration: £20
2016 – Valet to get rid of the smoke smell (can’t remember the cost, lets say £80)
2016 – New key fob (it only came with one and I wanted two): £239
2016 – Alternator refurb and refit: £216
2016 – 4x budget tyres (Top-notch stuff isn’t really required for our use): £350
2016 – Annual / Oil Change service: £118
2016/17 – MOT: £88
2017 – Window Regulator and new rear glass micro switch: £330
2017 – Major service including spark plugs and brake fluid, plus a new rear wiper blade and front side light bulb: £394
2018 – MOT: £44
2018 – Replacement of driver side Window regulator: £258
2018 – Oil Change service: £120
2019 – MOT: £44
2019 – New front headlight bulb from Porsche: £18
2019 – Front Tyres: £195 (Black Circles)
2019 – Tracking for tyres (they were wearing unevenly: £30
2019 – Rear Tyres (Black Circles) £188.50
2019 – New wiper blades and fixing of the fuel flap switch (which broke so I couldn’t open it). £90
2019 – Minor Service £174
2020 – New front brake pads and sensor £208
2020 – MOT – £45ish
2020 – Gear Leaver plastic bush replacement (Safety Recall): £0
2020 – Repaint of front and rear bumpers to repair scrapes: £270
2020 – new LCD screen and buzzer (parts only) £61.13 and £42 + £19 duty and fees
2020 – Oil change service plus air filter, fitting new sidelight bulb and fitting LCD screen and buzzer £258
2020 – Changing the light bulb fiasco: £0
2021 – MOT £45
TOTAL RUNNING COSTS FOR 5 YEARS OWNERSHIP: £4198 (£64.58 per month)
DEPRECIATION (Purchased at £7k, sold for £4350): £2650 (£40.77 per month).
TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (not including tax, petrol or insurance): £6848 (£105.35 per month).
Why sell? I've had it for so long now and could easily keep it forever more. I had a good one and I kept it well maintained, but I have other cars on my to-do list that I really want to try - one of those being a Boxster 987 (which I now own). However, this meant that in keeping the Cayenne, I had three cars, plus my wife’s car. I now work from home permanently, and the wife doesn't work that far away either. Four cars is just too many as they are all hardly getting used. Unused cars quickly become broken cars and I do not like to have broken cars in any shape or form and the level of maintainence required owning a mini fleet without justified purpose really pecks at my head. So, sensibly, but reluctantly, the Cayenne has said its farewell today, being snapped up by a very nice gent who will be using it for similar family duties as I did. We'll be replacing my wife’s Puma as well, combining the two cars to form a Jaguar E Pace as the family car all being well, with the Boxster as my 'daily' and the Camaro as the weekend toy.
A friend of mine likes to say that when it comes to cars, depreciation means you can "Live like a millionaire from ten years ago". A brand new Cayenne will cost you more than £750 a month, with a £7,000 deposit. Big numbers! But I bought mine outright for the same price as just that deposit when it was 10 years old. Awesome!
The Cayenne still turns heads, even today at 16 years old, and to my biased eye it still looks great too - it is different to see and pretty striking (whether you love or hate them). I hope the new owner gets as many reliable and fun miles out of it as I did.
And so the Cayenne has now been sold, after just under five and a half years of fabulous ownership. I've absolutely loved owning this car and it has been my favourite ever car purchase. The seats were by far the most comfortable that I've ever sat in and the driving position is perfect for a tall bloke such as myself.
It has taken us all over the country on holidays and shopping trips, it has carried everything in its carnivorous boot, from moving house boxes, to tip runs, to garden centres trips and everything in between.
A phenomenal car which has been incredibly reliable and, for what it is (a 'prestige' SUV with true 4x4 capabilities), it has been a cheap car to run too!
COMPLETE COST OF OWNERSHIP FOR 65 MONTHS AND 51,000 MILES:
2016 – Minor service, wiper blades and brake fluid: £254
2016 – Number plates for my personal registration: £20
2016 – Valet to get rid of the smoke smell (can’t remember the cost, lets say £80)
2016 – New key fob (it only came with one and I wanted two): £239
2016 – Alternator refurb and refit: £216
2016 – 4x budget tyres (Top-notch stuff isn’t really required for our use): £350
2016 – Annual / Oil Change service: £118
2016/17 – MOT: £88
2017 – Window Regulator and new rear glass micro switch: £330
2017 – Major service including spark plugs and brake fluid, plus a new rear wiper blade and front side light bulb: £394
2018 – MOT: £44
2018 – Replacement of driver side Window regulator: £258
2018 – Oil Change service: £120
2019 – MOT: £44
2019 – New front headlight bulb from Porsche: £18
2019 – Front Tyres: £195 (Black Circles)
2019 – Tracking for tyres (they were wearing unevenly: £30
2019 – Rear Tyres (Black Circles) £188.50
2019 – New wiper blades and fixing of the fuel flap switch (which broke so I couldn’t open it). £90
2019 – Minor Service £174
2020 – New front brake pads and sensor £208
2020 – MOT – £45ish
2020 – Gear Leaver plastic bush replacement (Safety Recall): £0
2020 – Repaint of front and rear bumpers to repair scrapes: £270
2020 – new LCD screen and buzzer (parts only) £61.13 and £42 + £19 duty and fees
2020 – Oil change service plus air filter, fitting new sidelight bulb and fitting LCD screen and buzzer £258
2020 – Changing the light bulb fiasco: £0
2021 – MOT £45
TOTAL RUNNING COSTS FOR 5 YEARS OWNERSHIP: £4198 (£64.58 per month)
DEPRECIATION (Purchased at £7k, sold for £4350): £2650 (£40.77 per month).
TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (not including tax, petrol or insurance): £6848 (£105.35 per month).
Why sell? I've had it for so long now and could easily keep it forever more. I had a good one and I kept it well maintained, but I have other cars on my to-do list that I really want to try - one of those being a Boxster 987 (which I now own). However, this meant that in keeping the Cayenne, I had three cars, plus my wife’s car. I now work from home permanently, and the wife doesn't work that far away either. Four cars is just too many as they are all hardly getting used. Unused cars quickly become broken cars and I do not like to have broken cars in any shape or form and the level of maintainence required owning a mini fleet without justified purpose really pecks at my head. So, sensibly, but reluctantly, the Cayenne has said its farewell today, being snapped up by a very nice gent who will be using it for similar family duties as I did. We'll be replacing my wife’s Puma as well, combining the two cars to form a Jaguar E Pace as the family car all being well, with the Boxster as my 'daily' and the Camaro as the weekend toy.
A friend of mine likes to say that when it comes to cars, depreciation means you can "Live like a millionaire from ten years ago". A brand new Cayenne will cost you more than £750 a month, with a £7,000 deposit. Big numbers! But I bought mine outright for the same price as just that deposit when it was 10 years old. Awesome!
The Cayenne still turns heads, even today at 16 years old, and to my biased eye it still looks great too - it is different to see and pretty striking (whether you love or hate them). I hope the new owner gets as many reliable and fun miles out of it as I did.
Edited by Cloudy147 on Friday 21st May 21:06
Nice to see a car being used whilst still being taken good care off.
Seems like a inexpensive ownerships of a big engined car with high miles. Hope the Boxster continues in that way.
Was it a difficult decision to sell, I’d find it tough after adding those miles. Would want to keep it and see how well it does.
Seems like a inexpensive ownerships of a big engined car with high miles. Hope the Boxster continues in that way.
Was it a difficult decision to sell, I’d find it tough after adding those miles. Would want to keep it and see how well it does.
Edited by V6todayEVmanana on Monday 24th May 11:16
OP, it seems as though we have had similar taste in cars, I still run a dark olive green 957 V6 that I bought in 2015 & now has 115k on the clock. I went for the V6 as it has the VW engine so you automatically avoid all the internet horror stories about the Porsche engined cars. It has been supper reliable & no more expensive to service (at a local independent Porsche garage) than my wife's Polo. The similarities don't however stop there as I notice you have a Camaro tucked away in your garage. My weekend warrior is a Corvette C5 that I have owned since 2001 & has 69k on the clock.
gf15 said:
Thank you for the write up. It shows what you can have for very a reasonable cost.
I think you bought well, looked after it properly.
It served you well and you sold for a fair price.
Well done!
Thanks gf I think you bought well, looked after it properly.
It served you well and you sold for a fair price.
Well done!
V6todayEVmanana said:
Nice to see a car being used whilst still being taken good care off.
Seems like a inexpensive ownerships of a big engined car with high miles. Hope the Boxster continues in that way.
Was it a difficult decision to sell, I’d find it tough after adding those miles. Would want to keep it and see how well it does.
Thanks V6, appreciated. It wasn't too difficult a decision as I've never been emotionally attached to this particular car. It was always a tool to do a job. Where it was difficult is that it was a bloody good tool. It fitted me so well in so many ways, and that made it hard. But the choice was that I either kept it, and didn't buy anything else, or I sold and tried out a different car. As much as I wanted to keep it, it didn't make sense to do so in my heart (being the passion for cars and trying out different models and experiences) although my head it absolutely did. I just don't have a need to drive enough to have that many cars.Seems like a inexpensive ownerships of a big engined car with high miles. Hope the Boxster continues in that way.
Was it a difficult decision to sell, I’d find it tough after adding those miles. Would want to keep it and see how well it does.
Edited by V6todayEVmanana on Monday 24th May 11:16
It is still the most comfortable car I've ever been in and the most satisfying to own.
97BlackC5 said:
OP, it seems as though we have had similar taste in cars, I still run a dark olive green 957 V6 that I bought in 2015 & now has 115k on the clock. I went for the V6 as it has the VW engine so you automatically avoid all the internet horror stories about the Porsche engined cars. It has been supper reliable & no more expensive to service (at a local independent Porsche garage) than my wife's Polo. The similarities don't however stop there as I notice you have a Camaro tucked away in your garage. My weekend warrior is a Corvette C5 that I have owned since 2001 & has 69k on the clock.
Fantastic! A great selection of cars you have there! I went for the V6 cayenne for those exact reasons also! It was such an awesome car. Yours looks like the facelift Cayenne I think?Loving that Corvette too!! Very nice indeed!!
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