[JohnJL]

Thanks guys.

Firstly, this will be my wife's primary car so it needs a certain amount of...er...refinement...in order to keep her happy. What I mean is (and I hope she doesnt read this) if I keep it upscale I can achieve my ulterior motive of getting her to view my tow vehicle as hers so I can add another sports-hooligan car to the stable. I like the Tundra, Sequoia and Armada but the latter two are "too big" in her opinion.

She's German so its beyond my powers of persuasion to convince her of a Tundra or F-series.

Regarding the Cayenne, we already have 2 Porsches and maybe a 3rd on the way. I'd be self-conscious of having 4. As pointed out the Touareg is 90% of the Cayenne for 65% of the money (here in Canada) and the Touareg 3 wont be available here for quite some time.

Lots of Touareg tuning stuff available too with that 'charged motor...

We're close to crossing off the X5. Its towing capacity is borderline, and its handling is great but the turbo lag is unforgivable. I'm a big-cube NA and supercharged guy and lag drives me crazy. I dont know how VW eradicated it but what a great motor! Tows 7500lbs too.

j