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Hello all,
Glad to see another Cayenne forum online. The last one was good and its too bad it faded away.
I spent about 2 years researching the Cayenne and the possibilities of it to become an off-road purpose-built vehicle. I ran into many road blocks, the biggest being vender support. Unless you're going to tune your engine or add aerodynamic bodywork, there really isn't much out there for parts. On the other hand, if you have a Jeep, Toyota or Range Rover - there is no limit to what you can find.
I took a break for about a year now, call it writer's block. On thing I still do is periodically check Craig's List on the values. Easy to say that 2003-2006 models can be found for under 20k here in Phoenix, and the 2008-2010 models still have a little bit to depreciate before they come into a price range that people are willing to spend on a vehicle to seriously use off-road.
Back in 2009 a felt that the vehicle would have a second-coming in 5-10 years when the masses realized what the Cayenne really was and how it could be adapted into one heck of an off-road vehicle with a minimal initial ivestment with room for modification costs.
So I'm saying hi, hoping to hear some thoughts on the off-road aspects. Maybe the moderators can start an off-road column!
Glad to see another Cayenne forum online. The last one was good and its too bad it faded away.
I spent about 2 years researching the Cayenne and the possibilities of it to become an off-road purpose-built vehicle. I ran into many road blocks, the biggest being vender support. Unless you're going to tune your engine or add aerodynamic bodywork, there really isn't much out there for parts. On the other hand, if you have a Jeep, Toyota or Range Rover - there is no limit to what you can find.
I took a break for about a year now, call it writer's block. On thing I still do is periodically check Craig's List on the values. Easy to say that 2003-2006 models can be found for under 20k here in Phoenix, and the 2008-2010 models still have a little bit to depreciate before they come into a price range that people are willing to spend on a vehicle to seriously use off-road.
Back in 2009 a felt that the vehicle would have a second-coming in 5-10 years when the masses realized what the Cayenne really was and how it could be adapted into one heck of an off-road vehicle with a minimal initial ivestment with room for modification costs.
So I'm saying hi, hoping to hear some thoughts on the off-road aspects. Maybe the moderators can start an off-road column!