PPost Item Event Attendance

[Tony]

Read the piece in PPost about event attendance, I must admit in the past having attended quite a few events in the Cayenne and generally not seen many others there. One reason is certainly that many owners have other Porsches and the Cayenne is the workhorse so you take the sportscar to the club events.
Some of it may be a demographic who buy the car on reputation as a luxury SUV and aren't really sportscar people (sorry, tongue in cheek that last bit!).
Maybe also there's an embarrassment factor, you certainly can't deny it's a proper Porsche but it isn't a traditional sportscar, and that's what so much of PCGB has been based around - which suggests over time thing may change as the club itself evolves.
Reading the forum posts, lots of questions not a wealth of expertise providing answers - not perhaps surprising these cars are complicated things, a lot more on American forums where more people seem to do their own maintenance. There certainly a lack of post regarding off road activities. I return to the idea these are the workhorses of the family and don't get treated to the special days out!
However, I will be attending R4's day out in the Cayenne and hope to see others there.
Finally, none of the above is intended to annoy or offend, being a late night ramble not to be taken too seriously!
Tony

 

[greg_harm]

Hi Tony, I’m pleased to see you took the time to read this month’s column and thanks for adding your thoughts to the forum, to which I can tell you none of which annoyed or offended me in any way. The aim of my recent write up was to hopefully bring about a response from some of our passionate members and although we already know there is no right or wrong answer, responses like yours give us a much better understanding and assists us to do our level best in achieving this.

The forum by definition is an online discussion board where people can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of mutual interest, that said, it’s hard to keep people engaged when the conversions are one sided although the Cayenne forum does by comparison seem to be used a lot more than some of the others so hopefully we are slowly building momentum as I always do my best to answer any questions but admittedly even my knowledge is limited.

On the subject of embarrassment factor, as an ex Regional Organiser I have to say, in my opinion, there is nothing more upsetting than a new member leading with “I’ve only got a……….” When will members realise that this is Porsche Club GB not 911World or the likes. If you drive a Porsche, you do so regardless of model type, although sadly for some it doesn’t matter how much you try to reassure or tell them, this feeling of inadequacy is so deep rooted that they alone allow their personal feelings to overpower all else.

Finally, I have touched a couple of times on off roading, with the new overland scene growing quite quickly. Only last month we touched on some of the overland club coming to the Harewood Hill climb and putting on a display for us, to which we had only three Cayenne owners attend in their cars including me, seems we still have a lot to do, but please above all keep the feedback coming its very much appreciated.

 

[emsquared]

Hi Greg and Tony,
I also read the piece in PP and some of the reasoning behind apparent apathy has been touched on. I have a Diesel which is a workhorse but also the weapon of choice for trips to the Alps for skiing, plus journeys where there are more than two people. The 997 gets used for more sporting road trips and visiting events.
On the subject of 'off road' events, the jury is out for me. Having been a former motorcycle trail rider, the CROW Act decimated legal green lanes where I lived in Gloucestershire at the time, and the hassle with Ramblers even on legal lanes really put me off.
I'd still like to attend something with my 2013 car though.
Martin.

 

[pwebb]

Just got back from a trip to the Costa Blanca and PP was in the post (along with a couple of tree's worth of LIbDem leaflets!).
Greg made the point that a number of owners have another Porsche lurking for the fun runs, including me.

However, the Cayenne can be remarkably good company on long trips, and the Cayenne did the Bilbao to Javea journey in comfort and reasonable economy.
The trip out was with the car loaded to the rafters with 'stuff' as my son had decided to get married over there, and the car swallowed a crazy amount of kit.

Running around on the eHybrid battery easily achieved 40kms, which was enough for most days and a cheap rate overnight charge.

Between 25 and 30mpg is not bad considering the weight penalty of the petrol/hybrid compared with our previous 3.0 diesels that would return low 30's on the same run. Difference in run time was simply the half hour queue at the Border Control at Bilbao on the way out. Also noticed that running in hybrid mode still left 13kms available at the end of the return trip.

 

[Lancerlot]

You need to put a cloth over that dashboard -look at all the dust!
Regards,

Clive

 

[pwebb]

You should see the rest of it!!
A month's worth of sand, sea and the red dust from the Sahara when we had a Gota Fria to add to the mix.

 

[stephen.robins]

Interesting to see you fuel economy on a long run. I have a petrol X5 40i. My average since ownership is over 27mpg and on a long run reaches the low 30's. The obvious advantage with hybrids is only if you do lots of short journeys. I'm interested in replacing the X5 with a Cayenne but will be going for petrol again.

 

[Simmo1972]

Hi Greg,

I love my Cayenne e-hybrid as you know… it’s my second Cayenne; but, as some have already mentioned many typically take the ‘sportier’ Porsche (I certainly do) on events/runs… certainly from Apr-Oct.

Maybe we think about doing a Cayenne Scotland experience next year? A family focussed few days (my Cayenne is our best family car we’ve ever had) with some off-roading involved too?

Maybe we do it in February/March, when many other Porsches might be tucked up for winter?… ‘the PCGB hibernation-vacation’!?

Maybe Macan and any cross tourismo’s (Taycameras) might fancy a winter blast too?

A run over the Glenshee/Lecht/Tomintoul snow-road for a couple of days goofing about at a variety of places could be fun? With a suitably warm stay in a castle for a couple of nights?

If registry members are up for it for a giggle, I would be happy to help see if we could organise & I’d certainly attend… we just need to hope for snow!

Cheers. A.

 

[Biglad]

Hi Tony, I’m pleased to see you took the time to read this month’s column and thanks for adding your thoughts to the forum, to which I can tell you none of which annoyed or offended me in any way. The aim of my recent write up was to hopefully bring about a response from some of our passionate members and although we already know there is no right or wrong answer, responses like yours give us a much better understanding and assists us to do our level best in achieving this.

The forum by definition is an online discussion board where people can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss topics of mutual interest, that said, it’s hard to keep people engaged when the conversions are one sided although the Cayenne forum does by comparison seem to be used a lot more than some of the others so hopefully we are slowly building momentum as I always do my best to answer any questions but admittedly even my knowledge is limited.

On the subject of embarrassment factor, as an ex Regional Organiser I have to say, in my opinion, there is nothing more upsetting than a new member leading with “I’ve only got a……….” When will members realise that this is Porsche Club GB not 911World or the likes. If you drive a Porsche, you do so regardless of model type, although sadly for some it doesn’t matter how much you try to reassure or tell them, this feeling of inadequacy is so deep rooted that they alone allow their personal feelings to overpower all else.

Finally, I have touched a couple of times on off roading, with the new overland scene growing quite quickly. Only last month we touched on some of the overland club coming to the Harewood Hill climb and putting on a display for us, to which we had only three Cayenne owners attend in their cars including me, seems we still have a lot to do, but please above all keep the feedback coming its very much appreciated.

First of all I'd like to say that this is my first time posting in the forum as I have previously failed to get round to it.
I was at the Harewood Hill Climb event in my Cayenne and very much enjoyed meeting and chatting to Greg and Deb, watching the Hill climbers and seeing all the cars present. I had a fantastic day overall but was sad to see the write up in PPost, and the disappointment felt by Greg, and this drove me to post here (maybe the point of the original post).
I for one am really pleased with my Cayenne diesel. I've had it 2½ years and it has been nothing short of excellent, everything I had hoped for and more besides. I can get 42mpg on a run and it has plenty of poke when needed, as well as plenty space for all the family trips and holidays. It is my first Porsche and I spent most of my life so far aiming to get it. My biggest issue is how on earth I will replace it.
I just want to reassure Greg and Deb that their hard work and dedication is really appreciated, and it made my day to see me and my car in the pics in the column (mine is the white one).
Thanks very much for all you do, and I will hope to be up for any gatherings coming up, my next will be the Yorkshire Porsche Festival on 29th September as last year at Sowerby was also brilliant.
Richard.

 

[emsquared]

The idea of a few days in, say, Scotland sounds promising. Maybe around March?