cayenne turbo vs S at high altitude
 

I was interested in getting a "S" as a daily driver and also hauling the race car in an enclosed trailer (approx. 5000 lb. ) on occasion. Since we are moving to a city at 7000' elevation, a friend strongly suggested we consider a turbo instead of the S. Any cons to an "S" at that elevation. I know it will lose some power, but how noticeable. I prefer the "S" do to it being less expensive than the Turbo.

We live at 7k Ft. You will lose about 20% Hp. It looks like that you live near sea level. My wife with a Cayenne S does just fine but she has never been at sea level with it. I have a Cayenne Turbo and it kicks butt. I think you would be disappointed with an S. We live on the front range foothills of CO.
Mark

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2004 Cayenne Turbo
2006 Cayenne S
1970 914-6 Original Owner

Yea, we live at sea level. I've been towing our race car with an open aluminum trailer, about 3200 lbs total with a '03 Eurovan (200 h.p.) and it works fine for us.
Looks like an '04 turbo and a '06 S are about the same price in our area. How is the turbo holding up, and how many miles do you have on it?

My Turbo is doing well as my daily driver. I have about 62k on it. It's had a few quirky things fail on it. The cardan drive shaft failed, which I guess is quite common, and the steering column lost all power but it was all covered under warranty. No power to the steering column is kind of scary, no turn signals, wipers, horn, no paddle shifting or anything else that is on the column The engine is real strong and with the turbo you will use about a quart of oil per 1k miles. We haven't had any problems with the S at all and has around 25K with no added oil between changes. Obviously we don't drive much but we are really happy with them. The T actually sat on the dealers lot for about 1 1/2 years and I got a damn good deal on it. It came from the Thousand Oaks area. The S was a demo/loaner and had 7K on it and was also another pretty fair deal. Living northwest of Boulder, we have around a 2 thousand ft climb in around 7 miles (about 6 mi paved).

If you were happy with the Eurovan, then the S would do the job real well but if you want to get there faster, obviously the T would be better. (I don't speed--ha ha).
Mark

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2004 Cayenne Turbo
2006 Cayenne S
1970 914-6 Original Owner

We picked up a '05 Turbo today. I think the previous owner checked all the option boxes. Has 33k miles. It came with the tow package. Silly me thought that meant it was also wired for the trailer plug, not. Has been certified and has the 2 yr. warranty.

Nice. Any pics?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1258050793.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1258050808.jpg

Nice!

Looks to be Fully optioned out.

Nice! Good luck and ENJOY!!!!