I've had my 2004 Cayenne S manual for over 3 years now and it's on about 90,000 miles. The car has been superb in every way, I often tow with it (it came with the factory tow pack), and has been driven all year round. The car is serviced every year, and has had no major faults, it still has original clutch, battery, exhaust etc...the only items I have changed are the discs and pads alongside routine service. At the lsat service my mechanic (Andy at RPM) advised me to change all 8 coil packs as he was surprised none had failed, so I had all replaced at a cost of £27 each. The only item to ever fail was a switch relating to the foot operated hand-brake. I personally prefer the steel suspension to the air option, and I have had fitted 10cm lower springs (by H&R), to improve the road holding and lower the car down.
As with buying any Porsche I would strongly avoid a car that has been damaged, or has patchy service records. I think that the Cayenne is a marvelous piece of quality engineering, and if looked after (as with mine) will give years of service.
Andrew.
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