I have had trouble finding replacement pads for our 2011 Cayenne V6. Nothing wrong with the originals a part from showering the wheels with brake dust every day. Anyone changed their pads yet? EBC only has Turbo pads at this date.

Also how many other 6M transmissions out there? We have the only one we know of especially for 2011. Believe it or not we custom ordered it without a deposit or even a signature. When it came in there was short delay in the financing but he gave me the car to take home anyway. No signature, no ID, no money. The next day we did go by and take care of the details but I find it a charming way to do business of course this is Texas where million dollar deals were often done on a handshake.

 

not sure about the brake pads, but I ordered an '11 manual transmission cayenne. it went through the panama canal on friday, so I should take delivery in a week or two. I'd love to here your driving impressions!

 

Location of gear shift is perfect but the action is a little stiff but this is on a car with less than 1000 miles. Clutch take up is good with the only thing in question is something that can't be questioned: electronic emergency brake. Car has plenty of torque which allows the lazy (shiftless?) to shift 1-2-4-6. In the flatlands 6th gear is good for 35 to 143 mph.

For those with their cars on order - think twice about wood choices. Many of the surfaces that are covered with wood veneer are thick with curved edges which alone wouldn't mean anything but when covered with veneer raises some "material authenticity" issues. In my case we ordered the olive which has beautiful grain and a mat finish. The problem is that it is obvious that they took a very thin veneer and "shrink wrapped" it around the substrate. Don't blame Porsche as this approach to interior surfaces is used by most manufacturers. In particular the use of wood on the console in undermined by the rounded contours which illuminate the fact that the veneer is only that and applied to some unknown substrate. That is where "material authenticity" comes into play. The mind or at least the very picky mind instantly recognizes the veneer for what it is and making me question the choice of the olive wood. I suggest that the base piano finished plastic, the aluminum or leather might be a far better choice and in some cases even cheaper. If given the choice I would have bagged the olive and instead ordered the leather covered console option for about the same price. The leather boot around the transmission lever (auto or stick) would be surrounded by like colored leather on the switch panels. These latter options do deliver on "material authenticity" in that they don't try to infer material qualities that they don't deliver.

 

thanks for your driving impressions. I admit I'm a bit nervous about the electronic emergency brake/hill hold feature. living in san francisco I'm sure I'll be giving it a workout. it's bad form to roll backwards into someone after waiting for a light on a steep hill!

 

I initially wondered about the hill holder feature. Houston is so flat there is no hill for the Pine Box Derby competition requiring them to close off a little used overpass to race on. As you can see we don't have much need for the hill holder and while I knew it had the feature I had no clue on how to use it. Well it appears to work by divine intervention as I did have a need for it yesterday and it apparently knows when to engage and disengage without mortal intervention. It looks like that if you come to a stop on a hill while engaging the brakes the car will maintain brake pressure for you. As you let out the clutch the car smoothly releases the brakes like you would if you were using a hand brake. I am headed to Austin this weekend which certainly has steep hills. It has plenty of intersections where an untimely stall immediately yields automotive mayhem. Wish me luck.

 

Hill hold has been used by Subaru for years way before fancy electronics..
always worked great.