Thoughts on this Cayenne GTS

[rfuerst911sc]

Maybe price out some Continental tires ? Dunlop or maybe Bridgestone ?

[greglepore]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

Maybe price out some Continental tires ? Dunlop or maybe Bridgestone ?

Ended up with Conti DSW at around 1300.

[greglepore]

While we're on the subject, is there a reasonably priced scan tool you guys like? I'm seeing some love for the Foxwell on the forums. I have a standalone MB Star for the Benz's but no Porsche OBD knowledge.

[ben parrish]

SCHWABEN is what i use for my 2011

[greglepore]

Originally Posted by ben parrish

SCHWABEN is what i use for my 2011

Thanks. That's a rebranded Foxwell NT510, gets great reviews, has been superseded by the NT530. They're about $150, and its 80 bucks to add another make's software.
I'm leaning towards a NT 710 which is the same OS but with a tablet interface for about $50 more.

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by greglepore

Just to close the loop, I bought the thing. Haven't picked it up, it went straight to an indy as it needed motor mounts. Doing those, trans mount, diff and transaxle fluids. $6500 for the vehicle, 1600 for the repair and 1200 for a set of tires. It has had coolant pipes, cv axles, trans valve body, driveshaft and jxb support bearing, battery just done.
Interior is remarkable for a car with close to 200k.
The indy is a good guy, young, motivated. Pay for parts up front, $100 hr actual time. He provides a labor guarantee. Good find. He's got a following among the local exotic community, does a lot of 996/7 turbos and gt cars. I still do a lot of my own work but at 66 and with old injuries I don't care much for heavy mechanical work in the winter.

Nice to hear there is a Indy in Charlottesville. I was there in 2009/10 for my LLM and there was only the Dealer or at least that is all I could find. I had my 993 in for some service and they broke the front windscreen taking out the driver seat. Sheepish phone call to me fishing for me to absolve them, they were totally fishing for me to pay some or all. They ended up paying for the glass.

Originally Posted by greglepore

Kind of a gunmetal silver. Not my fave, but at the price wasn't going to be choosy.
Conti dsw's for now. Tire Rack has some p zeros cheap at the moment but I hear bad things about Pirelli's and cold.

I will add to the bad comments about Pirelli. My Range Rover Sport recently had one fail with longitudinal separation. Wife was lucky to get to her father's house without a blowout.
When I replaced them, the guy at Discount Tire told me that Pirelli come with less tread from new. I went with Michelin instead. My new to me Panamara GTS came with a brand new set of Pirelli at a cost of about $2,000 so I'm not complaining too much.

Love that color!!!

[greglepore]

This guy is actually in Gordonsville. So is DAS now (of rollbar fame, but they do race prep and general work). My guy is young and not sure he has aircooled knowlege, but is good with the later stuff.
It amazes me how much Panamera you get for the $$'s. Its another temptation for me...

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by greglepore

This guy is actually in Gordonsville. So is DAS now (of rollbar fame, but they do race prep and general work). My guy is young and not sure he has aircooled knowlege, but is good with the later stuff.
It amazes me how much Panamera you get for the $$'s. Its another temptation for me...

Yep. Mine is 2013, as new would have been north of $130k depending on addon stuff. I seriously can't imagine paying that for a car. IIRC, my first house was $115k.

The Land Rover dealer had it listed for $28k. I gave them my 996 and a small amount of money. Very happy. Me and 911s may have run our course together. The Panamera is great blend of power, road holding, and comfort. Just a scooch bigger than a 911

On a sad note: the 996 ended up at a buy here pay here lot on the wrong side of town. I really don't think there is a buyer in that market and it will suffer. I feel bad almost like it was my kid or dog