ANF Posted 7July, 2015 Report Share Posted 7July, 2015 Hello all,Due to events of last night I have one very mangled Mercedes! It served me well and if any other car who knows what may have happened! Very lucky indeed.I am looking to replace with something equally as safe and although not my coveted 928, a Cayenne may well be my first P car (a wagon would be ideal as a family car)Question, are the early ones (2003 - 05 - or what ever I can get for around to $20k to $25k +/-) any good?Known issues/ fixes/ problems?Also considering other similar sized/ quality cars. Unfortunately not that many on market down here, so hard to test drive/ look at.... Thanking you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJames Posted 7July, 2015 Report Share Posted 7July, 2015 Sorry to hear that your Mercedes got mangled, but equally pleased that you did not! Early V8 Cayennes had plastic coolant pipes in the valley of the V. The plastic pipes eventually fail, but are fairly easily replaced with alloy ones from the later cars. If not picked up early, leaking water can fubar the starter. Cardan shafts have a centre bearing and a flex disk at one end. Both of these can fail. Both are replaceable, but replacing the centre bearing is a non-trivial task. Replacing the entire cardan shaft is prolly more cost effective. Front control arms need replacing on high mileage cars. They're big, heavy suckers that are fast and need to stop fast. Somethings got to give...and it's brakes, but that should not be a big surprise. Unless you find a Turbo S, brakes won't be silly expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 7July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 7July, 2015 Thanks,A bit sore and stiff today, but very thankful to still be here!A turbo would be nice (if you could get for that money) but may scare the shite out of my wife too much!Brakes not an issue, the beast needs to stop!Thanks for the rest, what do you consider to be a high mileage car? Hoping to find one with about 150 000 km or less on it. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJames Posted 8July, 2015 Report Share Posted 8July, 2015 At a thumbsuck, I'd treat 15,000km per annum as average. You're looking at cars that are 10-13 years old, so you should find one in your mileage range. At that age, if it hasn't had control arms replaced it's something to think about as a future service item. FWIW, these cars don't seem to have any major, spendy issues. I've had a small number of people (as in literally 1 or 2 in the last year) ask about valve bodies for autos. These are around $3,500 from Porsche, but a specialist may be able to refurb them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 8July, 2015 Report Share Posted 8July, 2015 Was there a TSB or recall on the coolant pipes? As in could you run a VIN # with Porsche to see if it the fix has been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJames Posted 8July, 2015 Report Share Posted 8July, 2015 Not as far as I know. I do know with absolute certainty that plenty have done outside of the dealer network, which would mean that they wouldn't show up on any Porsche database anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 8July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 8July, 2015 Thanks. Cayenne is the front runner, will see what turns up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 8July, 2015 Report Share Posted 8July, 2015 One with 140k on the clock just sold here in Adelaide for $21k. Was advertised for $25k. Very nice silver car with documented servicing, bigger wheels and a few other Porsche extras, so theyre well within your price range. A turbo might be a stretch, but who knows, ya might get lucky finding someone that needs the cash asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 8July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 8July, 2015 One with 140k on the clock just sold here in Adelaide for $21k. Was advertised for $25k. Very nice silver car with documented servicing, bigger wheels and a few other Porsche extras, so theyre well within your price range. A turbo might be a stretch, but who knows, ya might get lucky finding someone that needs the cash asapCheers, good to know what they actually sell for.Something like this would do when claim finalised.....http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Porsche-Cayenne-2005/SSE-AD-3089465/?Cr=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 13July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 13July, 2015 Ok, car has officially been written off and just waiting on funds transfer.Does anyone know of a Cayenne for sale (I have scoured the usual locals- carsales, ebay, gumtree) up to $25k and less than (or around) 150000km, dark colour (black, dark blue, dark green, dark grey) with black interior and without massive bling bling wheels (as close to standard as possible)?Ideally in Tas, but very much prepared to travel to Vic and even NSW. thanking you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 15July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 15July, 2015 Any owners of early (2003 - 2006) Cayennes out there with any good or bad experiences with their cars?Getting mixed messages about whether good or bad.....Any input appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 20July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 20July, 2015 Hi guys and gals,Help sought from Cayenne owners. This car is top of my list so far.Question - is the interior faded badly or just crappy photos? Anyone got a Cayenne with same colour interior?Is faded/ dis-coloured is this common?http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Porsche-Cayenne-2004/AGC-AD-18080384/?Cr=4Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC78 Posted 20July, 2015 Report Share Posted 20July, 2015 Hi guys and gals,Help sought from Cayenne owners. This car is top of my list so far.Question - is the interior faded badly or just crappy photos? Anyone got a Cayenne with same colour interior?Is faded/ dis-coloured is this common?http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Porsche-Cayenne-2004/AGC-AD-18080384/?Cr=4Thanksinterior looks okay to my amateur eye, but I did notice this one has a porsche crest on the boot lid, don't think that is stock - just an observation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 20July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 20July, 2015 Hmm, did not notice that, well spotted. Now that I know about it, it looks odd... would be a simple remove I would think?? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC78 Posted 20July, 2015 Report Share Posted 20July, 2015 Hmm, did not notice that, well spotted. Now that I know about it, it looks odd... would be a simple remove I would think?? Cheers it does look weird but is also a sign that previous owner was very proud of their Porsche, so hopefully took very good care of it. Never tried to debadge a car before, hair dryer maybe? Hopefully not gorilla glued on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 20July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 20July, 2015 it does look weird but is also a sign that previous owner was very proud of their Porsche, so hopefully took very good care of it. Never tried to debadge a car before, hair dryer maybe? Hopefully not gorilla glued on!It should in theory just be double sided tape.... let you know if I end up getting it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveF Posted 22July, 2015 Report Share Posted 22July, 2015 Did you see this one for sale in your neighbourhood?http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Porsche-Cayenne-2005/AGC-AD-17431465/?Cr=11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 22July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 22July, 2015 Yes I have seen that car and driven it. It is a nice car with low km, but somewhat north of my $25k +/- budget.Have been thinking of a low offer.......Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grungle Posted 22July, 2015 Report Share Posted 22July, 2015 The 2004 with the tan interior you posted doesn't have the adjustable air suspension. The ad says "self levelling suspension" but it doesn't have the level controller or stiffness settings in the centre console like mine.The more expensive one has a photo of the air suspension controls: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 22July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 22July, 2015 I thought that all Cayennes had self levelling suspension to compensate for loads, I believe this the be hydraulic?The switches on the right are for the PASM?I stand to be corrected though On further reading I am now confused ...... what I said above appears to be incorrect (about self levelling suspension...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grungle Posted 22July, 2015 Report Share Posted 22July, 2015 They might all be self-leveling, but the first one doesn't have air suspension. It will be steel-sprung.The switches on the right are for PASM.If all of those buttons are silver it will also have PDCC, like this:In my experience not many of the S models do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 22July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 22July, 2015 Ok, thanks.From your experience is the PASM worth it, do you use it much?Do you think it is worth trying to find one with PASM?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFX Posted 22July, 2015 Report Share Posted 22July, 2015 I am not sure for most of the guys on here, but I have adjustable height suspension in my ML 500 and I never touch it. Do you think you will actually play with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 22July, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 22July, 2015 I think the Sport setting could be good, to stiffen it all up.But then again are the different setting noticeable in the real world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grungle Posted 23July, 2015 Report Share Posted 23July, 2015 I'm the kind of guy that loves playing with things like that, however I'm also the (only?) guy that uses mine off road regularly. I bought the Cayenne BECAUSE it had PASM, and I use it almost daily. In fact, at the moment I do use it daily, because I drive over a raised median strip on my way out of work every day which would likely scrape if I did it on the low setting (yeah, I'm that guy too!)The different settings are certainly noticeable, and while I don't often play with the sport setting much it really wakes it up. Would I tick the big $$$$ option on a new car? Probably not. But for a used car where there doesn't seem to be much (if any) price difference between the two I'd probably look for one with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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