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Hi Des, thought that would rattle your injectors!
Yes I know Porsche built tractors - they also built tanks and stationary engines!
The Cayenne really does have sporting performance so deserves a proper engine. When diesels match the responses of petrol engines (Porsches stated objections) and weigh the same for the same power (my objection) then I'll join the queue.

Tony
(Scarred for life by a diesel disco!)
 
Audi V8 Diesel unit more powerful BHP than VW 3.2 Cayenne and also bags more torque all important for a heavier 4X4 Wakey Wakey..........[;)]
 
Yes Des, and getting more refined each year. The 'other' car firm in Stuttgart are now making diesels with alloy blocks - so their getting lighter as well. I appreciate I'm not going to convert you from this love of particulate spitting oil burners, but torque or no torque (and its is important) I think they still lag behind petrol engines in a number of areas.

The fuel economy is hard to argue with but I don't want to swap the howl of the Cayennes V8 at 6000 + rpm for the rattle of a 4000rpm diesel!

Tony
 
Wrong...

Porsche have announced they will NEVER build a diesel because "proper sports cars only burn petrol"

Not a chance.
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Hmmmm.... not 100% sure on this. Try this, and read the intro carefully...

http://hugin.info/1205/R/941636/131366.pdf
 
Can't speak for the above, but, according to the computer, the latest X5 3.0d Sport auto averages 26.8 mpg over the last 3000 miles.
 
Cayenne S - i get 21mpg on a long motorway jurney at 85 mph - around town 15mpg - across country 17mpg.

Try not to look at the readout and just enjoy what is a fantastic car! I am sure as demand for the Cayenne settles across europe, we will see the 4.0 Audi diesel soon, economic pressures will mean it must be built as europe is a diesel continent.

The X5 wouldn't have been half as sucessful were it not for the 3.0d

Kevin.
 
Hunty

Gulp. Get 25/26 in my Carrera. Quite a leap. The transition worries me, I have to say.

Spizz
 
My Cayenne S averages around 20.5 since the engine rebuild -was doing 21+ before.[:eek:]

I don't drive it hard when touring and going to work, but don't try too hard to stick to speed limits on m-ways[8|]

I'm sure if Helen drove it all the time it would get around 15!![;)]

Lazza
 

ORIGINAL: lazza

My Cayenne S averages around 20.5 since the engine rebuild -was doing 21+ before.[:eek:]

Lazza
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Engine rebuild [:eek:] And to think when you had a Boxster the biggest worry was just a stupid RMS [:D]
 
I tested a 3.2 over 200 miles. According to the computer cruising at up 80ish it returned 20.8, off motorway more like 17/18. Foot down accelaration and it drops further. Decided it wasn't going to be for me (800 miles per week) unless a diesel appears. Presently use a Disco as daily driver which returns around 25/27 dependant upon conditions although deafness has resulted!! My eventual choice was a new model Disco due to arrive November ish. Didn't even consider an X5 as I want a 4x4.

 
I had a 24 hour demo of a Turbo over the weekend, and averaged 16mpg - this included some gentle 80s crusing, so a real issue BUT it drove very well indeed!
 
Unless one is doing a very high mileage, the fuel consumption pales into insignificance against the depreciation on the big, powerful, petrol 4x4s.

As most people only need the versatility of these vehicles occasionally, best buy would be a Range Rover 4.6HSE (with all the toys) for under £10k, and spend the rest on a proper Porsche.
 
Agreed, that why I have the C4 although wouldn't a lot of children be embarrassed by mummy taking them to school in a second hand vehicle!!
 
I don't think that kids care whether a car is new or second hand. My kids are more concerned about the fun factor - and would rather go in our muddy Defender hard top than anything else.

It's the image conscious parents, not the kids, who seem to be more worried about their 'school run status'.

 
I was averaging 14 MPG for the first three months, but seemed to settle down and am now getting 17 MPG after 15 months in my Cayenne S. Did raise this at the OPC, but it was about 18th on my snag list and I just dropped it when they gave me that "if you can afford a Cayenne, you can afford 14 MPG" look.
 
Have just completed a year (7k miles) with a Cayenne S, average over that time has been 19.5.
Car takes probably 15 miles from cold to get up to a reasonable figure - before that it seems be around 13 -15. Cruise at much over 110 and it come down too!

Tyres (continental) have 5 - 5.5 mm of tread left.

Why buy a 4x4 when you can have 2 ton sports car!

Tony
 
Dare I say it. Just feel slightly environmentally compromised by consumption in the low teens.

Spizz
 
I have just returned from a 300mile motorway roundtrip in my X5 3.0 Diesel.(80mph av)
Sorry guys but 34.6MPG !!!!!!!!!!!!
And to make matters worse, its now covered 70k miles over 3 years without a single problem and has attracted minimal depreciation, when compared to its competition.
I am a Porsche man through and through but could not bring myself to invest in a Cayenne untill a big Diesel is avaliable.

John
 
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