RE: Porsche Cayenne Turbo
Discussion
kayc said:
Its been a very long thread this but the major problem with the Cayenne is still being forgotten..its a family vehicle that depreciates like 'uck,doesnt have 7 seats,does 12-15mpg around town and because of this gets nowhere near being a family option for me..too expensive,wife that doesnt give a shit about cars and 3 kids removes this horrendous looking 'rolex' on wheels from my choice..average speed on the family car runs currently at 22.1mph..well worth getting a Cayenne for that job.
Edited by kayc on Friday 9th March 14:21
Guilty as charged
You forgot something.....its a Tip
kayc said:
gregg13 said:
Enough said.
I have just flicked through some old threads and appear to have been unwittingly dragged into a discussion, (which at best is suitable for the pub) with Victor Meldrew.
I feel sure a last comment is coming from Mr Viagra's corner, but for now all I can say is that I think my Cayenne Turbo is great, and I think I'm right, so there!
Great at what? I have just flicked through some old threads and appear to have been unwittingly dragged into a discussion, (which at best is suitable for the pub) with Victor Meldrew.
I feel sure a last comment is coming from Mr Viagra's corner, but for now all I can say is that I think my Cayenne Turbo is great, and I think I'm right, so there!
As previous posts
gregg13 said:
kayc said:
gregg13 said:
Enough said.
I have just flicked through some old threads and appear to have been unwittingly dragged into a discussion, (which at best is suitable for the pub) with Victor Meldrew.
I feel sure a last comment is coming from Mr Viagra's corner, but for now all I can say is that I think my Cayenne Turbo is great, and I think I'm right, so there!
Great at what? I have just flicked through some old threads and appear to have been unwittingly dragged into a discussion, (which at best is suitable for the pub) with Victor Meldrew.
I feel sure a last comment is coming from Mr Viagra's corner, but for now all I can say is that I think my Cayenne Turbo is great, and I think I'm right, so there!
As previous posts
kayc said:
gregg13 said:
kayc said:
gregg13 said:
Enough said.
I have just flicked through some old threads and appear to have been unwittingly dragged into a discussion, (which at best is suitable for the pub) with Victor Meldrew.
I feel sure a last comment is coming from Mr Viagra's corner, but for now all I can say is that I think my Cayenne Turbo is great, and I think I'm right, so there!
Great at what? I have just flicked through some old threads and appear to have been unwittingly dragged into a discussion, (which at best is suitable for the pub) with Victor Meldrew.
I feel sure a last comment is coming from Mr Viagra's corner, but for now all I can say is that I think my Cayenne Turbo is great, and I think I'm right, so there!
As previous posts
I wasn't thinking of those posts!
Henry-F said:
kayc said:
Losing money,drinking petrol and not enough room if you family is 5+?But at least you get a Porsche keyring to show everyone in the pub
I thought you`d sold your Turbo Kevin.
Henry
Edited by Henry-F on Friday 9th March 15:11
Edited by kayc on Friday 9th March 15:29
kayc said:
Henry-F said:
kayc said:
Losing money,drinking petrol and not enough room if you family is 5+?But at least you get a Porsche keyring to show everyone in the pub
I thought you`d sold your Turbo Kevin.
Henry
I sold it to you didnt i for a packet of walkers crisps?You cleaned the exhaust pipes and sold it for 75k..hell youve got to make a living..hows the racing team going?Cheap hobby that,who pays for that?
Never mind the racing (where at least sponsorship eases the burden), I`d have thought you`d have had a pop at the lovely Fairline moored on the South Coast or the fact we turn left on the hairyplane when we go off on our exotic holls.
I make a bloody good living but given I spent the first 15 years of my working life in abject poverty building things up I would be disapointed if it was any different. Most businesses are drained by the bank or similar financial institutions who fund them (for a healthy fee). Luckily patience and steady growth has negated that burden.
The other thing to bear in mind is that you don`t need to make too much out of each car if you are selling 250-300 a year before you can afford to shop at Tesco`s rather than Aldi.
Henry
zanderman said:
OK so if the Cayenne is so very bad what else would people suggest?
What else goes as fast, handles as well, has the size/space and still has the presige (I know this may be a taste thing but it is still a Porsche!)
What else goes as fast, handles as well, has the size/space and still has the presige (I know this may be a taste thing but it is still a Porsche!)
The AMG ML63. Read our group test in next month's EVO. You will either be outraged or find it as much of a giggle as we did.
911wise said:
One of the biggest problems I had with a Cayenne when I test drove it was the space in side, Most dissapointing, a bit like Dr who's tardis in reverse big on outside lot smaller than you would think on inside, and you dont get Rose!
Simon
Simon
Not been in a Cayenne but was given a lift in an X5 - utterly astonished at how small it was inside - why the Utility in SUV ?
Bet there is a hell of a price tag as well!!
The AMG ML63. Read our group test in next month's EVO. You will either be outraged or find it as much of a giggle as we did.
DoctorD said:
zanderman said:
OK so if the Cayenne is so very bad what else would people suggest?
What else goes as fast, handles as well, has the size/space and still has the presige (I know this may be a taste thing but it is still a Porsche!)
What else goes as fast, handles as well, has the size/space and still has the presige (I know this may be a taste thing but it is still a Porsche!)
The AMG ML63. Read our group test in next month's EVO. You will either be outraged or find it as much of a giggle as we did.
zanderman said:
OK so if the Cayenne is so very bad what else would people suggest?
What else goes as fast, handles as well, has the size/space and still has the presige (I know this may be a taste thing but it is still a Porsche!)
If you asked me I'd say the only taste driving a Cayenne demonstrates incredibly badtaste. What else goes as fast, handles as well, has the size/space and still has the presige (I know this may be a taste thing but it is still a Porsche!)
To be fair I have spent some more time with a Cayenne over the weekend and I wasnt all that impressed.
Just didnt do anything for me, was OK and quick but didnt inspire me in anyway. Back to the drawing board I guess!!
Just didnt do anything for me, was OK and quick but didnt inspire me in anyway. Back to the drawing board I guess!!
richb said:
zanderman said:
OK so if the Cayenne is so very bad what else would people suggest?
What else goes as fast, handles as well, has the size/space and still has the presige (I know this may be a taste thing but it is still a Porsche!)
If you asked me I'd say the only taste driving a Cayenne demonstrates incredibly badtaste. What else goes as fast, handles as well, has the size/space and still has the presige (I know this may be a taste thing but it is still a Porsche!)
Just to pour fuel on the environmental fire, I was told at Geneva that the Cayenne can run on 25 per cent Bioethanol with absolutely no modifications and the 911 can run on 10 per cent mix. So Porsche could become the tree huggers' Champion. Well, not really, but it adds a new dimension to the debate.
It would take further investigation to figure out quite what that does in terms of emissions, but it must take the Cayenne down to the big saloon levels I would have thought.
It would take further investigation to figure out quite what that does in terms of emissions, but it must take the Cayenne down to the big saloon levels I would have thought.
I've mentioned this previously but it's pertinent to this debate.
A while back I did one of those Porsche handling days at MIRA.
One of the demo vehicles was a Cayenne Turbo.
Test driver takes three of us out to defy physics.
He does, most ably.
All three 911 driving passengers got out after a few laps in a state of complete disbelief.
If you state the Cayenne is not something quite unique ito 4x4, 'SUV' driving dynamics then you are merely ignorant, foolish or a combination of the two.
I would easily consider one as a replacement for my M5, along with an E55 AMG.
Who gives a sh1t what tedious, unthinking diatribe, the spoon fed numptic masses choose to splurt out?
Objectivity, it would seem, is a quality in scarce distribution.
A while back I did one of those Porsche handling days at MIRA.
One of the demo vehicles was a Cayenne Turbo.
Test driver takes three of us out to defy physics.
He does, most ably.
All three 911 driving passengers got out after a few laps in a state of complete disbelief.
If you state the Cayenne is not something quite unique ito 4x4, 'SUV' driving dynamics then you are merely ignorant, foolish or a combination of the two.
I would easily consider one as a replacement for my M5, along with an E55 AMG.
Who gives a sh1t what tedious, unthinking diatribe, the spoon fed numptic masses choose to splurt out?
Objectivity, it would seem, is a quality in scarce distribution.
The Cayenne turbo sits much coser to the deck tho. than the regular one, it just looks like a particularly big car. so I'd expect it to handle like such.
The regular budget one however looks ungainly to me.
Either way from an engineering efficiency perspective you might just as well use a smaller car, like the 911.
The regular budget one however looks ungainly to me.
Either way from an engineering efficiency perspective you might just as well use a smaller car, like the 911.
This thread is quite incredible as the number of posters opining their views on the car who have either never driven it, been a passenger once but in another make of 4x4 altogether or are even too young to drive is frankly laughable. By all means everyone is entitled to an opinion etc but why waste the effort coming onto a discussion about a car you either don't like or know absolutely nothing about? As a piece of technical engineering the Cayenne easily beats it's competitors for handling performance on road and can cope extremely well off road as well if you do your research. I'm frankly amazed at the comments about the car being huge on the outside but not the inside. It is not a huge car at all - check the dimensions against a current model BMW 5 series Touring. The Cayenne is actually 4 cm shorter than the 5 series and only 8cm wider so there is that myth exploded. It has as much room inside as the 5 as well. And to say that the turbo sits a lot lower than the other models hence it's good handling is also a load of cr*p. The base model and S version are equally adept in the handling department if you bothered to drive them.
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