Hey Tim, I often think we are on parallel life paths (mine minus the talent). We are also looking at a newer cayenne for my wife because my '08 has been so ridiculously stellar in regards to reliability. I'm not joking at all when I say that I wonder out-loud "why isn't this thing breaking?" as I hammer down on on-ramps.

Don't get me wrong there are some minor nonsense things but as I approach 200k there is nowhere I wouldn't trust this truck to take us, it's kinda silly.

I alost pulled the trigger on a '13 Panamera for my wife last month but then I looked at what kind of Cayenne I could get for the same money... not even a discussion(unless you hate SUVs).

Anyway, mine is filthy right now but just took this for the thread... still kickin'...still loving it. I'm currently in the market for a '13-16' for Julie, I love these trucks.

A couple month ago, my wife had it go into some kind of limp mode on her way home from work. First drivability issue since I have owned it. After reading the codes, I wrongly determined it was the fuel pumps in the fuel tanks (should have simply watched my live data on my code reader and would seen that the fuel pressure was way too low). Ended up being the mechanical high pressure engine mounted fuel pump. Replaced that and it runs like a top again. Also had a sticky heater flap actuator motor awhile back. Simply drilled a tiny hole in it and squirted in some oil and it works perfectly again. Also replaced the probable original 2008 battery last month.... cant complain about that. I have put two sets of tires on it since I have owned it (about 70k miles worth of driving by us). It drives great... looks good.... think I will see how many miles I can put on it.

I also have an 08 cayenne V6 and just hit 160,000 miles. I have replaced the driveshaft support myself, then got the PCV valve failure. I did replace the valve cover myself and it worked fine for a while but had an oil leak and pinched some injector wires...so ended up having a pro redo the job because it was a pita I did not want to do again...
Now I have ac issue I need to fix, blowing hot air on passenger side, but since winter is coming I have another 6 months to figure it out.
Still a great truck overall, has been quite reliable, love the way it drives. I plan to leverage my knowledge acquired on it by upgrading to a 2012 or higher model once I hit 200,000 miles.
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Aurel, my Hvac issue was the opposite.... It blew cold air when asking for heat on passenger side. There are several actuator motors in the dash. After removing the glove box, I was able to see a couple of them. I was able to get to the one that was not working properly and drill a tiny hole with a long drill bit then spray electrical contact cleaner then lubricant in it while trying to actuate it. It started working normally again... this was 6 months ago at least. Some of these actuators would be very difficult to remove/replace. I was lucky. Other than that, everything else on the interior has always worked fine.