suffolkporker

On 7/26/2020 at 9:52 AM, Paul O said:

Good luck!! What have you found?

Well we went to a large secondhand dealer about an hour from us on a general 4x4/suv fact finding mission! The main reason was they had a diesel s Macan. However as nice as it was we have now written them off as they don't offer the space we need internally. Great place to be sat inside one though and in another life I think we would have walked out owning it 

The good news is the Mrs liked its bigger brother and also the ML/GL . Also happy to report that both will just about squeeze into the garage although there is not much to spare.

Now weighing up our budget and thinking it might be better adding to it to get a newer KN (diesel euro 6 anyone 🙄) or going for and ML and not caring too much.

I have looked at so much information on the different KN models and still not sure on the diesel/hybrid/petrol conundrum!

On 7/16/2020 at 1:20 PM, Paul O said:

Yeah, the engines are a bit of a minefield. The (VW designed) 3.6 V8 doesn't have many/any reported issues, but the early 4.5s are like all Porsche engines from that era with the potential of bore-scoring and engine failure due to the lakasil coatings in the engine. I'm not sure about the revised petrol engines in the 2009+ models, I've not read much about those, but I have seen a fair few forum posts on the dpf issues for the diesel cars. 

That said, all of these cars are advancing in years, so every one has an element of gamble attached to it. You might get one thats absolutely fine... but you might not. I love mine though, and am really glad I purchased it. The only downside is that it is now 15 years old this year, so finding breakdown cover on a car beyond that age is really tricky/expensive!

 

Going looking tomorrow 😮

So the first niggle has appeared...the alarm speaker seems to be making a crackling sound like an old radio, any one encountered this and has any ideas how to fix it? 

Drove it for the first time! 😀

On 7/12/2020 at 9:01 PM, Paul O said:

Thanks SuffolkPorker.

Yes £10k should get you a pretty decent facelift model. The advantages are the better engines on the higher powered models and the satnav, which has (I believe) bluetooth and full postcode searchs as upgradable factory options. I keep contemplating one (I'm nothing if not indicisive!), but the facelifts are all in the top tax bracket, which makes me reconsider.

Someone where I live has a black GTS model and it looks (and sounds!) really nice. Still keep thinking about changing, but this one is just so satisfying having those big comfy seats - and the cost to change it to something newer would buy me a 987 Boxster. So I'm going to do that instead in the future.

The Cayennes at the bottom end seem to have gone up in price too at the minute. The cheapest working ones are around £4k on AutoTrader, which reflects the changes in the market place in recent months whereby the cheaper cars have increased for some reason.

Good luck with your search - don't forget to post if/when you buy!

Thanks for the reply Paul,

I would love a GTS, a chap where I work has a Macan GTS and it sounds brilliant. Especially on startup in the garage .

It will take some serious work to get that past the mrs though!

I'm liking the idea of a cheaper Cayenne and using the spare cash for fuel and maintenance bills. Bit scared by possible dpf issues in the later cars and issues with the 4.5l petrol early cars?

The search begins 

Great thread Paul.

Thanks for keeping such a detailed and thorough journal.

We are seriously looking at one of these beasts to take over from our trusty old beater family wagon (shogun).

Looking to spend about 10k so that probably puts us into the face lift version ( although I prefer the earlier looks wise) and hoping to avoid any dpf nightmares or 4.5's gobbling themselves. 

Hope you get many more miles out of her