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    Porsche Cayenne Turbo #20 (2004)
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    UCP's biggest (only?) fan of the '74-'76 Mercury Cougar.
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    Porsche Cayenne S #24 (2004)
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    Porsche Cayenne Turbo #21

    A white one, what is very rare in France. It looks pretty nice in my opinion
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    No matter how you cut it, it's one of the ugliest cars ever made, but if it means that Porsche can keep on bringing cars like the 997 GT3 out then by all means, let it be made.
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    Big, fat and ugly, like many new German cars.
    Who wants to go offroad with such an expensive and heavy car?
    On the other hand much too heavy to have fun on a bended road.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guara0007
    Big, fat and ugly, like many new German cars.
    Who wants to go offroad with such an expensive and heavy car?
    On the other hand much too heavy to have fun on a bended road.
    If I bought a Cayenne, the first thing I would do is take it offroading. I like the idea of using a car for what its built for. None of that pampering bs.

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    In Europe most of these cars are used only to be parked in front of a restaurant or a coffee shop, to show other people where the money is.
    I think there are better choices to go offroad and much better choices for a sportscar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guara0007
    Who wants to go offroad with such an expensive and heavy car?
    Agreed, and who wants to go offroad in a car with no spare wheel? IIRC it doesn't even have a spacesaver (pathetic as they are)

    Instead just a can of goo .. and a prayer book

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    and it uses premium doesn't it? which can be a little hard to find/expensive in the outback
    not to mention if you break down, no-one can fix your car
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    To go outback in a Cayenne you'd have to bring a satellite phone wouldn't you? You're lucky to get mobile phone reception even on the bitumen, so when you get out into the boonies and invariably slash a tyre and the goo-can doesn't work then you're effectively stranded until help chooses to arrive. Then a wait of two or three days (or longer) until a specific-sized replacement tyre gets sent out at vast expense from one of the capital cities. Much later there's the challenge of finding a specialist tyre-fitting machine within the nearest 500-1000 miles which is capable of mounting it on the rim. Then another wait for the replacement to be sent out to the car ..

    Is Cayenne a good offroader? In the context of our country it's nothing but a pretentious joke. I could think of few 4wds that would be LESS suitable to take offroad, let alone venture into the outback

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    Well, on the Top Gear review Clarkson was fanging it round a tank course and it seemed to be going up sandy hills quite well. I imagine with some off road tyres it could go well. They're quite high and look like they've got resonable ground clearnace, not really any worse than a Prado or similar. And IIRC Cockburn had no complaints with the S on the Arabian sands
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    Quote Originally Posted by RobPorsche
    If I bought a Cayenne, the first thing I would do is take it offroading. I like the idea of using a car for what its built for. None of that pampering bs.
    Then get a Land Rover Defender...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer
    Then get a Land Rover Defender...
    Or, if you need the extra luxury, a Range Rover or a Discovery. I can personally attest to the Disco's off-road prowess.

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