Buyer advise - Porsche Cayenne Turbo S
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I've just scanned the first 10 or so pages in the forum as I thought i'd find something on a Cayenne Turbo.
Anyway, does anyone have any buyers/owners advise for this car, what are they like? Pro's Con's etc.
I'm about to trade in my Z4M and Mitsubishi Shogun Warrior for a Cayenne Turbo (2 cars and a bit of cash for 1).
Any advise from owners or ex owners very much appreciated.
Cheers.
Anyway, does anyone have any buyers/owners advise for this car, what are they like? Pro's Con's etc.
I'm about to trade in my Z4M and Mitsubishi Shogun Warrior for a Cayenne Turbo (2 cars and a bit of cash for 1).
Any advise from owners or ex owners very much appreciated.
Cheers.
Hi Lee,
There's a plethora of issues with older cayennes, they are big heavy powerful monsters, and the Turbo S are the better specced most complex models of all. You have all the electrics/motors to worry about, plus two turbo's bolted onto the motor. Consumable costs will not be cheap and it will go through brakes/tyres like a knife through butter.
What year and mileage is the car, and what history does it have? You should probably get it inspected somewhere before buying, and to be perfectly honest you would be best advised to try and stick a Porsche warranty on it (avail till 10 years old), because on a car like that you will get plenty of value from the warranty in my opinion! For this (if the car is out of warranty, which it probably is) get a Porsche 111 point inspection done on the car, this will advise you of any issues needing doing before they can put a warranty on it. This assumes full Porsche service history and no mods.
Great car though, just don't go into ownership blindfolded.
There's a plethora of issues with older cayennes, they are big heavy powerful monsters, and the Turbo S are the better specced most complex models of all. You have all the electrics/motors to worry about, plus two turbo's bolted onto the motor. Consumable costs will not be cheap and it will go through brakes/tyres like a knife through butter.
What year and mileage is the car, and what history does it have? You should probably get it inspected somewhere before buying, and to be perfectly honest you would be best advised to try and stick a Porsche warranty on it (avail till 10 years old), because on a car like that you will get plenty of value from the warranty in my opinion! For this (if the car is out of warranty, which it probably is) get a Porsche 111 point inspection done on the car, this will advise you of any issues needing doing before they can put a warranty on it. This assumes full Porsche service history and no mods.
Great car though, just don't go into ownership blindfolded.
Hi Lee,
I have owned a Cayenne Turbo S for approx three and a half yrs now (from new).
Absolutely no problems with reliability. Although I have purcahsed extended warranty on it, but not needed to use it. I like the car alot; can easily do school runs etc but with a fantastic potential to outgun most cars on the road.
Biggest problem is the way it goes through tyres and brakes, and the very very bad fuel consumption. Another problem I percieve is that 911, boxster, and cayman drivers seem to look at you and think - 'get yourself a proper porsche'.
I have owned a Cayenne Turbo S for approx three and a half yrs now (from new).
Absolutely no problems with reliability. Although I have purcahsed extended warranty on it, but not needed to use it. I like the car alot; can easily do school runs etc but with a fantastic potential to outgun most cars on the road.
Biggest problem is the way it goes through tyres and brakes, and the very very bad fuel consumption. Another problem I percieve is that 911, boxster, and cayman drivers seem to look at you and think - 'get yourself a proper porsche'.
sc11eng said:
Hi Lee,
I like the car alot; can easily do school runs etc but with a fantastic potential to outgun most cars on the road.
Biggest problem is the way it goes through tyres and brakes, and the very very bad fuel consumption. Another problem I percieve is that 911, boxster, and cayman drivers seem to look at you and think - 'get yourself a proper porsche'.
The 'proper' ones only get upset 'cos they know you can outrun them with the Mrs,Kids and dog on board ! I like the car alot; can easily do school runs etc but with a fantastic potential to outgun most cars on the road.
Biggest problem is the way it goes through tyres and brakes, and the very very bad fuel consumption. Another problem I percieve is that 911, boxster, and cayman drivers seem to look at you and think - 'get yourself a proper porsche'.
Drove to Meribel and back last week for in our Cayenne Turbo and it was superb. At one point we saw 145 leptons on the clock!
From leaving the chalet to opening my front-door was done in 10 driving hours and I was fresh as a daisy for work the next day.
The one biggie to look out for is the coolant pipes being changed from the original crappy plastic ones to metal - will cost about £900 when (not if) it goes (if not already done).
Other than than MPG is what you expect from a 450bhp two tonne monster
ETA I am not sure that in a straight line it is that much slower than my 996TT
From leaving the chalet to opening my front-door was done in 10 driving hours and I was fresh as a daisy for work the next day.
The one biggie to look out for is the coolant pipes being changed from the original crappy plastic ones to metal - will cost about £900 when (not if) it goes (if not already done).
Other than than MPG is what you expect from a 450bhp two tonne monster
ETA I am not sure that in a straight line it is that much slower than my 996TT
We have a Turbo S on the fleet at the moment. As a one stop shop to cover all eventualities there isn't much to touch it. You can get away with a Cayenne S but there is a certain luxury to the turbo. You get everything pretty much as standard including a few little bits which are nice but you couldn't bring yourself to order if you were trying to up spec an S.
The build quality is very good and they take daily work in their stride if looked after.
Quite a few tired cars around so find a good one.
Henry
The build quality is very good and they take daily work in their stride if looked after.
Quite a few tired cars around so find a good one.
Henry
The fuel consumption is out of this world so the time you make up in speed over ground you loose on the petrol station forecourt when re-fuiling. That happened to me when we drove a friends Cayenne Turbo from Denmark to The Alps. All the cars we had overtaken we basically overtook 3 times going through Germany. Also it drank 100 litres of petrol going from Verbier to Geneva - the fun wears off after a while.
clorenzen said:
The fuel consumption is out of this world so the time you make up in speed over ground you loose on the petrol station forecourt when re-fuiling. That happened to me when we drove a friends Cayenne Turbo from Denmark to The Alps. All the cars we had overtaken we basically overtook 3 times going through Germany. Also it drank 100 litres of petrol going from Verbier to Geneva - the fun wears off after a while.
But that's only a distance of about 100 miles!!!!Weak points are cardan shafts, coolant pipes (get ali ones), coil packs (£30 x 8 when they go), water pumps (less common though) and of course tyres/fuel. My S gets sub 10mpg on local short trips when no Mways are involved, so the turbo must quite literally bring you to your knees on constant urban driving.
Can't back this up with anything concrete but but its also often been said here on PH that you should avoid the early turbos (2003, 2004) as they had more teething problems than others.
Can't back this up with anything concrete but but its also often been said here on PH that you should avoid the early turbos (2003, 2004) as they had more teething problems than others.
Thanks for all the info, some good food for thought.
Regards the car in question, its a 56 plate, full Porsche service history and only 22,000 miles on the clock. Asking price is 26k but it does look immaculate in the pictures.
Anyway, part ex deal for my two cars looks like it's off. The dealer thats selling the car is an internet seller (website looks great but no showroom and dodgy looking premises on Google street view).
I've also had a few emails back and forth and somethings not right, still dont know name of person i'm dealing with, not great english in the email and not much information ("my employe is delivery driver will exchange cars, he know what to do" does not sound good).
Anyway, thanks again
Regards the car in question, its a 56 plate, full Porsche service history and only 22,000 miles on the clock. Asking price is 26k but it does look immaculate in the pictures.
Anyway, part ex deal for my two cars looks like it's off. The dealer thats selling the car is an internet seller (website looks great but no showroom and dodgy looking premises on Google street view).
I've also had a few emails back and forth and somethings not right, still dont know name of person i'm dealing with, not great english in the email and not much information ("my employe is delivery driver will exchange cars, he know what to do" does not sound good).
Anyway, thanks again
jackal said:
Weak points are cardan shafts, coolant pipes (get ali ones), coil packs (£30 x 8 when they go), water pumps (less common though) and of course tyres/fuel. My S gets sub 10mpg on local short trips when no Mways are involved, so the turbo must quite literally bring you to your knees on constant urban driving.
Can't back this up with anything concrete but but its also often been said here on PH that you should avoid the early turbos (2003, 2004) as they had more teething problems than others.
Nah I think S actually worse than turbo for fuel economy! Certainly not noticeably worse.Can't back this up with anything concrete but but its also often been said here on PH that you should avoid the early turbos (2003, 2004) as they had more teething problems than others.
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