HERE'S WHY MY PORSCHE CAYENNE WAS SO CHEAP...

It's finally time to get my relatively cheaply acquired Porsche Cayenne up onto the ramp at eporsch to find out why I was able to pay what I did for the car, with hopefully no nasty surprises!

#itsjoel #porsche #cayenne

[lucythemoggy]

joel, he seems to be a good honest mechanic, telling you stuff is starting to go but not saying you need to get this done, that done, just to look for work. very rare in today's world!

[oliverrice]

I like this mechanic. Clearly super knowledgeable about Porsches and I love the nuggets of information he’s giving. And he seems like an honest, genuine guy who’s not just trying to rip you off like so many mechanics!

[deandowns]

Hi Joel, I have owned my 3.2 v6 for just over 6 years now & I can honestly say its been the best reliable car I've owned, it also tow's effortlessly. I have dealt with all the little niggles you get, but they are all well documented on one forum or another and easily fixed. The spare parts are cheap because of it being a multi-platform car. In my 6 and a bit years the most expensive repair was the labor charge for replacing the coolant thermostat, the part itself was less than £20. I have the air suspension and its been great and reliable. It just keeps going. It had new disc's and pads fitted when I bought it and I only replaced the pads last year after 50, 000 miles. I have looked at other cars in the SUV range and they all compare themselves to the cayenne's greatness. I am only the 3rd owner of my one after 20 years, mines an 04 model by the way, Reg V6 DKD (so you can check it out) even the number plate was cheap. Who cares about the mpg when you drive past all the broken down vehicles on the side of the road. I put an after market head unit that looks great and sorts out the Bluetooth issue as well. If you like reliability you'll keep it, oh and my battery date is 2007. I could go on for hours, all the best.

[SamuelJCarroll]

Definitely a great guy to know he was very friendly and seems very honest with his views not pushing you to fix anything think you got a good bargain with the car

[OcdetailingCardiff]

what a helpful guy! ill be visiting there when i get a Porsche one day! glad to see you bought a good one

[jayeblagburn]

Hi Joel, I'm delighted to see that you have scored not only a genuinely great car there. It also pleases me to see and hear the wisdom of a genuinely good, honest mechanic. I own a lurid, metallic green 1978 911 targa among other, far less normal machinery, and have to say that an independent specialist invariably makes sense. I used to do all of my maintenance myself, being ex motor trade, but I had the devil's own job when it came to finding an independent up here in Northumberland, the land that time forgot, but when i did i was so glad that she's as honest as the day is long, very supportive and I've found that - perhaps because a woman is far less likely to patronise and generally treat poorly, another woman. Yes, there are good dealership workshop staff out there, but an indeoendent will always have the potential to operate in a much less incentivised way than a main dealer mechanic. The usual way with the independent trade is that - because they're small business people and havecno need to upsell the job.
On the three occasions (between 1983 and now) on which i have bought cars from dealerships, they mostly tried to charge a ridiculous amount for, say, washer additive, when they know double well that i always carry a bottle of the stuff in all of my car.
Your guy has a very calm, pleasant approach and, with his obviously good brand knowledge, would definitely inspire confidence were I to take a vehicle to him for work to be done.

Two nil to Joel; great car and a totally decent chap to work on it. Your content in the cases of some of your cars left me feelingva little disheartened as I often felt tgat itcwasxabout time karma came knocking for you. With the bargain Copart TT and now, clearly, with the Porsche, your luck appears to be improving, richly deserved i say.😊

Keep up the interesting, informative content anf if I end up buying an early Cayenne to replace my utterly brilliant but recently written off X5 (not my fault, she was parked when a fool in a two day old Peugeot decided to attempt to ram raid the boot space. mine drove home afterwards, his didnt😂), I shall be crediting you with the idea. I hadn't realised how durable a good example of the large Porsche can be. Yours is so clean underneath. Well done, Sir. 👍👍👍👍👍

[LotCARS]

Great video Joel, it’s really good to see a detailed explanation but one I can understand from somebody who really knows their way round these cars. Just gives you so much confidence when you deal with people like that.

[talon]

I had a cheap 2003 V8. Was a 2 year money pit. Drove it to Denmark once. Sitting in complete comfort at silly speeds on the autobahn was awesome. Scraped it 2 years ago as valve stem seals were bad and too expensive to repair. Also had an electrical drain.

[TheGhiaDriver]

Chris is an absolute gem, presents beautifully, passionate, knowledgeable, honest and open, a real credit to his trade. I'd love to see more of him on the channel.

[stephengraham]

The feedback Chris gave is amazing you can clearly see what needs to be serviced in the coming months. Awesome video 👍

[parkecorepersonaltrainingp]

That was amazing vid such a knowledgeable and nice person. Really explained everything clearly 👍👍

[dwn]

Love this video, Joel. Listening to Chris talk through the checkpoints without interruption was thoroughly engaging. I don't even want a Cayenne, but after watching this, I feel I know the car well and what to look for if purchasing.

[mikespink]

Chris appears to be a thoroughly decent, honest and knowledgeable chap. I have an old 1987 944 turbo so I might be giving him a call soon ish.

[DcraigRob]

I can imagine all these minor jobs this guy has found that he suggests you wait until bigger thing needs fixing to get done would be jumped on by other garages and need changing right away. This guy sounds like an outstanding and trustworthy mechanic.

[mattb]

Looks like you've bought a good one, worth spending a bit imo. A gearbox service would be at top of the list if it was mine.

[DarksideDevelopments]

Looks like a great buy! The off-road capabilities of these are very understated. Take a look at some of the off-road Cayenne builds we have done ;)

[alandmunkh]

19:57 Is the brake disc separating from itself? What is that long crack?

[Bothtapes]

Great buy! Fantastic honest mechanic! I had a great mechanic whilst I owned a Cayman S, I cleaned out the sooty throttle bodies, fitted a full stainless exhaust and it felt like a different engine ! Get your throttle bodies and intake clean, air filter replaced, and the leaking exhaust and you will feel a big difference!!!

[tz]

Well as you knew, a 2005 cayenne is on its way to the scrapper and not worth spending money on. Still at 3k, it's shed money and fun to cruise around in.

[Reececov]

Love how clean the engine bay is all hidden looks so smart