brett968

Post an odometer shot and you'll be added to the club!

300k Mile Club Members:
brett968 - 2004 Cayenne S
dr_r2r - 2005 Cayenne S



Excuse the dust. Picture was taken in direct sunlight. Warning indicator is due to brake pad wear indicators (brakes have since been replaced--for about the 9th time).

vtgt

excellent to see! What year and trim?

957GT-YES

Holy moly! That's great news. Congrats. At 123K on my 09 GTS, I felt mine was getting long in the tooth but it's just a pup. No doubt it's been a love/hate relationship for you but hopefully the miles=smiles...

Cheers to you!

brett968

Thanks! 2004 Cayenne S. I should have listed that. I just edited my original post.

Thanks! Yes, definitely love/hate but I've had it so long and become so familiar with it that it's easy to work on--other than the occasional curveball. I perform all repairs and maintenance myself. I would say the car is more reliable now, i.e. things break less often, then when I first bought it in 2006, used with 41k miles. No doubt I've made many repairs over the years, including a new engine at 294k from LN Engineering / RND Engines. Under the skin, the car is in remarkably good condition. The interior is trashed but I bought a full interior out of a Turbo and will be swapping out soon.

vtgt

i didn’t seem the v8 cayenne motor on LN or RNDs site. Is it an adhoc request, how much does that run, similar to the 911 motors? Sounds like your aiming for 600k miles

thesteve

You just said to post an odometer shot. : P

The highest I made it was 280k something in the e38 pictured here.

brett968

They used to have a crate engine program for the Cayenne V8s. I bought the very last N.A. V8 engine they had. It had been marked down 3-4 times and had probably been sitting around 12-18+ months. I was watching it for awhile trying to decide whether to rebuild my own engine or go with their engine. The price got so low that there was no way I could rebuild my engine for the same price. It still cost more than what the car is worth but it's kind of grown into my "challenge" car. I would like it to hit at least 500k. The engine bay is immaculate now. I replaced basically everything. Besides the long block, it got new fuel injectors, MAFs, alternator, starter, every vacuum line, every coolant line, radiator, fuel line going to rail, all new pulleys, engine mounts, o2 sensors, coil packs, high pressure power steering line, every plastic clip and any other little piece that was broken or questionable. I am sure I have left off a number of things. I bought 2 ultrasonic cleaners, a 3 L and a 30L, to clean every part/nut/bolt that was reused (the intake manifold was the nastiest). I spent more hours than I would like to admit cleaning the firewall. I even detailed the engine wiring harness. I guess I shouldn't say all this without posting some pics. I'll try to do that in a bit.

brett968

Bravo! That's a complex machine to keep going for that long!

I guess I should have specified that the odometer needs to actually display 300k+ miles and it needs to be a Cayenne.

I know there are at least a few cars out there with over 300k!

Dilberto

Not mine:

atx955

I have 2 hundo on mine....but still feels good. gotta be on borrowed time though. What's the record on the V8 ??

seankrider

Gotta be the pic above...!

dr_r2r

Gone to the darkside a couple of weeks ago.

dr_r2r

brett968

Your truck looks great, dr_r2r! You have obviously maintained it very well. Cosmetically, it's in much better shape than mine--although I'm working on restoring my interior now and paint will come next.

You've been added to the list!

Craq

My '06 CTTS just turned 160K. It's due for having all the drivetrain fluids replaced (trans, transfer case, both diffs). Has anyone had this done? How much? Worth it?