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Hello New (old) Porsche Truck
Back into the wonderful world of grin inducing Porsche driving
After being carless for a week and trying to decide what to buy – I bought this 2006 Porsche Cayenne S of an old friend… well, actually an ex-girlfriend who had bought this car because she loved my old silver one so much.
Luckily for me, she has a new job with a company car so the Porker is surplus to her requirements. I helped her choose this one, so I know its a solid reliable car and hopefully it will be solid and reliable for me while I lick my wounds and gradually payoff my backlog of Audi repair debt.
Affectionately title “Bertha” the only problem with this old girl is that she lives in South Carolina and I live in Nevada.
This sounds like a quick cross country roadtest :
- New battery (flat after sitting idle for 4 months)
- New tires (they were bald as a coot)
- Oil change (sludgy sludgy)
- Repair stereo head-unit (which had expired when her teenage had tried installing it)
- Investigate the occasionally-functioning AIRCON (this could be a big deal but I think I’ve fixed by replacing the switch 🙂 )
After flying out to South Carolina I realized I hadn’t bought my webcam so was unable to video the 3 day, 2700 mile cross country spring. Probably just as well #officer.
😉
Hello Audi A5 2.0T Cabriolet
So, I bought a 2013 Audi A5 Cabriolet
The robotic roof is incredible, the power delivery is adequate (it’s not porker fast but its quick enough to get me in trouble) and the open air driving is an absolute joy!
Goodbye Porsche Truck
Swapping my trusty old Porsche Cayenne for an Audi Cabriolet (with added Sunshine)
Blimey! It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged anything in the motoring world. I’ve been far too busy with that distracting thing called the real world: I’ve moved house, working hard on an exciting new Online Will project, video streaming for Projex Academy Training site and the occasional waffley technical blog… all makes Mr MotoLimey a very busy chap. But I digress…
My trusty old Porsche Cayenne S 2008 finally clocked into the 180k miles territory. Still without any major problems (apart from the drive shaft thingie and a regular patches like a new battery, brakes, oil changes etc). But it developed a dripping little leaking from the front steering rack, the last service told me it was due a major service which was going to touch the $3k margin plus it needed new brake rotors all round. So, facing a garage bill in the realms of $4,000+ I came to a painful decision.
Goodbye Mr Cayenne!
I’m seriously hesitant about trading the Cayenne in. But, lifes too short and it’s time for a new driving adventure.
So, living the sunshine of Nevada – what do I look for?
Hello Mr Audi Cabriolet
I stumbled across this rather lovely 2013 Audi A5 Premium Cabriolet. It’s a 2.0 Turbo engine, drives like a sleek shark wiggling through virgin olive oil, pulls like a bull running down a Pamplona side street wearing comfy shoes and when the roof is down – makes my hair ruffle like a sea anemone in heat.
Currently in day 2 of ownership – Big thumbs up so far:
Of course I took some video of trading in the Porker and will upload that later this week.
And get back into doing some more regular blogs.
And finally get my bloody American Motorcycle license and start riding the old Yellow Peril around the desert.
Farewell Porsche 911 Targa
Yes it’s true. I’ve decided to let my old 911 go to a new home. I hope the new owner has the time, garage skills to bring this old beauty back to life.
After owning the 911 for well over 18 months now, I’ve realised that my pipe dream of spending weekends and evenings renovating a classic 911 just isn’t going to happen.
This dad-of-four barely has time to shave let alone spanner.
So, I’ve been looking at various options – Do I sell privately? Do I sell to a trader? Do I part exchange it with a package deal including the Cayenne and get my dream 993 Cab?
Choices Choices…
I had a brief love affair with a 2017 Porsche Cayenne S
It was a quick fling. Nothing else. Honest!
While my trusty (and I say that loosely) old 2008 Cayenne Truck was for a freebie recall (new airbags and a revised engine management software upgrade) at Gaudin Porsche of Las Vegas — I had a little fling!
They kindly gave me a loaner while my car was being prodded and poked. A white 2017, nearly new, Cayenne S.
Lots of things that I really liked about this car but also a handful of things that irritated me. Notably the climate and fuel consumption friendly “turn off at idle”. Damn that’s annoying. The constant stopping starting drove me crazy.
Apart from that… very nice… have a few minute of driving around and lots of artless mumbling and waffling here:
#loveaffairover