Fellow members,

I ve recently came back to asia (China) and purchased a Cayenne S 2008 model. I have noticed that it is slower than my 2004 Cayenne S that I have in Canada. Does anyone else notice this problem? or did i get scammed into buying a V6 with a V8 engine cover? if so, how do will i be able to tell?
another problem with this Cayenne is that it burns about 1 litre of synthetic engine oil per every 2000km.. and the dealer tells me that this was normal....this was not normal for my 2004 Cayenne. are you guys with the face life cayenne S experiencing the same thing? please let me know.

Thanks,
Peter

 

Oil burning is normal, but engine performance should be much better than your 04 Cayenne S. Assuming that Chinese guys are able to replicate anything, there is the chance that you've bought a V6 with a V8 cover .

 

 

It will take a while to loosen up. I assume its new ? if so call Porsche

 

I assume you can email Porsche with your Vin # and find out?

I doubt a Porsche dealer will cheat you if you got the car from them...

 

the auto market works a bit different in China. very few people buy from porsche dealer ships, but rather they buy off from individual dealers whom purchase the car inadvance and leave them in your show room. these dealers host many different brands of cars and charge a premium (compared to placing an order for the car, they charge somthing like 2k american per month of waiting. inother words buy a car that would otherwise have you wait for 5 month would cost 10k more) for cars that are already sitting in the inventory. anyways that is why i suspect that they mayhave sold me a lemon or a V6 at the price of V8. and to reply Canberk, is oil buring really that excessive?! 1 litre for every 2000km?.. i find that a big problem please let me know on the details

 

I see...

yes, i have to add oil (1-2 quarts) every 1000 miles...

 

Although I doubt you got a V6 vs a V8, easy way to find out; count the coils!

 

or jus listen to the engine reving. cant u tell the difference from a v6 and v8? sheeshh..

 

just post a pic of your engine bay here
isnt it saying v6 or v8 on top of the engine?

 

look at the calipers !!!!

 

Sorry that this is a sad post. If the owner doesn't know how to open the hood and see that it is a V8 then how does he even know to sign on and post this question. The fact that the owner knows that it burns synthetic and the DEALER said it was normal and he didn't even ask the DEALER about it is even more SAD.

Just sad rabbit... It is not even a case of did I get ripped off but more of a case that I didn't even use my brain..

 

Alpine 997,
i m not sure what you mean by whether or not i asked the dealer about the synthetic oil, because i did. i was told it was normal for the car to burn 1litre per 2000km= 1200miles. i posted the tread because i was curious that it burnt more engine oil than my 2004 prefacelift.
2, i was unsure about the engine because i was not there when the car was picked up. here in China, the Chauffer takes car of most of the car maintainence, and in addition to that i got real sketched out when i saw this site: http://www.superreplicas.org/ feel free to check it out its pretty cool.
btw i do know how to open the engine cover.
cheers,

 

Cayenne S - Silver breaks
Silver housing on gauges
Distinctive Deep sound

Youtube 2008 Cayenne S and listen

 

by the looks of that superreplicas website, the bodies are all in fibreglass. put a magnet on your door panel, if it sticks then voila you have porsche.