Jascha-M

...in that case, I gather that the 'false negative' on DIY is that most postings on this Forum are not from owners who are interested (assorted reasons) in wrenching as such.

Actually, I was curious /asking about the level of wrenching complexity well beyond oil-changes .

+1 on the "support Group"

Jascha-M

Indeed... I stand corrected on 'rare' should have said precious few are 3.2 DSG (!)

shakazulu12

Are you sure its Mudman2? I pulled up some of his posts and profile and didn't see any link.

I'm more curious for now, I'm still in shopping mode. But a big thing for me is information to do things myself. I simply don't trust dealers to do anything right.

DUTCH Vanatlanta

That is 90% of the reason I try to do my own work, too. This is especially true for MBUSA dealers and the G500. They know not what they do!

Are PCNA dealers any better?

wirunner

On the contrary, if you spent sometime looking on this forum there is practically step by step procedures to do anything and if it is not already posted there are so many knowledgeable people and actual techs that post on here, you can get the answer to anything. Just recently, we got a step by step detailed instructions on how to replace coolant pipes in the middle of the engine...no offense, but I think that's a little more complex than a sensor in an M5.

So search this forum here, search renntech, be friendly (and enjoy ltc's humor) and you'll learn how to anything. Hell, I've received actual Porsche manual procedures with diagrams for numerous things.

Slow Guy

In Mudman2's signature, at the very bottom is a hotlink that says gallery", click on that.

We do need to post some on the Pcar Workshop website though.

They're out there, the biggest problem is they're not concentrated in one location, they're scattered around.

We have one on this forum which is how to change the cabin air filter. Fairly simple task but there are other ones more complex. As someone mentioned there's even one for replacing the coolant tubes and that's fairly complex.

shakazulu12

LOL, big difference between VANOS units, and VANOS sensors, but I did see that DIY on the coolant pipes, that was one of the first things I caught on the forum, which was great, since it seems to be the number 1 concern with the first generation.

I caught a number of ltc's posts and actually thought you guys hated the Cayenne for some reason, but I read more and realized he's just that guy, and kind of enjoy his counterpoint to the rest of the owners.

Might I suggest a sticky with links for DIY projects?

Slow Guy

He must have upped his meds, he really has been quite docile lately ...

shakazulu12

LOL, yeah. I read back quite a bit on the forum now. Wow........uh.....is he singlehandedly trying to kill Cayenne values?

Slow Guy

Kill the Cayenne, yes. Don't think he cares about the values.