Cayenne S Diesel
- Thread starter Alex L
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Picked mine up from the dealer last Thursday, I'm loving it, the only change I would make is to change the front bumper for the GTS/Turbo type, the diesel one looks bit tame for my liking. I did try and upload some photos but they failed to upload as the file was too big??
A friend of mine who has a new RR had a drive of mine this week and absolutely loved it, I'm thinking his RR days are numbered!
IMHO the RR is very bland inside and a bit 'old man'ish' I understand it's fantastic off road but in all honesty who is going to go green laning in a £80k + car.
So glad I cancelled my RR order and went for the Cayenne[
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A friend of mine who has a new RR had a drive of mine this week and absolutely loved it, I'm thinking his RR days are numbered!
IMHO the RR is very bland inside and a bit 'old man'ish' I understand it's fantastic off road but in all honesty who is going to go green laning in a £80k + car.
So glad I cancelled my RR order and went for the Cayenne[
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mikec
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Got a test drive for tomorrow from Aberdeen. Lets see how that goes before deciding one way or the other.... The current car is not 2 years old yet.
Alex, can you provide a photo from the front showing the stainless steel apron please? I wonder what it looks like, my Cayenne is white and if I changed I'd keep a very similar spec to what I have. Maybe the odd change or improvement. The configurator is ok but real photos are better.
Cheers,
Mike.
Alex, can you provide a photo from the front showing the stainless steel apron please? I wonder what it looks like, my Cayenne is white and if I changed I'd keep a very similar spec to what I have. Maybe the odd change or improvement. The configurator is ok but real photos are better.
Cheers,
Mike.
mikec
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Well the test drive didn't happen! They'd apparently not reserved the car for me, so when the chief exec wanted a car he took the diesel S. Which was a bit annoying as I'd already been stopped from an earlier test drive due to the customer who had the car wanting it longer.
I called yesterday to try and rearrange another test drive, one week after the 2nd attempted test drive. Only to be told they have had to cancel more test drives due to the chief exec still having the car and they can't get a hold of him.
This isn't the best of starts to the new owners of my local OPC. It's all rather Tardy.......
I called yesterday to try and rearrange another test drive, one week after the 2nd attempted test drive. Only to be told they have had to cancel more test drives due to the chief exec still having the car and they can't get a hold of him.
This isn't the best of starts to the new owners of my local OPC. It's all rather Tardy.......
Review most aligned with my findings thus far...
http://cars.uk.msn.com/reviews/porsche-cayenne-s-diesel-review-2013-onwards
Car is certainly getting faster each time I drive it. Apparently it really loosens up around 5000 miles. Probably when the elusive 34mpg kicks in!
http://cars.uk.msn.com/reviews/porsche-cayenne-s-diesel-review-2013-onwards
Car is certainly getting faster each time I drive it. Apparently it really loosens up around 5000 miles. Probably when the elusive 34mpg kicks in!
mikec
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34.7mpg, I don't get that with my Diesel Cayenne. Today I got the keys to the Diesel S and I've a mate picked up his from Leeds today too. He's astounded by his. I'm in awe of how good it is. The acceleration is amazing, it does have 2000 miles on it and being a demo will have been driven like it was stolen for a good portion of those miles, which probably helps it loosen off quicker.
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]I posted already about this on the Boxster side, but could someone tell me on the latest Cayennes, assuming they use a similar electical system design to the 981, are the Auxiliary Power sockets powered down after 30 mins so the battery can't be charged via this socket nor can they be used for anything else e.g charging phones, ipod, laptop, air compressor?
Cruising at 70 mph will get you about 34 mpg I have found. 50 mph through average speed cameras and you will get over 34.
Obviously not very aerodynamic as the mpg drops off very quickly over 70...
Dynamic cruise control set at 80 mph sees about 32 mpg (as tested on the French autoroutes this week).
Could probably get higher if I turned off aircon, heated seats, stopped charging multiple apple devices, and wasn't wearing all season snow and mud tyres...
Hopefully by 5000 miles this will improve further either way...
Obviously not very aerodynamic as the mpg drops off very quickly over 70...
Dynamic cruise control set at 80 mph sees about 32 mpg (as tested on the French autoroutes this week).
Could probably get higher if I turned off aircon, heated seats, stopped charging multiple apple devices, and wasn't wearing all season snow and mud tyres...
Hopefully by 5000 miles this will improve further either way...
Glad to report the car was simply magnificent on our Eurodisney trip this week.
Did about 700 miles round trip and averaged 32mpg.
I thought my old Audi RS6 was the best all round family-sports car in the world, but despite being 200hp down, the Cayenne S Diesel is even better!
Did about 700 miles round trip and averaged 32mpg.
I thought my old Audi RS6 was the best all round family-sports car in the world, but despite being 200hp down, the Cayenne S Diesel is even better!
Mike Cooper 33
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Alex,
Glad to hear you are enjoying the car. How is the handling?
Did you get the wind seals sorted by your dealer?
Cheers
Mike
Glad to hear you are enjoying the car. How is the handling?
Did you get the wind seals sorted by your dealer?
Cheers
Mike
Mike Cooper 33
New member
Thanks Alex,
Glad you got it all sorted and are enjoying it. My last day to day car was a 3.0 Merc E class diesel coupe. I averaged around 36 mpg with lots of long runs so if you are getting plus 30 and getting better out of the V8 Cayenne that sounds pretty good.
Looking forward to getting mine in late May. Will keep you posted.
I was told by the dealer that it's unlikey Porsche will offer the 4.2 Diesel post the 2014 facelift. More likely to be a twin turbo V6. If that's true the Diesel S will be a rare car.
Cheers
Mike
Glad you got it all sorted and are enjoying it. My last day to day car was a 3.0 Merc E class diesel coupe. I averaged around 36 mpg with lots of long runs so if you are getting plus 30 and getting better out of the V8 Cayenne that sounds pretty good.
Looking forward to getting mine in late May. Will keep you posted.
I was told by the dealer that it's unlikey Porsche will offer the 4.2 Diesel post the 2014 facelift. More likely to be a twin turbo V6. If that's true the Diesel S will be a rare car.
Cheers
Mike
Mike Cooper 33
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Low mileage Cayenne Diesel S's are available immediatly from the usual suspects at a hefty premium, good spec cars are £85-87k!
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