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Originally Posted by unclebilly

Based on what I see, all pre 2010 cars are painted with a bad brush because of the nonrepairable engine problems of SOME of the Cayenne S cars.

The V6 had no engine problems.
The Cayenne S and Cayenne Turbo were plagued with the same plastic cooling pipes that cost under $300 in parts to fix and 6 hours labor. Most of these have already been sorted out.

The early cars had a driveshaft bearing issue that is fixable.

The early cars had a $600 transmission problem as well.

Everyone is scared of them because of a problem with a subset of them. Uninformed buyers seem to get hurt the worst. There are some real nice ones for sale with an engine that runs fine but is ticking or knocking. The one I got is in the other end of the spectrum, the engine seems OK but the body is far from perfect.

If I like it, I may buy a nice one with a bad engine and do a swap… time will tell.

I love my 2004 TT. It is pretty close to200K and looks and runs like new. It had about 50K when I bought it.

I recently replaced a coolant overflow reservoir. Leaking ones are supposedly common (seam in plastic comes unglued over time). The part was about $80, but took a couple hours work. Oxygen sensors are a bear to replace on a turbo...unless your arms are spaghetti thin and you are a contortionist...but the part is under $100. I tried and could not do it, but a local (local nonPorsche shop where I get my inspections/alignments did it fairy cheap). Window regulators are pretty challenging as well. A bigger job than one would expect. Make sure you get a genuine one from our host. The cheap ones are flimsy and trash IMHO. Tried to save some money on one and threw it away and reordered from PP.

I replaced the coolant lines on mine. Had to because I had a massive leak. Porsche paid me back some of the cost (contacted me because of a class action suit)...so most are likely done through that campaign as noted. I also fixed the driveshaft for less than $10 (jimmy mod?) and it has held up for over 50K miles so far.

Any details on the "$600 transmission problem?"