If you're aspiring to a Porsche Cayenne..
08 August 2008, 03:25 PM
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08 August 2008, 11:40 PM
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On the flip side though, my pal has had 3 Cayennes since they came out and hasn't had any problems with any of them.
My brother's Shogun, on the other hand, has spent so much time at the dealers being fixed...
My brother's Shogun, on the other hand, has spent so much time at the dealers being fixed...
10 August 2008, 07:14 AM
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I'm considering getting a turbo now just for the amusment and stupidity of it. I don't need to drive at all and don't at the moment so would probably only do about 150 miles a month on my own and then use it for road trips with my mates (splitting fuel)...buy one just serviced with 12 months tax on it then flog it (they can't devalue any more, can they?!?) after a years cheap motoring 
10 August 2008, 09:56 AM
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the market will never see the Cayenne as a "real" porsche so it will get valued as so it was, for example, a VW toerag which is pretty much the same car but looks a lot nicer than the porsche.
10 August 2008, 04:17 PM
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I had a turbo a couple of years ago, never had a problem with it. Chopped it in for an RR TDV8 which was never out the dealers with electrical issues.
Horses for courses
Horses for courses
11 August 2008, 11:23 AM
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Just had the news from the dealers that we weren't looking forward to. New engine required.
Metallic particles found in engine, picked up on bores and bearings. Full rebuild not recommended, replacement advised. Dealers have put a claim in to Porsche, but not looking very hopeful.
Looks like we'll be keeping this one and and running it into the ground. Chelsea tractor sh1te Should have bought a Land Cruiser.
Metallic particles found in engine, picked up on bores and bearings. Full rebuild not recommended, replacement advised. Dealers have put a claim in to Porsche, but not looking very hopeful.
Looks like we'll be keeping this one and and running it into the ground. Chelsea tractor sh1te
Should have bought a Land Cruiser.
11 August 2008, 12:15 PM
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At the moment, prices being what they are for honking great Petrol V8 4 * 4s, the cost of a new engine from Porsche on one of those could realistically mean it is uneconomical to repair.
Hope that Porsche do the decent thing and pay for a new unit to be fitted.
Hope that Porsche do the decent thing and pay for a new unit to be fitted.
11 August 2008, 12:34 PM
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I know you said only 29k on the clock and £55k from new but how old is it?
If it is fairly new I guess you might be ok.Shouldn't need a new engine if just a couple of years old?!
Edit...mind you,presume being on a second engine would knock a few quid off second hand value? That sucks
If it is fairly new I guess you might be ok.Shouldn't need a new engine if just a couple of years old?!
Edit...mind you,presume being on a second engine would knock a few quid off second hand value? That sucks
11 August 2008, 02:11 PM
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5 years old, 29k miles, FPSH, owned from new. Hardest work it does is sprinting out of Sainsbury's roundabout.
I suppose Porsche has every right to say bugger off. Personally I thint that they should bend over backwards. If Fiesta's blew up at 30k, no-one would buy them. Yet in recent years Porsche seems to have quietly earned a reputation for producing engines with inbuilt problems and flaws, yet seems to still be able to hide behind brand image and romantic notions of precision German engineering.
As mentioned, the Cayenne isn't mine personally, but in the business we all use each others cars, and I usually drive it at least once a week. And having experienced it from new, the deterioration in the build (awful rattles, squeaks), suspension and ride (thumps, bangs), and now this, suggests pretty poor engineering quality to me.
I suppose Porsche has every right to say bugger off. Personally I thint that they should bend over backwards. If Fiesta's blew up at 30k, no-one would buy them. Yet in recent years Porsche seems to have quietly earned a reputation for producing engines with inbuilt problems and flaws, yet seems to still be able to hide behind brand image and romantic notions of precision German engineering.
As mentioned, the Cayenne isn't mine personally, but in the business we all use each others cars, and I usually drive it at least once a week. And having experienced it from new, the deterioration in the build (awful rattles, squeaks), suspension and ride (thumps, bangs), and now this, suggests pretty poor engineering quality to me.
11 August 2008, 10:18 PM
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