Sold my Box

[lexuspilot]

Jim,
I didn't even test the straight line speed. I thought you had mentioned the word practical. Straight line speed has nothing to do with practical.

Yes, of course, I meant compared to other SUV's.

Have you even driven one? This is a forum and I was making a point, if you disagree, you don't have to make it personal. Quote"If that's what you think, you need to keep learning.."

My friend lives in a downtown apartment. He can have only one vehicle. Name another that fits all of those qualities above and keep in mind he is one of those people who just loves Porsche. Porsche figured it out..."keep learning" and you will too.

I still say "Good Choice" !!!!!!

[Grizzly]

Wow! The guy buys a beautiful new truck, takes the time to show us the pictures and we tear it to shreds and then start throwing punches at one another.

I knew I liked this forum. It's just like being back home in North Philly. Go Eagles!

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by lexuspilot

Jim,
I didn't even test the straight line speed. I thought you had mentioned the word practical. Straight line speed has nothing to do with practical.

Yes, of course, I meant compared to other SUV's.

Have you even driven one? This is a forum and I was making a point, if you disagree, you don't have to make it personal. Quote"If that's what you think, you need to keep learning.."

My friend lives in a downtown apartment. He can have only one vehicle. Name another that fits all of those qualities above and keep in mind he is one of those people who just loves Porsche. Porsche figured it out..."keep learning" and you will too.

I still say "Good Choice" !!!!!!

Hi,

You're mistaken, I did not make it personal. It's inherently wrong or incorrect to call an SUV, any SUV, a performance Car. It's not a car, it's a truck and it has a high COG and cannot perform in the same way as a true performance car. The remark is not to personally attack you, but your use of the misnomer.

And, my initial post was clearly labled as my opinion, one well founded in the nomenclature of what a Sports or Performance Car is.

There is nothing Practical about a Cayenne. It may be more versatile than a Boxster by carrying more people or being more all-weather, but not practical. Anyone driving one because they love Porsches are posers. These things are not Porsches in the classic sense and are not rooted in Porsche's past as the Boxster is.

And, as mentioned, who cares what the automotive press thinks. What writers like Jay Lamm and Eric Gustafson know about cars would fill a thimble, but what they think they know about cars would take a Blimp Hanger to contain.

I have driven 2 Cayennes extensively, maybe 5k mi. in total, a base and a Turbo S. The first owned by a friend (an attorney who has it as his lease car from the practice) and the other (Turbo S) owned by my Bro-in-Law who has it because my sister won't let him buy a 911, it was the best compromise he could muster (so he thinks).

I tell him all the time that it's an Ugly piece of junk. They are awful and are only made more awful by the ridiculous sticker price, proving once again that there's one born every minute. As another said "Cha Cha Ching" for Porsche that they can sucker anyone into actually wanting, and paying for one of these... Oh, and bye the way, I was born in Philly...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[00Buck]

Hi, Jangobox. I have the Cayenne’s cousin, the Touareg, and love it. The guy I bought my Boxster from was buying a Cayenne as well. They are a very nice ride. Good luck and enjoy.

[jangobox]

Oh Man ! I love a good popcorn thread. Thanks for the compliments and the critque. This is the first time I have had a chance to look at this all day. Well here is why I bought the Cayenne. When I said practical it was really meant as a joke. To be quite honest and this is just my opinion, no Porsche is really practical unless it is what you do/use for a living. I took my Boxster in for an oil change at the dealership. They gave me a loaner, a regular base Cayenne. They needed to order a part for my boxster to do some needed bulletin recalls so that took about 3 days in total at the dealership. What does that mean? Well I had 3 days to test drive this Cayenne. WOW , I loved it. It handled great for an SUV, it felt like Porsche had built it. I t handled better then any SUV I have ever driven in my entire life. I have owned several and test drove many other SUV's in my life as well have owned many a pickup truck as well. I have owned 4-runners, Discoveries, Range Rovers and test drove the X5 , FX 45 and 35, the Lexus 330, Sequoia and some others that are slipping my mind right now. None of those and I mean none of those even came close to the performance and quality I felt suited me the best. Yes the X5 is a very tight SUV but it still did not have the quality of the Cayenne S. After the 3 days I concluded that I would get more use out of the Cayenne S then i would the boxster and would get to drive my "Porsche" more in every day events. Half of the fun of owning a Porsche , IMHO, is sharing it with others. The Cayenne let's me bring all my friends and family with me. Don't knock the Cayenne until you drive it. Yeah I too thought it was extremely ugly but it grew on me big time. I sold the Boxster because I knew once I got the Cayenne, the box would take a back seat and I knew I wouldn't get my money's worth from it. As far as the gas mileage, I got that covered, yeah its about 15 mpg but I also got a green machine...a Prius which I now label it as my Porsche Prius .

In closing..... The Cayenne S is one of the nicest automobiles I have ever owned. Worth every penny .....well I wish it was less of course. It's performance is worthy of Porsche's name. Everything about it is top notch quality.

Too me..it's bad ass.

And dare I do this?
Me and my Porsche and my Horsche....sorry I had to do it.

[lexuspilot]

Jim,

Search your feelings. I feel the conflict within you. Let go of your hate.



Jangobox...nice ride...nice Horsche too!

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by lexuspilot

Jim,

Search your feelings. I feel the conflict within you. Let go of your hate.



Jangobox...nice ride...nice Horsche too!

Hi,

I appreciate the sentiment, but I harbor no hate for you or anyone else... life is just too short.

Just not a fan of the Cayenne or SUVs in general, even though I own one. A '95 Honda Passport LX 4X4 5-speed (all available options) - 100k trouble-free miles - avg. 20MPG City and 26MPG Highway. At the time I bought it (new) I had a specific need for it - traveled regularly to 17 states on business with a need to carry more stuff than a normal trunk would hold.

Since then, it's paid for and still looks/runs as new so I'm keeping it 'til it dies so I can spend my money on other stuff or invest, but since my need has disappeared, I'll never buy another SUV...

Peace!

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[lexuspilot]

Jim you have got to read your own posts...
quote from your posts: "I hate it"

No one ever said you hated me. I let it go with a little star wars quote since someone else was quoting Lethal Weapon II in another post, but it must have been more vague than the Soprano's referance.

I could have guessed you had a Honda Passport, I would have bet my lifetime earnings on it! (actually I think you mentioned it before )
By the way it is not a SUV, it is an Isuzu, so you do not have to hate it.