Porsche 955 Cayenne Turbo 2003-2006

[DesmoRob]

Originally Posted by Guara0007

Big, fat and ugly, like many new German cars.
Who wants to go offroad with such an expensive and heavy car?
On the other hand much too heavy to have fun on a bended road.

If I bought a Cayenne, the first thing I would do is take it offroading. I like the idea of using a car for what its built for. None of that pampering bs.

[Guara0007]

In Europe most of these cars are used only to be parked in front of a restaurant or a coffee shop, to show other people where the money is.
I think there are better choices to go offroad and much better choices for a sportscar.

[nota]

Originally Posted by Guara0007

Who wants to go offroad with such an expensive and heavy car?

Agreed, and who wants to go offroad in a car with no spare wheel? IIRC it doesn't even have a spacesaver (pathetic as they are)

Instead just a can of goo .. and a prayer book

[clutch-monkey]

and it uses premium doesn't it? which can be a little hard to find/expensive in the outback
not to mention if you break down, no-one can fix your car

[nota]

To go outback in a Cayenne you'd have to bring a satellite phone wouldn't you? You're lucky to get mobile phone reception even on the bitumen, so when you get out into the boonies and invariably slash a tyre and the goo-can doesn't work then you're effectively stranded until help chooses to arrive. Then a wait of two or three days (or longer) until a specific-sized replacement tyre gets sent out at vast expense from one of the capital cities. Much later there's the challenge of finding a specialist tyre-fitting machine within the nearest 500-1000 miles which is capable of mounting it on the rim. Then another wait for the replacement to be sent out to the car ..

Is Cayenne a good offroader? In the context of our country it's nothing but a pretentious joke. I could think of few 4wds that would be LESS suitable to take offroad, let alone venture into the outback

[2ndclasscitizen]

Well, on the Top Gear review Clarkson was fanging it round a tank course and it seemed to be going up sandy hills quite well. I imagine with some off road tyres it could go well. They're quite high and look like they've got resonable ground clearnace, not really any worse than a Prado or similar. And IIRC Cockburn had no complaints with the S on the Arabian sands

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by RobPorsche

If I bought a Cayenne, the first thing I would do is take it offroading. I like the idea of using a car for what its built for. None of that pampering bs.

Then get a Land Rover Defender...

[Sauc3]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

Then get a Land Rover Defender...

Or, if you need the extra luxury, a Range Rover or a Discovery. I can personally attest to the Disco's off-road prowess.

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by Sauc3

Or, if you need the extra luxury, a Range Rover or a Discovery. I can personally attest to the Disco's off-road prowess.

No need to go nowhere near this far, here are some examples of luxury...

A/C = Roll down the windows
Leather upholstery = cover the seats with leather jackets
Sat-nav = get a compass
Xenons = don't drive at night if you can't see...

[Guara0007]

Great!

[freakystone]

Cool pics...

[Piacki_117]

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