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Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

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Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by 6bmw » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:06 pm

After an enjoyable 18 months in a 40d M Sport it's finally time to say goodbye once again :)

I've been in a few E53 Le Mans Editions and then this E70 - great cars must admit. My 40d had a phenomenal spec but is being replaced next week with an even better spec'd Cayenne Diesel S. I may well miss the power of the 40D but one drive of the Cayenne was enough to convert me - the interior of the Cayenne is an amazing place to be....

Bought the X5 primarily for the 7 seats but now that both my kids are grown out of the 2 rear child seats it made sense to let the car go.

Did think about the new X5 and took it for a drive but it's just one ugly **** ! There was one at my dealership with an M performance kit on it and it looked pretty good but just not worth £70k :o

Will post pics next week when it arrives. Will be happy to answer questions on comparisons ;)


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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by 6bmw » Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:56 pm

Edit mod - :D I was expecting it to get edited out itself when I was typing  :))
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by Don Coffey » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:32 pm

Good luck with your new car.  I test drove a Cayenne S a few years back and found the engine very good, but unlike you I didn't like the interior as I found it a little fussy.

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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by Sanj » Fri Oct 03, 2014 11:54 am

Congratulations buddy!

Look forward to the pics.
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by 6bmw » Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:28 pm

I'll still be lurking :D

Cheers Sanj - hope you are well mate - long time! Hope the house extn is all sorted now in time for you to enjoy Xmas  :xmaskiss:
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by 535dboy » Fri Oct 03, 2014 4:15 pm

You won't regret it, far superior car

Diesel S should be as quick if not quicker than your current surely
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by Sanj » Fri Oct 03, 2014 5:01 pm

[quote="6bmw"]
Cheers Sanj - hope you are well mate - long time! Hope the house extn is all sorted now in time for you to enjoy Xmas  :xmaskiss:
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Still going and will defo give you shout once done. You'll have to come in the new car of course. But then again I haven't seen the 5-Series either!
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by pvr » Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:52 pm

Where is our invite?  8)
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by 6bmw » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:25 am

[quote="Sanj"]
[quote="6bmw"]
Cheers Sanj - hope you are well mate - long time! Hope the house extn is all sorted now in time for you to enjoy Xmas  :xmaskiss:
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Still going and will defo give you shout once done. You'll have to come in the new car of course. But then again I haven't seen the 5-Series either!
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Sounds good! Cheers :D

PS - the 5 is gone and a newer model AM DB9 is back ;) lol
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by Sanj » Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:27 am

[quote="6bmw"]
PS - the 5 is gone and a newer model AM DB9 is back ;) lol
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Damn man you change cars like I change socks!

Pics of the DB9 buddy - take it the contract changed to something a bit closer to home!?!
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by 6bmw » Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:37 am

[quote="Sanj"]
[quote="6bmw"]
PS - the 5 is gone and a newer model AM DB9 is back ;) lol
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Damn man you change cars like I change socks!

Pics of the DB9 buddy - take it the contract changed to something a bit closer to home!?!
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Will do a double whammey post with pics of both next week :) Yes back closer to home again, thank god! Hated that long journey....
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by martin33100 » Tue Oct 07, 2014 11:24 pm

[quote="6bmw"]
After an enjoyable 18 months in a 40d M Sport it's finally time to say goodbye once again :)

I've been in a few E53 Le Mans Editions and then this E70 - great cars must admit. My 40d had a phenomenal spec but is being replaced next week with an even better spec'd Cayenne Diesel S. I may well miss the power of the 40D but one drive of the Cayenne was enough to convert me - the interior of the Cayenne is an amazing place to be....

Bought the X5 primarily for the 7 seats but now that both my kids are grown out of the 2 rear child seats it made sense to let the car go.

Did think about the new X5 and took it for a drive but it's just one ugly **** ! There was one at my dealership with an M performance kit on it and it looked pretty good but just not worth £70k :o

Will post pics next week when it arrives. Will be happy to answer questions on comparisons ;)


Mod edit - PVR: Language a bit colourfull ...
[/quote]How can you miss the power of the 40d, the Cayenne Diesel S acording to Auto car has 380hp/850nm torque and a 0-60 of 5.4 sec.
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by RenoHuskerDu » Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:55 pm

I had a good look at the Gen II Cayenne before buying my E70 but passed on advice from my cousin who is a VW dealer.  It seems the VW group still has too many niggling problem on their high line vehicles. But that V8 sure sounds good! After they hit the recent used market coming off lease with full service records I might consider it again. But my insurance company is not too keen on the P word (or BMW M for that matter) so then again I might just re-up in 2 years into an F-15 and remap it like my 40d now. Dunno...time will tell.
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by 55NF » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:40 pm

I'll be watching this thread with interest.  I too looked at the F15 & admittedly a better drive & improved refined interior, the mistake was I parked my E70 next to it....... which looks better.  I can't see the F15 growing on me either
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Re: Good bye X5 - hello Cayenne :)

Post by sid10 » Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:16 pm

Any update on the car ?
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