malmasri

That is the recommended maximum speed in the owners manual so I ask:
1-At what speed do you tow?
2- what is the weight of your loaded trailer?
3- Which Cayenne model?

INURGRL951

50 .......I been doing more like 75-80 on the highway with an enclosed trailer and my track car got to stay with the flow of traffic .

Clutch-n-Throttle

50 MPH = lawyer CYA. Stupid 'cause its less than 55 MPH(the max speed when towing in California). You could probably get pulled over for impeding traffic at such a slow speed. Just go to court and show the judge the owners manual.

I tow 62-65 MPH with my boat that weighs 4300#(boat and trailer). No need to go faster. I'll get there when I get there.

I have a CS. Plenty of power! I get 10-12 MPG when towing.

INURGRL951

The owners manual who reads that kinda like a map rite? Most of us are men "we got this"...

Renn 951

Check the speed rating on your trailer tires - probably not 75-80 mph. I'd pay more attention to that than what's in the owner's manual.

The Goodyear Marathon tires on my Trailex are rated for 65 mph. I pretty much keep it 70 or below for steady state cruising.

f4 plt

I was doing 65-70 over an 11,000 foot mountain in Colorado on my way to Parade with an open Trailex trailer in tow and the Sc on it. No issue, the Cayenne GTS is simple a 911 with muscle

INURGRL951

Renn you have made a good point there I must go look and see never gave that any thought. Thanks

SCOTITUDE

usually 70-75 mph, but have had it to 85
enclosed trailex with SC and misc equip = 3700 lbs?
2004 CS 90k miles
So effortless I sometimes forget its back there.
12-14 mpg

APXD 30

Cayenne manual with 18' open steel trailer (1800lbs) and 2400 lbs track car does fine at 75-80 with anti sway bars. Mileage is usually 14-15mpg on the highway and lower mixed (12-13). Has been no problem. I helped a friend pick up a classic Cougar in Boston and that was fine too and much heavier.

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'06 Boxster S (Stuttgart 5.12.06)
'08 Cayenne (Leipzig 6.18.08)
'06 GTI MkV
'07 9-3 SportCombi
'03 MazdaSpeed Grand Am Cup (track car)
Past: '99 986

elfer4s

I "try" to drive no more than 5 mph over the speed limit. That's with an '08 S towing a 24 foot Pace enclosed trailer (about 3000#) with a GT3 (about 3200#) inside. On I-85, where the speed limit is 70 mph, I rarely exceed it. But the rig will go above 80, I'm just not comfortable driving it that fast.

Even with electric brakes on the trailer, it takes a long distance to stop.

INURGRL951

Hey Elfer4s your right up the street from me we need to go on a drive sometime, not with the cayenne the other toys!!

f4 plt

That seems a tad light. My open trailex with the tire rack and 4 wheels and tires (16" fuchs) weighs right at 1000 lbs put my SC on it and I have about 3600 lbs and you are saying 3700 with an SC and enclosed Trailex. Carl at Trailex had told me the enclosed lowboy trailers were weighing 2000 alone. Somewhere the math is fuzzy. No matter Trailex makes a great trailer and the Cayenne is a fantastic tow and travel vehicle.

malmasri

Glad to hear that no one pays attention to the nonsense in the Owners Man....it seems unreasonable to drive 50 MPH or less on expressways....I have towed an enclosed with TC and misc. total wt over 7000lb with my CTT at an average highway speed of 70 MPH and had no issues except gas mileage 11.5 MPG premium (ouch).

russo

Up to 95 mph towing my RS on an open aluminum trailer. I find it a little difficult doing the speed limit.

SCOTITUDE

I was told by the PO my enclosed trailex was 1300 lbs. maybe its time to drag the rig to work and weigh the whole thing.