My wife has had a sucession of BMW X5's now for years ,I have started to look at Cayenne's do they have any significant weakness's ? Will probably go for 3.2 petrol .The BMW's have been faultless [service bills only] so been spoilt, will be used for mainly short with the occasional long journey.Thanks in advance.
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Buying tips please
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Just be done with it and buy a turbo, no real difference in fuel but,loads more smiles per mile!
Not many significant weaknesses....coolant pipes being the main one.
Not many significant weaknesses....coolant pipes being the main one.
I am looking for one myself soon, looking on the net its cooler pipes and propshaft which you can tested once the engine is warm boot it and listen for a knocking sound?
I am looking at maybe an LPG one ?
Question is there anything to look for?
Thanks for any help.
I am looking at maybe an LPG one ?
Question is there anything to look for?
Thanks for any help.
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tregger said:
Main problem is that it is under powered, as a result fuel economy is no better than the 4.5 V8, if that's not a problem then it's not too bad but with watch out for the used spec as it can often lack the main toys from the other models.
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Ian Perry said:
make sure the collant pipes have been done
other than that main weaknesses are cardan shafts and coil packs but nothing you can do about that pre-purchase
go for the S or the turbo
the turbo economy is different in my experience, around town alarmingly so
my S did 16mpg over 2 years and 17k miles and that was OBD so more like 15.5
fabulous cars though ... really miss mine
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v6 in my experience spends a lot of time shifting through the 'box to get it moving.
v8 much less so, and turbo even better due to flatter torque
centre prop shaft bearing is common (relatively) not a bucket load of cash to fix though, and yes hard acceleration then over run should have it grumbling if an issue
coolant pipes on V8s do let go - though its hardly endemic - I had my turbo pipes done whilst in for a service as a precaution -was about 1K to fix at opc
air suspension compressors do fail - cheapish fix available as its basically a VW unit
check if the rear washer works - if the pump runs but nothing comes out, the pipe may have come off - sounds trivial, but the water runs all through the rear electrics if it does come off ! dead cheap fix, as there is an updated nozzle the solve the problem;
on the back of this check the rear side cubby holes in the boot where the ECUs are for water ingress - big problems ahead if there is any dampness there
Make sure all electrics work - can be a ***** to fix if non functional
£ for £ great cars though !
v8 much less so, and turbo even better due to flatter torque
centre prop shaft bearing is common (relatively) not a bucket load of cash to fix though, and yes hard acceleration then over run should have it grumbling if an issue
coolant pipes on V8s do let go - though its hardly endemic - I had my turbo pipes done whilst in for a service as a precaution -was about 1K to fix at opc
air suspension compressors do fail - cheapish fix available as its basically a VW unit
check if the rear washer works - if the pump runs but nothing comes out, the pipe may have come off - sounds trivial, but the water runs all through the rear electrics if it does come off ! dead cheap fix, as there is an updated nozzle the solve the problem;
on the back of this check the rear side cubby holes in the boot where the ECUs are for water ingress - big problems ahead if there is any dampness there
Make sure all electrics work - can be a ***** to fix if non functional
£ for £ great cars though !
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