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Back in Black: 2008 Cayenne Turbo

Here we have a heavily optioned 2008 Porsche Cayenne Turbo on eBay.  This Pepper has under 17k miles and comes with $9k worth of Techart wheels and Pirelli tires.  Anyone who has driven a turbocharged Pepper will tell you that the performance is rather eye opening.  These cars do surprisingly well in the twisties but where they really shine is when you mash the pedal on the highway.  Do so and the Cayenne responds with a growl and acceleration that can only be described as violent.  In fact the Cayenne Turbo’s straight line performance is dangerously close to that of a 911 while weighing nearly a ton more.  If money is no object, and it almost always is, the Turbo Pepper is the SUV to have.

2008 Cayenne Turbo Video Brochure:

This example has the following options:

22″ Techart Wheels & Tires
Soft Look Leather Seats
Light Comfort Package/Memory
Exterior Package Black
Satellite XM Radio
Black Top
Black Full Leather
Custom Tailoring Cayenne
Delete Model Designation
Front & Rear Floor Mats Interior Color
Moonroof
Roll-Up Sunscreen 1/4 Windows
Porsche Entry & Drive System
Non-Smoker Package
6 Disc CD Changer
3 Spoke Multi Function Steering Wheel w/ Light Olive Wood
Interior Package Light Olive Wood Trim
Roof Rails Black w/ Protective Strips
Fender Flares

At a touch less than $74k this Pepper has depreciated almost $45k since new, to put it another way this car’s value has declined an amount equal to that of a new Touareg.  Putting that aside these cars are intoxicating to drive and return a highway MPG of 19 which makes this a viable grocery getter.  Would I pay anywhere near the asking price for this car, absolutely not.  However, in a few years these post face lift Peppers are going to be a good used car buy.  If you are looking for an SUV and want 500 horsepower under foot there is no substitute.

~Aaron.


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Posted by Aaron in Famous Owner, Porsche | February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »

2001 996 Turbo – RWD, Techart, Roof Rack!

I found this tricked out Turbo on Houston Craigslist a long time ago and it has yet to sell.  It’s a 2001 996 Turbo with a ton of modifications.  To be honest I wasn’t really interested until I saw the roof rack.   Once I was hooked I read the list of upgrades and saw this Turbo also has a RWD conversion.

I had never heard of such a thing so I jumped across a few forums and found that a good chunk of Turbo owners have done this before.  Many of the “convertees” recommend going for the full GT2 suspension upgrade to counteract the weight shift (the switch from AWD to RWD removes about 70 pounds).

2001 Porsche 996 Turbo – RWD & Roof Rack!

List of upgrades:

Exterior
TA front bumper with custom LED lights
Custom-made 997 TA sideskirts
TA Type II GTS rear bumper
Intercooler duct splitters
Authentic strosek rear wing
Custom painted Porsche emblem
H&R Street Coilovers
19” 360Forged Mesh8 with Toyo T1R or 19” HRE 895R (Chrome) – both with 99% Toyo T1R but HRE does not have tpms senors in the wheels.

Interior
FVD CF steering wheel
Tequipment roll bar
Brockway 1000
Eclipse DD Touchscreen HU
Boston Acoustics and Infinity Component speakers
JL subwoofer and amp
Ecliptech Shift-I tachometer
TPMS Sensor Unit

Engine: (All engine work done locally by DriverSource)
K16 Hybrid turbo upgrade (500 RWHP)
EPL Tune
Upgraded 1 Bar WG
New sparkplugs
Cargraphic exhaust
RWD conversion (have parts to convert back to AWD)

The owner is asking $57,500 for this low mileage example (23,000).

Here are my questions:

How do you feel about a RWD 996 Turbo?
Which wheels do you choose? 360Forged or HREs?

P.S. – I don’t think the roof rack comes with the Porsche :(

-Ben

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Posted by Ben in Porsche, Strosek | February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »