Just bought a cayenne turbo as a dog wagon.
Discussion
I wasn't expecting to like this car as much as I do.
I bought it as we have a beautiful German Shorthaired Pointer and she was getting bigger and bigger by the day so we went and bought a 2003 Cayenne Turbo.
It's had all the bits (coolant pipes, cardan shaft) sorted.
It's not exactly a stunner but my god it has everything you would need. Plus it's been mapped so it has around 520BHP.
Absolute bargain for under 12K.
I bought it as we have a beautiful German Shorthaired Pointer and she was getting bigger and bigger by the day so we went and bought a 2003 Cayenne Turbo.
It's had all the bits (coolant pipes, cardan shaft) sorted.
It's not exactly a stunner but my god it has everything you would need. Plus it's been mapped so it has around 520BHP.
Absolute bargain for under 12K.
_Superleggera_ said:
I wasn't expecting to like this car as much as I do.
I bought it as we have a beautiful German Shorthaired Pointer and she was getting bigger and bigger by the day so we went and bought a 2003 Cayenne Turbo.
It's had all the bits (coolant pipes, cardan shaft) sorted.
It's not exactly a stunner but my god it has everything you would need. Plus it's been mapped so it has around 520BHP.
Absolute bargain for under 12K.
having a gsp as well,I can say she will be happy in a cayenne turbo,enables her to look down on everyone.I bought it as we have a beautiful German Shorthaired Pointer and she was getting bigger and bigger by the day so we went and bought a 2003 Cayenne Turbo.
It's had all the bits (coolant pipes, cardan shaft) sorted.
It's not exactly a stunner but my god it has everything you would need. Plus it's been mapped so it has around 520BHP.
Absolute bargain for under 12K.
(Or is it just ours that has to look down on everything?)
Had my 2003 Cayenne Turbo since March and it continues to impress. Mine has the cat replacement pipe so has a nice deep burble whilst not being intrusive at all.
Any idea where yours was re-mapped? I'm tempted to look into getting mine done but wary of that world a little - don't want someone turning everything up to 11 on a laptop that doesnt know what they are doing.
Any idea where yours was re-mapped? I'm tempted to look into getting mine done but wary of that world a little - don't want someone turning everything up to 11 on a laptop that doesnt know what they are doing.
Have had my 2005 955 Turbo for over a year now and still love it. Even though it has just 41k miles and was a very well maintained example with full OPC service history, I spent a small fortune getting a lot of the known problems cared for - Coolant pipes, Coil packs, Upper and lower front control arms, Rear hatch struts and a few other things I can't remember right now. I have held off getting the Cardan Shaft done, because the common belief on the internet seems to be that there is little benefit to getting it replaced before it actually fails. It acts as a dog wagon for us too and with snow tires is extremely capable when it gets cold/snowy/icy. The first winter I just left the summer rubber on and it was awful. It wasn't even able to climb our moderately sloped drive. With the money sunk into it at this point, I can't see any reason to replace it any time soon.
franki68 said:
having a gsp as well,I can say she will be happy in a cayenne turbo,enables her to look down on everyone.
(Or is it just ours that has to look down on everything?)
No ours is the same. Thinks she is better than everyone else, people and dogs. Always goes and sits on hills to look down on us literally!(Or is it just ours that has to look down on everything?)
sofaking said:
Have had my 2005 955 Turbo for over a year now and still love it. Even though it has just 41k miles and was a very well maintained example with full OPC service history, I spent a small fortune getting a lot of the known problems cared for - Coolant pipes, Coil packs, Upper and lower front control arms, Rear hatch struts and a few other things I can't remember right now. I have held off getting the Cardan Shaft done, because the common belief on the internet seems to be that there is little benefit to getting it replaced before it actually fails. It acts as a dog wagon for us too and with snow tires is extremely capable when it gets cold/snowy/icy. The first winter I just left the summer rubber on and it was awful. It wasn't even able to climb our moderately sloped drive. With the money sunk into it at this point, I can't see any reason to replace it any time soon.
I could do with replacing the boot struts? Is it an easy DIY job?DH01 said:
The early ones with the locking diffs etc will become sought after cars in a few years time . The looks seem to be ageing quite well and they already seem like a mid-sized car .
I think it looks better now than it did new. Just bought it a private plate starting with V8 to hide its age. Which apart from the 03 plate I think it hides it very well. Everyone expects it to be a 20K+ car.skibum said:
Had my 2003 Cayenne Turbo since March and it continues to impress. Mine has the cat replacement pipe so has a nice deep burble whilst not being intrusive at all.
Any idea where yours was re-mapped? I'm tempted to look into getting mine done but wary of that world a little - don't want someone turning everything up to 11 on a laptop that doesnt know what they are doing.
I'd quite like the cat replacement pipes. Where did you get yours? Regarding the remap I will ask the previous owner and post on here later today. I got futher discount on the price as I am sourcing him a vehicle from Italy.Any idea where yours was re-mapped? I'm tempted to look into getting mine done but wary of that world a little - don't want someone turning everything up to 11 on a laptop that doesnt know what they are doing.
The cat replacement pipes were already on mine. I only knew they had been done when I spotted the receipt from Carnewal when going through the paperwork. Not sure if he still does them as couldnt see anything on his website.
Having used Carnewal for the replacement rear boxes on my 996 C4S in the past it was a very pleasant surprise to see the Cayenne had benefited from his work too.
Having used Carnewal for the replacement rear boxes on my 996 C4S in the past it was a very pleasant surprise to see the Cayenne had benefited from his work too.
_Superleggera_ said:
sofaking said:
Have had my 2005 955 Turbo for over a year now and still love it. Even though it has just 41k miles and was a very well maintained example with full OPC service history, I spent a small fortune getting a lot of the known problems cared for - Coolant pipes, Coil packs, Upper and lower front control arms, Rear hatch struts and a few other things I can't remember right now. I have held off getting the Cardan Shaft done, because the common belief on the internet seems to be that there is little benefit to getting it replaced before it actually fails. It acts as a dog wagon for us too and with snow tires is extremely capable when it gets cold/snowy/icy. The first winter I just left the summer rubber on and it was awful. It wasn't even able to climb our moderately sloped drive. With the money sunk into it at this point, I can't see any reason to replace it any time soon.
I could do with replacing the boot struts? Is it an easy DIY job?Gassing Station | Porsche General | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff