School me on Porsche Cayenne

[Stix Zadinia]

They get a driveline shudder when the transfer case is on the way out apparently. Could have been filled with e10 instead of real fuel too (the owners manual will say e10 is OK, but AU e10 is cat-piss and nowhere near the RON level they want.

the driveline shudder is usually the centre bearing - i'd check if it's got the upgraded one (or budget $1500 for a complete upgraded shaft - https://www.europeanpartssolution.co...-mount-support)

ok so went to Flower and Chocolate to buy some cake and gave this thing another go this time with the PSM off, different car. Tried the tip tonic thing before you set off to bring it back to 1st gear and not sure why they made it start in 2nd from factory ... apart from some stupid European EURO standard for fuel saving or some shit

used a small torch to look at the front engine mounds and both look collapsed, being a non turbo it's probably a 1 hour job each side to replace them so if they take my low ball offer who knows! else there is one in Melb I need to find someone to have a look at it for me...that one has 18" wheel which is what I really want not he stupid 21's

turning PSM off changes the shift program, removes the rev limiter and turns every assist off. It's like a different car.

[Stix Zadinia]

So I went and test drove one of these today. Not very impressed with the 4.8L V8 Cayenne S. I expected it to be as fast as my MK6 GTI but it wasn't, just stomping on the loud pedal from dead stop about 8 and half seconds to 100 so it must be broken or something.

The interior was nice, this was the facelift model. Car had a little vibration so I think the engine mounts were fucked

Will keep on looking for another one to compare

2200kgs...

[doctor ed]

the S and even the 4S won't blow your socks off. they're a big car. they'll get you around in comfort but they're no performance car (tho PSM off is a huge difference. nopics grabs the jesus handle when i hit the button as something big is about to happen (usually full noise overtake or similar))

go drive a turbo

[XFJET]

Started to look at some examples from Melb/Syd .... I would probably not want the turbo as I actually want to take the thing off road and the beach and for the road I have other cars that are faster.
My preferred options would be a black on black 2009 S with 18" wheels, tow bar, rear luggage compartment separator, rear shades and no sunroof. Awesome would be the heated seats.

I looked at the GTS but I don't think the seats are for me, they kinda look already dated but haven't actually seat in one of them yet.

My idea is to fit KO2's on it and some more underbody protection and use it for beach work and national parks with occasional 4x4 tracks, tow the boat and take me to work from time to time

[R31t]

I had a 2005 turbo for a few years, and it took me a while to figure out the PSM off thing. Linking PSM to the shift program, throttle response etc seems fucking stupid to me. Anyway, yes it transforms the car.
I had AT's on 18" rims on mine. It went anywhere mates Prado's or Pajero's would go.
Reliability was OK and parts were cheap. If you can work on it yourself running costs are pretty reasonable.

[XFJET]

yeah I wonder if anyone makes a refresh to disable 2nd gear starts..... anyway bit of an update

they are considering my low ball offer so might be getting it soon. Do all have an air compressor outlet under the seat? and I noticed none of the ones I looked at had the glass part of the tailgate stay up, are they all broken or there is no strut for the glass part (split tailgate), the main tailgate stays up etc. just not the glass

[elfturbomax]

Only ones with air suspension have the compressor under the seat. Others should have a portable compressor beside the spare.
The glass of the tailgate stays up fine on mine but only the remote switch will open it. The main tailgate struts however are marginal.

I don't know what the 4,8 diff ratios are but the 4.5 S has 4.1 while the 4.5 turbo has 3.7 so the 2nd gear starts are fine in normal traffic. I just flick the thumb switch on the steering wheel if I want a 1st start.

[Stix Zadinia]

usually, the glass tailgate never fails because it's the lightest part. the main hatch fails to stay up all the time (and the struts are in the roof) i did mine last weekend

the turbo and S have totally different engine blocks too, different levels of aluminium and silicon and different casting process between the two

[Lurch]

[Stix Zadinia]

[JZK25]

I bought a reasonably low km(126k) 955 TT as a family hack. It's a sturdy vessel. Not a particularly complex car mechanically, a Captiva is far more terrfiying. Not really wanting to do any offroading in it although I am sure it would be more than capable. Hard not to drive it fast.

[Aaron]

VIN Decoder: https://vinanalytics.com/
If you can scrape a VIN this site does a pretty good analysis of it giving “as built” options etc.

have tested against a lot of AU cars and it works well.

[XFJET]

that vin thing never worked for me
can someone decode WP1ZZZ9PZ9LA44453

[Aaron]

That’s be right. Worked like 2 weeks ago and I hadn’t used it since.

[Stix Zadinia]

the only way i know of getting actual info on options is contacting a Porsche dealer, or paying money on Stuttcars.com

the free ones and QLD rego check says unregistered 2009 Cayenne Turbo 4.8 tho?