Cayenne 'facelift' 07-10 buy the petrol V6 or TDI? Thoughts?

[anonymous-user]

Hi all,

Been browsing randomly for a new 'SUV' runabout for Lady Marylebone and have discovered I can buy a facelift 07 onwards Cayenne for peanuts.

£18k will buy a nice example with only 60k miles on. Perfect as she only does about 8k a year so it won't really gain many miles while she has it.

So I need some buying advice please.

Anything I need to know about buying a facelift onwards model?

I'm not fussed about between buying the TDI or the V6 really, but which one is the more reliable?

Any other info would be great.

Thanks in advance.

[KungFuPanda]

I’ve heard that the diesels on the Cayennes of that vintage are prone to oil leaks even though Audi use the same engines in their Q7s and they don’t suffer so much.

Surely there’s less to go wrong on a V6 petrol?

I picked up a facelift 4.8 V8 for well under your budget at less than £10k with 95k miles.

£16k would get you a tasty GTS...

[anonymous-user]

KungFuPanda said:

I’ve heard that the diesels on the Cayennes of that vintage are prone to oil leaks even though Audi use the same engines in their Q7s and they don’t suffer so much.

Surely there’s less to go wrong on a V6 petrol?

I picked up a facelift 4.8 V8 for well under your budget at less than £10k with 95k miles.

£16k would get you a tasty GTS...

Thanks for that.

My thinking was 'less to go wrong on a petrol' as well.

I'm pretty fed up of modern 3 year old German diesels going wrong and every little thing is £1000 to put right...

Not that it matters hugely but realistically what is your MPG from the 4.8?

I have noticed a few GTS within my budget but they might be overkill??

[alscar]

My wife has an 09 GTS ( had from new ) which for the noise alone refuses to entertain thoughts of selling for a non V8.
Averages probably 19 mpg unless driven very hard in which case her " record " is 7.
We have always had the benefit of the Porsche warranty and its only been the last couple of years where a few claims - oil cooler ,acceleration sensors etc otherwise very reliable although in fairness has only covered 30k since new..
Not sure £16k buys you one but if it does I'd heartily recommend it !

[KungFuPanda]

I get roughly 15mpg if pootling around town. On a run I can get around 25mpg.

Mine has the sports exhaust from the GTS so sounds well.

Had it since November last year and not spent anything on it apart from a service and it just passed it’s MOT with no advisories.

[Superleg48]

[quote=Lord Marylebone

I'm not fussed about between buying the TDI or the V6 really, but which one is the more reliable

Thanks in advance.
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Neither. V8 is the only sensible choice. Turbo ideally so no cylinder liner issues or plastic coolant pipes, Ran one for 3 years. Absolute beast of a machine. Plenty about for reasonable money.

[DSLiverpool]

Try and get one with air it makes quite a difference.

[Soop Dogg]

I have a 2009 V6 3.0 Tdi in which I've travelled the length of the country twice over the last 4 months without any sniff of a problem. When I first bought it, the sump plug was leaking, but I did an oil change as a matter of course (just in case) and it's been dry as a bone ever since. Just got back from a run to N. Ireland last week - it took 4 adults from East Anglia, through Scotland to N. Ireland and back along with all the luggage and was an absolute joy to drive.

Manages about 33mpg on a run and I've been getting about 29ish overall. Superb motor, runs really smooth and the car is one of the best I've owned for long distance work. Now at 68k on the clock, it'll be going before the summer arrives. (I bought it for the bad winter we just had.)

I'd have another though and it'd probably be the diesel again...