My wife traded in her '05 Cayenne S. Factory warranty was going to expire in 2008, and we decided not to keep it or go the extended warranty route.

Funny thing is, the dealer loaned it back to us (before we took delivery of the new car) for a short trip from the SF Bay Area to Reno and back and a couple of more problems occurred - the PASM would not adjust (stuck on normal ride height) and the Nav/PCM died on the trip. This was on top of previous problems over the last 3 years (A/C compressor, PCM/Nav unit, complete set of coil packs x2, PASM failure, ignition switch, numerous TSB's, etc etc etc).

Don't get me wrong - all problems aside (which were covered by warranty and great service from Porsche of Oakland) - this is an awesome SUV.

My wife is very happy with her new car - an '08 Audi S6. Apples (car) and oranges (SUV) in terms of how the two compare.

 

congrats on the new audi! and of course...we'd love to see pics!

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If I can get the car to stand still for just a minute, I'll snap some pics. My better half is on the road right now enjoying her new ride

 

Congrats on the Audi.

Question. What color are the mats and would you be willing to ship them?

 

^^^someone likes blue. =)

 

original mats are in black

 

Like canberk said, the mats are black. I can ship the floor mats at buyer's expense. I don't have the means to pack the cargo mat. I supposed I could just roll it and tape it up if UPS will accept it in that manner.

PM me your email address and zip code for a quote on actual shipping cost.

Thanks.

 

PM sent.

Nothing to worry about as long as you have the balance of the factory warranty or an extended warranty

 

Yeah. Actually I was thinking about that the other day. I have had five blue cars in my life. I just cant get away from it.

Man, I was hoping they were tan. Upgrading them has been on my to do list but I have just been too lazy to go by the dealership.

 

I've tried all the tan floor mats that are in the market and none of them are as good as the black original porsche mats. They didn't fit to my 08 Cayenne. So, it's better to go with the original black mats. And be quick, as it's getting colder and colder, which results in snowing and wet shoes in the car

 

Floor mats were sold to vivaleduc.

Thanks!

 

can you share what you got for your trade, thanks

 

Looking at this list, the optional equipments contribute significantly to the reliability issues. If you had not gotten the PCM and Air Suspension, and installed the updated coil pack that came out in 2007, you'd probably have an entirely different experience.

 

You're partially right. The coil packs were replaced twice - in 2006 and the updated ones in 2007. No subsequent problems with the coilpacks after the second replacement. However, it still doesn't account for the failure of the A/C compressor.

 

Our's was an '05 with 32K miles on it. In service date was September 2004. It was pretty heavily optioned - PCM/Nav, PASM, Full Leather (incl. dash and door panels), OEM 19" wheels, clear bra.
Trade in value we got was $36.5K. Unfortunately, the SUV market is soft on top of the release of the facelifted '08 Cayenne. I searched around on craigslist and autotrader.com locally. Same year/ similarly optioned Cayenne S models were in the high $30 to low-mid $40K range from a mostly used car dealerships and a few private sellers.