Shouls I buy a 2014 CPO Porsche Cayenne V6 with 19000 milage? will the cost for maintenance be expensive in the first 2 years?

Want the Porsche experience? Don't buy a SUV. But a real Porsche, with 3 pedals on the floor and two doors!

"Will the cost for maintenance be expensive" Are Porches made in Germany?

If you can turn a wrench and avoid stealerships, a Porsche will be no more expensive than most cars to maintain. Just use Porsche spec oils and fluids and German filters such as Mann, you should be all set. Don't get robbed at a dealership.

Buy pre-paid maintenance if available. That decision will save you $500-$1000 per year. Talk to Porsche Finance dept at your local dealership by phone to ask. See longer answer about our Cayenne ownership, below, including general recommendations...

Hi, Hallo! We have the V8 Cayenne S from 2012, about 40K miles, and it drives with ultra-exuberance. These vehicles are great to own/lease/drive if they are under factory warranty, especially if there is a dealer near you. If you want to buy new or CPO from Porsche, make sure you buy the PREPAID MAINTENANCE, that will save you thousands. If you want to own past the warranty period, buy the extended warranty when you buy the car, because later it will be killer cost (for us to add 3yrs + 30K miles is $10,900 extended warranty from Porsche, no joke, I had to ask Finance for a quote). Another great choice is to buy Porsche CPO with the added 7yr+100K mile warranty attached being FREE. CPO with Porsche is great b/c it includes the warranty for trivial cost. And when something breaks, it is NOT TRIVIAL. Recently our 2012 Cayenne experienced a COOLANT LEAK due to the ENDEMIC PORSCHE COOLANT PIPE ATTACHMENT DESIGN found on all models, including high end 911's and Panamera's from the 2010-2014 time period. Porsche decided to use LOCTITE adhesive to attach critical cooling tubes within the engine instead of a simple screwed-clamp (No Joke, across all 3 models!). Porsche filed a 25-pg NHTSA response from the factory that shows their weak coolant "water neck" adhesive design. Our Cayenne cooling tube connecting the 2 halves of the engine came loose, and all the coolant escaped the car in less than 30 seconds. Luckily we were on surface streets, and after flat-bedding the SUV 30 miles to the nearest dealer, the cost to repair was $5,500. We are real fortunate that our SoCal Porsche Advisor went to bat for us with PCNA, and that thankfully PCNA covered $4,800 of the cost, out of warranty. The repair requires that the ENGINE BE REMOVED from the car! (like a Ferrari 30K mile service!) Our overall impressions on owning this vehicle: (1) Driveability for S, GTS and up models are super impressive (2) Dealer service and loan car program are awesome (3) Buy CPO with 7yr+100K warranty (4) Buy New with Prepaid Maintenance & Extended Warranty (5) Just Lease or Lease CPO (6) Buy from CarMax with Premium Extended Warranty from CarMax (7) Least costly is Lease New or Lease CPO or CarMax... Best wishes for all you old and new Porschephiles!!

Pre-paid for dealership prices? Are you kidding yourself? You bought a Porsche, not an exotic car, in spite of what you might think. Dealers will charge you prices what most Porsche shops will charge 1/2. And getting the engine removed for a cross over pipe? That's a line that only a dealer would come up with. What line are you falling for? Two hose clamps should solve the problem.

The cast aluminum coolant pipe talked about from #Ann is the coolant water distributor, and the original cast piece from Porsche has nothing to clamp onto, so two hose clamps will not work. The cast aluminum housing has to be changed to an updated design where a hose clamp would work. This piece of hardware is on the back of the engine next to the firewall. A 52 second video on YouTube shows the problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=iEZ8-C-ZsSA Also this problem is talked about online at 6speedonline: http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/cayenne-955-957/345323- cayenne-957-coolant-pipe-issue-water-distributor.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEZ8-C-ZsSA

The response from Porsche to NHTSA regarding Adhesive (Loctite) with Water Neck coolant connections is here: https://www- odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/UCM445645/INRL- PE13009-57948P.pdf

13c. Also identify by make, model, and model year, any other vehicles of which Porsche is aware that contain the identical coolant pipe connection method (adhesive), whether installed in production or in service, and state the applicable dates of production or service usage. Porsche’s Answer: 13c-1__Model year 2011-2014 Cayenne (all models) 13c-2__Model year 2010-2014 Panamera (all models)

Porsche’s response to question 13b & 13c on page 11 of 21 page document, has NHTSA requesting Porsche to provide: 13b. Identify and describe each bonding agent used in the assembly or repair of the subject components by supplier, product name and serial number. Porsche’s Answer: 13b. Henkel Loctite Europe, Dusseldorf Germany; Loctite 638/648

Please note that the NHTSA INRL-PE13009-57948P document is specifically addressing coolant pipe connection methods (Loctite adhesive) for the following 911 models & years: [] 996 Turbo, Model year 2001-2005 911 Turbo _____ [] 996 GT2, Model year 2002-2005 911 GT2 _______ [] 996 GT3, Model year 2003-2005 911 GT3 _______ [] 997 Turbo, See table in Question 12c. _________ [] 997 GT2, Model year 2008-2011 911 GT2 _______ [] 997 GT3, Model year 2007-2011 911 GT3 _______