Thinking of buying a Cayenne

[Guest]

Hi
I'm thinking of buying a second had cayenne with a budget of £15,000 which i know isnt alot.
was thinking of going to the car auctions and picking one up.

Question is, which one should i go for? 3.2 or 4.5?
What should I be looking for?
What the costs for running it if I do around 8K-10k a year
Are they expensive to insure?
Whats the extra's to look out for?
Anywhere I should be looking except car auctions

I have a 3.2 89 carrera for the weekends and looking to replace my everyday car of a bmw320d touring

Any help and advice greatly appreciated!

Peter

 

[pwebb]

If it was my money I'd go for the 4.5 as it is better value imo. Extras are many and varied but if it has air suspension, great, if not, not a problem. Sunroof is a nice to have as are multi function wheel, bose, cruise, roof rails, heated seats if that's your thing, etc etc. I'd expect them to have the satnav but to be honest the disc is well out of date now and not upgradeable so a tom tom or even an iphone is better. Personally I think the 18 inch wheels were perfect, and never scraped a rim in 50k of ownership. The 20 inch ones on the current beast have been refurbed once and in need again on a couple.

Insurance shouldn't be too bad with that level of value, comparable with any other 4x4 of the genre. Running costs are mainly tyres, particularly front of mind as I've just put a set on mine today at a cost of £800. Pistonheads is a good source, here's one today http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1998482.htm that looks about the right money, and hardly run in!

Good luck with the search, mine have been very reliable with no issues, touch wood.

 

[Tailor_Mike]

Hi Peter,

ive had the 3.2 v6 and now have the 4.5 v8 and the 4.5 is the one to have, more power and same mpg.

insurance may be slighty cheaper on the 3.2, but dont think would be more than hundred pounds or so.

they are a great cars and you can keep running costs down by buying parts from either Euro Parts or German and Swedish. and get an independant mechanic to fit them. With more complicated parts, servicing etc... would recommend using a Porsche specialist.
and they are the age now where most of the depreation has been done, so if you buy a 2003/2004 model you will hardly lose much on the purchase price over the time you own it for. I had my 2004 3.2 V6 model for over a year and got the same amount i paid for it

the odd ones do have gearbox issues, mainly with the gears when coming down and sometimes up, you get a knock/bang on certain gears, my 4.5 is showing early signs, but can be something simple as coil packs or something worse, so is always worth getting a pre purchase inspection from a Porsche specialist as a recon gearbox could cost between £3000-4000 as estimate.

There are alot to choose from, Auto Trader normally have a nice selection starting from around 11,995.
Depends on mileage, spec, conditiion etc....

Try go for popular colour, black, silver, grey with black leather interior. IMO this will retain the value of the car and look the most modern.

Good luck with the search, they do cost a fair bit to run, mpg wise etc... but they are defiently worth it.
Get a good one and you wont be sorry

(pic attached of my 2003 in Metalic Seal Grey)

Mike