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Andy97

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Anyone got any experience of these please, is it a worthwhile second hand buy?

Potentially looking for a second car that can tow either a race car and trailer or a 1500kg caravan. Won't be used every day but must still be able to handle some periods where I may be commuting, say, 70 miles each way for a few weeks at a time so a semblance of "economy" is required, 30 mpg?

Have seen a few for sale with about 45k miles and at about £25k. Looks about right. Are there any issues to be aware of, are they reliable?

I don't expect them to be "fun" but if I am to spend any length of time driving it I do want it to have ok performance for the real world and not to wallow around!

I don't need to go off road except to the paddock at Cadwell Park or a caravan site, and I don't need 7 seats, but I do need to be able to get 2 large dogs in boot and a few days caravan kit, clothes and food in the rear passenger compartment.

Thanks
 
Hi Andy,

I have a 2014 Cayenne diesel which is truly brilliant. on a long run i get about 34-36mpg using Shell Nitro diesel, ordinary diesel will knock 2-4 mpg off. it is beautifully built and i would expect it to be like other Porsches reliable. it comes in Tiptronic only.
In practice you will drive it in auto most of the time, but coming into a corner you can override by downshifting using the gear lever or blocks on the steering wheel or as i have paddles. Dont expect it to be fun? Think again it is! its handling approaches my GT3. you wont wallow around.
Choose one with 18" wheels as i have driven them with 20 & 21" - much too hard and don't forget tyre costs. a set of 18" is about £1100,whereas 20 & 21" can cost more than that EACH!
i think you can get a dog cage for the boot and i know you can get a low liner to protect the carpet when muddy dogs are loaded. the rear passenger compartment is large. there is about a foot between the front of the rear seats and the back of the driver/passenger seats
depending on position.
The Cayenne is pretty wide too. It ticks all the boxes, practical and fun. If the one you choose has a Sat Nav that can be updated for £150.00.

Good luck and i hope the above helps.



 
Thanks Richard, that is very helpful.

There is one for sale at a trader about 10 miles from me so I am going to arrange a test drive. Then comes the difficult bit, persuading SWMBO that it is a perfectly good idea!
 
Andy, use Man Maths to persuade her. It s not a Porsche but a version of the very reliable and fuel effivient VW Tourag, just a bit of badge engineering to up the price and protect the residuals. The Cayenne S has a huge towing caoacity BTW, mine gets 16.7 mpg out and back to Nurburing pulling a fully loaded BJ Race Shuttle. And think of the safety aspect . Sold !
 
I get 34mpg overall from mine including towing (not much admittedly). Comfortable for long trips, lots of torque as you'd expect and handles well for a big beast. More importantly it is easy to drive and my wife has now had three as her main car and finds it a doddle, only a bit wide on narrow country lanes. Very wieldly for a big car and seat adjustment means even a short driver can get a commanding view.

Not sure where Richard gets his numbers from, I put a set of Michelin Latitude Sports on this year for just over £1k on 20" rims and the drive quality on air suspension is absolutely fine.

Hope your test drive is a good one
 
I have had a shortish test drive now and enjoyed it. It's certainly a very capable machine and it handled a quickish but twisty A road well. I could certainly live with one and it would handle my needs well but the "mam maths" won't work om Mrs 97 - she is the most intelligent and analytical person I know and would see through it easily! It would better to front up and say "I want one, simple as that"

The trouble is that it's Mrs 97 that needs the 4x4 for her daily commute into the Peak District (particularly in winter) whilst I want it for the tow capability. In an ideal world I would change our existing Nissan X-Trail for the Cayenne and keep my BMW 123D but I can't afford that option. Mrs 97 doesn't see the point in changing my 123D and keeping her X Trail ( which we will need to change in a year or two anyway), and she has a point! She particularly doesn't see why she should keep the old 4x4 whilst I have a newer and far more capable one that I don't really need! Women, eh?!
 
I think you need a Freelander with the SD4 engine.
Prices are well down because of the new model on sale in Jan 15
 
A Freelander is a possible to replace the X-Trail but I would like something with a bit more oomph for towing. I'd expect the Freelander and X-Trail to have similar towing performance, and whilst it's ok, it's not great and in a recent tow with the caravan to Northumberland and back the X-Trail felt very laboured up any sort of incline or when trying to get back up to speed.

ETA, I now see that the SD4 Freelander has a 190 Bhp engine , compared to the TD4s 150 bhp, our existing X-Trails 136 and the 2nd generation X-Trail's 173 Bhp. Both the Freelander SD4 and the outgoing X-Trail may be worth another look.

I hate to admit it on here but an X5 may also be a possibility for me, with something like a Skoda Yeti for non towing duties and my wife's commute.
 
Hi Andy
You could use my alternative method of financing the Cayenne . Buy a petrol 4.5 £10,000 will get a nice one ,whilst you will only get 17-20 mpg petrol is cheaper to buy than diesel and you can buy a lot of petrol with the money saved on the purchase price and the depreciation will be less. I paid £10,000 for mine 3 years ago and its still worth £8000 great tow car and weekend family car.

Thanks Paul
 
Hi Paul, yes that's an option! I also considered the LPG route but for every good experience of those I hear of a poor experience too.
 
Looked at x5, Mercedes ML, Q7 and Cayenne with Mrs97. The one that met our needs best (towing, access and space for dogs, access for a disabled relative) was........the Cayenne. However, we then looked at a Tuareg with air suspension and this really was very impressive and that's the one we have gone for. It's a newer generation car than the Cayenne and is better on fuel consumption and the handling and ride was excellent (the Cayenne was on standard suspension) and that all swung it.

In the end it was so impressive that we decided to bite the bullet and part ex the X-Trail and keep my 123D. Will be eating beans on toast for a while.
 
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