After much deliberation, and very almost buying an X5 (they wanted a grand in admin fee's so I walked away) we got the new wagon for the lovely Mrs winner today.
We have done a pretty big run in it and it drives really nice, £110 to fill it up was not the best but its the price you pay I guess.

It took ages to find insurance (she is 27, most places wanted you to be 30 minimum) but apart form that I am so glad we picked the Porsche, it feels nice, looks the part and it nice to have a big V8 pulling you along.

Here is a picture (old owners plate not ours)



I will be interested to see how it fairs in the long term!!!

 

Welcome to the 'coffe bean shake' club.

 

Nice one, I do really like the cayenne, such a nice 4x4 to drive - but just cant jusitfy the petrol cost on them !

Richard

 

£110 to fillup!!!?!?!?!?! :0

 

Excellent cars, a great choice.

 

Looks well mate.now you need a nice 4S for yourself!!!

 

Is it an S? That old plate needs burning but otherwise a decent motor. The engines make a lovely sound.

 

The non-S was only a V6.
Which is crap.

My mate got rid of his a few months back as he was fed up of putting £150 of petrol in every week just to go to work and back.

He's got a Suzuki Swift Sport now. £150 every 2 months!

 

Could have been a Turbo but assumed it would have been mentioned...

 

Its the Cayenne S, its a 4.5. The bonus with the 4.5 (not that we plan to do this) is you can LPG it if petrol ever gets to much.
The V6 is a direct injection and I believe that you cant LPG them, plus I have heard they feel a bit under powered.

Just done a quick run in the snow and it coped pretty well. I was told it has no 4x4 capabilities at all but it was fine for me.

 

Top car

 

Tim - as long as it's not too bumpy/muddy, you should be able to go pretty much anywhere in it.

 

Yep, anywhere!
Go for it. (bet you daren't... )

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a good set of tyres will take you anywere in that, nice car btw

 

not a big fan . i prefer the vw for driving preference. found it more comfortable than a cayenne and better looks wise . looks like anice example you have there though tim

 

I always wanted a cayenne, looked at the bi-turbo model as its the only one I would buy. They have dropped loads in price in the last year as well

 

nice

 

Would have to be a Toureg for me i'm afraid...

Nice though

 

We had a look at the Toureg's but they felt a bit plasticy compared to the Porsche. Good news is that all through the bad weather, even in deepest darkest Surrey (we live in a rural bit) it has not missed a beat.
We are really pleased plus a lot of Porsches hold there second hand value pretty well so fingers crossed in a few years we wont have lost loads. These cars are REALLY affordable at the moment, I cant say Im glad we didnt get the X5 as I never really drove it for any great period but I can say I am over the moon with the Cayenne.

Plus you get that little stuttgart badge looking back at you when you drive.

 

Snob but I like your style......

Mog

 

Does it have the air suspension? A neighbour of mine had one with and one without and said it made all the difference. I also read that to change a side repeater bulb on a Cayenne is an hour's labour at a main dealer.

 

You can LPG the v6, we did to out touareg v6. TBH, it picked up ok 0-40 but after that it was pants on both petrol and LPG, the v8 is miles better, good choice!

Get the LPG done now and reap the benefits!

 

We have the air suspension, it is a really good ride, we are thinking about adding the module that makes it lower itself faster ( I dont know too much about the module thing we only just heard about it)
As for the bulbs, I think if you are halfway good on the tools getting the cluster out is no real issue. I think some Porsche owners take it to a main dealer just because.

500, what are you getting as an extra urban run with the LPG?

 

Mrs500 does a 100 mile commute, mainly motorway. she can get around 320 miles/60-63 litres of gas. works out £30 at current gas price locally of 47/5p/ litre. I tend to get around 270 how I drive but admittedly I don't drive it during rush hour and the roads are usually clearer.


22.9 mpg approx

 

Tim, doesn't it have a tiny boot?

 

No the boot is great, You can easily get a Big dog or a pushchair and a few cases in there.
We went shopping yesterday (the big shop) and with about 20 Sainsburys bags in the back it still looked roomy.

I think Porsche state about 540 liters of space. Its much bigger than the RR sport and the X5 we looked at.