Any dog owners with a Cayenne?

[skyebear]

I had been looking at Range Rovers but insurance is silly money.

With two German Shepherds, boot space and ability to fit load divider/gates is a necessity.

Anyone using a Cayenne successfully in a similar manner?

Budget-wise I'd be looking at cars from around 2020.

Thanks.

[ChocolateFrog]

Had a Touareg so similar. It'll be tight for 2 GSDs. We've got one and there wasn't a huge amount of room.

Probably fine for short trips but doubt you'd want them in the boot for hours.

[skyebear]

Thanks that's useful.

[Ed.Neumann]

I don't see it being a problem at all.

Go and have a look at one is best.

[andy97]

We also had a Tuareg & now an X1, and had 2 large Mastiff/ Labrador crosses, we put the back seats down with dog beds on the extended “boot” floor and the two dogs travelled together in the back with loads of room. We packed the things we needed in the rear passenger footwells and used a top box for bigger stuff.

[DarkVeil]

Audi A6/S6 would be a much better choice.

Dogs will struggle to jump into an SUV when they get older.

[alltalk]

You tried insurance recently as I’m looking and it seems much better now with some companies

[PlywoodPascal]

I wanted to get a Porsche but my dog didn’t like the hound of it. He thought I was mutts. He said he’d woofuse to be seen in it, a dogtor like him needs a more respectable thing apparently. Neither cayenne nor box(t)er - too hard for him to raise the woof. Luckily we found a great Range Rover and we both love it. It’s great at passing through poodles. A furry tail ending, really.

[skyebear]

andy97 said:

We also had a Tuareg & now an X1, and had 2 large Mastiff/ Labrador crosses, we put the back seats down with dog beds on the extended “boot” floor and the two dogs travelled together in the back with loads of room. We packed the things we needed in the rear passenger footwells and used a top box for bigger stuff.

Thanks but unfortunately that's not an option as we'll be three up most of the time, sometimes five when the in-laws are staying with us.

DarkVeil said:

Audi A6/S6 would be a much better choice.

Dogs will struggle to jump into an SUV when they get older.

That is a good point. The older one has started looking for the lower points of the raised part of garden to jump up.

Dealerships are going to love me arriving with a measuring tape...

I just can't get excited about Audis. I used to have an A6 2.7 TDI Le Mans and it was a perfectly good car but a bit "meh". Whereas I walked past a Cayenne e-hybrid a couple of days ago and thought, "fk me that's a pretty car".

alltalk said:

You tried insurance recently as I’m looking and it seems much better now with some companies

Last checked about two weeks ago on the Money Saving Expert aggregator and was eye watering.

What companies are you using?

[alltalk]

HI, in 50's max no claims no convictions, car on drive, live semi rural Herts, £994. Admiral. Makes a big difference if PHEV or Diesel, Diesel seems lots cheaper if feels.

[jackwood]

Probably worth mentioning that in the current Cayenne the rear seats are on runners and can be slid backwards and forwards to give more load space room in the boot.
Found this very useful the other day for loading 5-up with luggage on a run to the airport.
Not sure how far back this feature goes in the Cayenne range though. I know it was definitely there on the previous gen (ours is a MY24 car)

[Ed.Neumann]

One thing I forgot, not all are on air suspension, ours is, and when we unlock it you can drop it considerably for access into the rear.

With the rear seats slid forward the rear is pretty big. Much bigger than the A6, there is about 120 litres more than the Mercedes E Class estate, which is probably the class leader.


A6 is 565 litre, E Class 640 litres and Cayenne is 772 litres.

A Range Rover is only 780 litres.


If you can't get your dogs in a Cayenne then you will need a van I would guess.

[skyebear]

Ed.Neumann said:

One thing I forgot, not all are on air suspension, ours is, and when we unlock it you can drop it considerably for access into the rear.

With the rear seats slid forward the rear is pretty big. Much bigger than the A6, there is about 120 litres more than the Mercedes E Class estate, which is probably the class leader.


A6 is 565 litre, E Class 640 litres and Cayenne is 772 litres.

A Range Rover is only 780 litres.


If you can't get your dogs in a Cayenne then you will need a van I would guess.

Thanks, that's great info. I'd wrongly assumed all would be on air suspension so something for me to check.