My 1st Cayenne Turbo S advice welcome

[Laurence]

Hi Guys,

Great forum you have here!

I'm about to buy my first Cayenne Turbo S 2010 500bhp with 40k on the clock. It has most of the bells and whistles I have been looking for some time now. Can anybody point me towards any common problems I should look out for on these beasts please?

I've owned Range Rover Sports Super Charged and this seems to be a completely different beast it really dose drive like a sports car I was smitten as soon as I drove one! I owned a 1973 SC Turbo bodied some years ago so I'm quite seasoned in running costs!!

Can any of you guys point me in the right direction of any known issues or things I should look for? I read on here about cooling pipes that need to be changed at around 60K? Would love to go to a club meeting if theses one local in the Essex area?

Any advise would be greatly appreciated

Many thanks

 

[Laurence]

Anybody??
No information at all on these cars?

 

[T911UK]

Gen 2 dont have cooling pipe problems. You also seem to be a few ponies short at 500! Great cars, they do like brakes and tyres though. Check the front discs are OK, at 40K miles they are near the end of their life and the will cost you £1400 just for 2 discs!

 

[Monty2]

Hello,
I've owned my Sept 09 Turbo S for 2 years nearly. Only 2 problems - sticking tiptronic lever which eventually had warranty replacement of top furniture and sorted and a constantly popping off rear washer pipe from the spray nozzle. I bought a second hand set of 19" Cayenne wheels and fitted snow tyres for the winters to make it useable as the 21" might as well be skate boards in the slush and ice. With the winter tyres its no less capable than any Range Rover product I've owned. Alas I'm now looking at selling mine for a smaller 4x4 but having difficultly finding anything including porsche badged that compares to the fit and finish, massive equipment levels, load capability and seating (they are the best seats bar none) and PERFORMANCE. Also even though my Turbo S has had an easy life (never tracked or off roaded) usually gently driven to obtain the plus side of 20mpg (20.6 mpg average on the continuous readout for my ownership period) and always given the best bodywork treatments its only realising between £31.5 and £35K as part ex value and with just average mileage at 44k against Range Rover products, I have yet to look at Aud,i VW and newer Porsche but not expecting much improvement on offers. You haven't mentioned what you are paying but expect high thirties for what must of been one of the last registered Turbo S if its a 2010 vehicle. I will say you have made an excellent choice, for in a straight line its as quick as a Boxster/Cayman S (had both) and very handy through the bends if you have the right suspension setting or Sport button selected. For very fast get aways delselect PSM and you'll leave big motor bilkes in your exhaust wake (they can't stay with you as the front wheel comes off the ground, not that I condone traffic light sprints but its just a fact the turbo S is a bit of a stealth fighter as well as a bomber and I feel safer than in any other Porsche, just this morning I had an RSPCA van barging his way over 3 lanes on the A1 until he was alongside myself and thought better not to drive into the side of my truck (did I say truck well it has been when moving house recently) anyway if RSPCA drivers wish to risk the public funded vehicles and burn excess fuel in A1 antics they have lost my donation Mr LD61ZZF! Anyway I don't need to say enjoy your Turbo S I know you will plus they are as rare as hens teeth and lets not forget they were £106,000 when new and the latest Turbo S is far greater than that and no quicker despite 8 speed boxes. The advertising hyp a while back that the latest iteration of the Turbo S is Porsches fastest cayenne Porsche seem to have forgotten the 2008/9 version.


Cheers

Paul

ps It has 550bhp not 500 that was about what the non S Turbo put out

pps yes you may not get many responses to Turbo S queries as they are pretty rare and you can always think to yourself that they are all jealous (joke , joke)

 

[Laurence]

Thanks guys !

Monty2 very informative thank you so much

this is the one I was looking at http://www.safwatcars.co.uk/stock_item/1197/

Any thoughts on the price??

 

[T911UK]

You do know thats not a turbo s? Seems expensive to me too, looks great though!

 

[Monty2]

Hi I sold my vehicle yesterday, expect it to appear on the Porsche used car site shortly possibly at Bournemouth dealership. It will be far cheaper than the one you included in your link but of course the previous stlye Cayenne (but quicker). Anyone interested its an immaculate example. Quite happy to give details if anyone on here looks at it down south.

ps I have 4 x 19" Cayeene alloys (sprayed graphite) with Vredestein Wintrac winter tyres to fit the Cayenne (up to Turbo S) if anyone wants to preserve thier decent wheels just PM me for details/price

Paul

 

[dazng]

I'm trading mine at the end of the month for a 991, Its a platinum silver turbo with bigger spec than the one your looking at and only 18,700 miles registered nov 2010.

 

[dazng]

Forgot to mention, Lawrence if your interested PM me.

 

[dazng]

Rear view

 

[T911UK]

Gotta love peeps that post questions then dont come back to see the answers!

 

[StuNo1]

Probably posted, read replies then didn't bother saying cheers []

 

[T911UK]

Alas no;

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