Hi everyone,

I am new to this forum, and currently in market buying a used Cayenne in California.

My budget is around $30k. I am thinking about buying Cayenne base w/ GPS or Cayenne S w/ GPS.

Any suggestions on what model year to buy? Main difference between each MY?

What should I be mainly looking for when buying used Cayenne??

Please gimme as much info as possible regarding buying used Cayenne.

Thanks!

 

Somehow I don't think "new" and "gimme" is gonna get a lot of results. Have you bothered to spend an hour reading posts on the forum? There is a lot of info here about what models have what quirks, and about what models have what features. Expecting the members to outline it all in a Cliffs Notes fashion for you, without any sign that you expended any effort to find the info yourself usually isn't productive.

Suggestion: Spend an hour or two reading the forum - then come back with some specific questions that may not have been clearly answered in existing threads.

 

+1 in addition, by doing some readin and searching, you'll also find out a lot of additional useful information that some who just answers your question doesn't address.

 

IMO, take your 30K and find the newest, lowest mileage vehicle you can find to start with, assuming 30K includes tax, your price point will be lowered to about 28K or so.
During search you will decide between natually aspirated of turbo, V6, V8, color, options (do your research on what options are available on each level of Cayenne, so you can know what is available for each car you visit to inspect).
If you are not a huge HP guy, and just like the looks/name/comfort, you may be fine with V6, or V8. Your choice though.
Once you make the decision, start searching online to get a list of cars you are interested in.

Once you have the list, start visiting in order of what you like best.
Clean inside and outside usually means owner took care of the car (look closely though into tiny crevaces, nooks etc - these cars usually go through cleaning but if the car was gunked up you can still tell most of the time).
Look for pulled or incomplete paneling, anything out of order that you would not expect a perfect car to look like. These are indicators something was disturbed by owner, etc.

Mileage is king.

Ask for history of servicing, looking for the highest items:
- coolant pipe replacement (if not, you may be the one to have to do this - expensive)
- drive shaft (if never replaced, again, you may be one to do this - typical replace mi is about 70K for older years)

Again, if you have doubts, better to walk away and wait for another one, than to regret later. Do not hurry. They will not disappear, and usually the newer year price will drop to fall into your range if anything.


Good luck. Others may post up other common things to look for.

 

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ml#post3755645

 

I just picked up a 2008 Cayenne V6 for my wife for under $30,000 including tax. Still under CPO warranty as well 55,000 miles

 

Guys I'm picking up a 2008 Cayenne S with 69k miles. I know nothing about them. Ciaka now got me worried. What would the drive shaft coolant pipe cost??

 

If you have already decided on a Cayenne, then you have made a great choice. These are awesome cars.
Hopefully you were able to ask questions of the dealer like:
- have coolant pipes been replaced? If not, try to lower price a bit
- has drive shaft been replaced? If not, try to lower price a bit

By lower price, we are not talking 2K.


Coolant pipes will cost a lot by dealer to replace (I think I saw quotes from this forum members at about $1600-$1900.
Replacing them yourself if they go is not overly difficult, but takes time and there are DIY articles on these on this forum and renntech.
Doing these yourself will cost you about $500 for the parts and a day and a half of your time I believe.
Most do not replace these until they fail (not all do). Few replace before they have to as a proactive measure.
Failures have been seen in all types of mileage so I cannot comment on typical distance at fail (seen many at about 50K-70K).


Drive shaft replacement by dealer will cost about $1500 by other members' quotes from what I remember.
Doing drive shaft yourself will cost you about $400 (shaft) + $100 (flex disc) = $500 for parts (after you return your old drive shaft). It will also eat up about half day of your time if you have never done one on a Cayenne.
There are DIY articles for this on this forum and renntech as well.
Most people leave these alone until they fail (you will know by hard banging under your center console due to worn out shaft joint bearing support).
These fail at different mileages, but seen many at between 50-75K replaced on here.


THAT IS WHY MILEAGE IS KING - more time before fail, and not all fail, some do. Aggressive driving habits hasten shaft replace, not sure on coolant pipes.

In all, if I was looking for a Cayenne and I really wanted a Cayenne (because they are awesome), I would try to negotiate for price based on above. If they do not budge, I would still get it since they are awesome cars (did I say they are awesome)?

Hope this helps you in your decision making. Not intending to scare you. All cars need work sooner or later. Cayennes are easy to work on and such an enjoyment to drive, you will forget about any repairs as soon as you drive out of the shop.


Good luck.