Porsche Enthusiasts Club Forum

It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:11 pm
Classic Line Insurance


All times are UTC [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Pit falls of owning a Cayenne
PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:43 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:28 pm
Posts: 7
TIPEC membership: 0
I am strongly thinking of selling my 92 968 coupe and buying a Cayenne which would suit my young family needs better. I would appreciate any advice in what to look for and what to avoid when looking at Cayenne’s.

It appears that the 93/94 Cayenne S models have dropped considerably in price. Are there any widely known issues with these models or even other Cayenne models (apart from a huge petrol thirst?)


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Pit falls of owning a Cayenne
PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:35 pm 
Offline
Moderator
Moderator
User avatar

Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:43 pm
Posts: 12645
Location: Chatham, Kent
TIPEC membership: 4190
I had a chat to my local OPC about this.. Their comments were 1/ the coolant "spider" which is plastic, ages & disintegrates, this is replaced with an alloy one & is around £700ish. 2/ The rear driveshaft fails also around £7-800.

They have had the odd one with a noisy engine & it appears this is piston failure, quite rare but a nightmare on a £13K or so Cayenne.

_________________
Jim

http://tipec.net/region_southeastlondon.php

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
2005 Porsche Cayenne S Now sold!
2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Now sold!
2010 Mazda MX5 Mk3.5 2.0 Sport Tech
2000 Porsche Boxster S SOLD!
1987 Porsche 944 2.5


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Pit falls of owning a Cayenne
PostPosted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:44 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:48 pm
Posts: 163
TIPEC membership: 0
the coolant issue is looking like one of the major failure items on older / higher mileage KN's

Our's hasn't gone (I've done 30K miles in 18 months)
but I have looked into exactly what it entails to fix it !

parts are £350
no special tools needed, just a days labour

I'm seriously contemplating going the preventative route and DIY

other than that...nowt.
oh, new set of tyres (plus a set of ice & snow on 18" for winter) and a fair bit of Super...

Centre propshaft bearing is a fave too - not silly to fix tho.

If you want to scare yourself though, have a look under the bonnet of a turbo - you can't get a fag packet anywhere around the engine - talk about no space !

as for fuel consumption, don't fool yourself into thinking that "I'll get the smaller engine cos it will use less"
well, yes it will - I borrowed all models, for a week each.
I found exactly ONE mpg difference between each model...
I bought a turbo...
the advantage here is that they come fitted as std with EVERY option you could ask for (and usually a few extra...)

The power is great - getting on for 500bhp even is a bus like this really shifts.

makes dealing with the c*cks on the M40 in their Audi's a pleasure :)

_________________
997 Cup Car - FOR SALE - PM me for info


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Pit falls of owning a Cayenne
PostPosted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:07 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:00 am
Posts: 720
Location: Mid Sussex
TIPEC membership: 5033
There an owner in the South East who had the LPG conversion fitted to keep cost down. Does take a chunk of boot space as the tank sits in the rear wheel well.

He's happy with the result and drags a historic racer around

_________________
Richard

'82 944


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Pit falls of owning a Cayenne
PostPosted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:28 am 
Offline

Joined: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:48 pm
Posts: 163
TIPEC membership: 0
wish I'd had it done when I bought the car - but then I want planning on putting so many miles on it !

Would have paid for itself several times over by now...

_________________
997 Cup Car - FOR SALE - PM me for info


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Pit falls of owning a Cayenne
PostPosted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:40 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:42 pm
Posts: 1269
Location: Harrogate
TIPEC membership: 4030
Last year I bought a Cayenne, not this one but same model/spec we had it for 2 months, well we owned it for that time, it was only in our posession for about 57 days. To list everything that went wrong would take me all night, it even had a fault as the dealer drove it back to me once.
In the end they took it back

I have no complaints about them, they did everything they could and in the end they agreed to take it back


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

_________________
Dave Doherty Yorkshire Region RO

http://www.alexa-house.co.uk/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/alexahous ... 954?v=wall

Mitsubishi FTO FOR SALE

1988 3.2 Carrera, SOLD


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 

All times are UTC [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group