Ordering a CT this week ...
 

I will be ordering a Ceyenne Turbo this week and was wondering if there are any must have options ore options that are a waste. :cool: :cool:

Re: Ordering a CT this week ...
 

STAY OUT OF THE DEALER!!!! :cool: :cool:

hilarious hilarious hilarious

Re: Ordering a CT this week ...
 

just make sure not to order the tire and oil burning, vibrating steering, and tremendous throttle hesitation "sucker" package like we did.

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What Ben said...

hilarious hilarious

I would find one on a lot that you can thoroughly test drive prior to purchasing rather than ordering one and getting stuck with a problematic Cayenne...just a fyi from a 2 time Cayenne owner. ;)

So these puppies have lots of problems?? I would have thought most would have been worked out by now. Mine would be an 06 model. I won't order one if it is going to be a problem. :(

Well I guess it all depends. My late '04 turbo has been problem free and does not burn excessive oil like others have mentioned. I get a slight occassional wheel shim around 72 mph on 20" wheels after a full balance and alignment. This morning I did not get any shim, so it's an intermittant thing that I think is tied to the variable assist power steering. When it does happen, it annoys me, but overall, there is no other utility daily driver that meets my needs and gives me driving enjoyment like the Cayenne, hence I am keeping it. If I were to go with any other SUV, I would be unhappy...I say go for the '06....;)

you might want to do some research on rennteam and rennist about this turd. pay particular attention to the throttle hesitation threads. fwiw, they are supposed to roll out an updated cayenne for '07 so maybe they'll have some of this stuff figured out.

I AGREE WAIT IT OUT, IVE HEARD FROMT HE DEALER THAT THERE HAS BEEN A software upgrade to fix the "hesistation" dunno if it is really true though.. butone thing for sure they are updating the cayenne for either late 06 or 07 model , i say wait it out.. so u get the newer version and hopefully less problematic version too...

no hesistation here and never had it. '04 CT

I had it on the 04 model, don't have it on the 05.

had it done a couple mths ago, didn't do jack

Get whatever Arling got on his Turbo such as cf interior, etc etc etc

make sure you get the sunshades. really cheap option but worth every penny.
must have: heated seats pkg, xenon lights, sunshade IMHO.
If money is not an issue then I would say CF interior.

mostly for the Turbo is standard so you just need to add whatever you think is cool. No must have options since they are all standard... such as PASM, Navigation, Xenon etc etc

Thanks for the help guys. I must say that I am a bit put off with the problems though. I had an 01 X5 that was a nightmare and am hesitant to play that game again.

i don't blame you. MANY people have reported these same problems and MANY have reported they don't have them. so apparently it's a crapshoot. there's no way i would do it again if i had the choice. it's' a great car in so many ways and yet so crappy in a couple of others. we probably would have just bought a luxury performance sedan (E55, M5, CLS65, etc) if it weren't for wanting the weight and height for collision safety vs. all the other stupid large trucks out there. a sedan will do everything the cayenne does on road - including storage (the cayenne doesn't hold much).

all that said, aside from the steering wheel vibration, i'm sure whoever modded your 996TT could do the same to the CT to dial out much if not all of the both hesitation and turbo lag leaving you with a fantastic vehicle.

i wish mine back. how about a CLS55... :D

MANA, it's a good car. i miss it very much.

**** that sucks ben, with all this crap happening to the car why dont u just have them buy the car back?

do these problems apply to just the cayenne turbo or do they affect the regular cayennes and the cayenne s?

we avoided full on acceleration during break-in, my wife drives (drove) it 95%+ of the time, and the hesitation was brought to the dealer's attention not long after purchase. i'd hoped then that porsche would come up with a solution eventually (it was "normal" and unfixable then), but that being nearly a year ago, i've lost hope.

i hear ya on the towing. given i have an F150 w/ the tow package, we don't need to use ours for that.

joe: i don't wanna get into the long, tedius and relationship thrashing process that is lemon buyback - especially since we'll just hand the keys back to this POS at lease term (one of the primary reasons for leasing vs. buying this early model porsche). while still having a much more expensive to fix and hard to get parts for CGT which i plan to keep until something much better comes along (should be quite a while), i don't want to get any more schit from porsche re: that car than is absolutely necessary as a result of the "war" that is the lemon process. i'd prefer to dump the thing, take the loss, and swear off the brand for future purchases before going that route. i don't buy from people and companies i have to fight with about making good on defective products. as well, my wife doesn't share my angst toward the POS, and until she does (since she's the one that has to be happy with it given she's the driver 95% of the time), i'll just keep it and keep telling the story.

thanks for the clarification ben :)