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10-20-2016, 06:25 PM
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This years Tour was the largest collection of interesting cars yet and a big field. Would have suited RSG members. Be interesting to see what Leongs comments are in hindsight. ie Whether the big field made it better or not.
Lots of Giltrap cars - plenty of Aston, Lambo, (Rod Drury had a brand new one picked up the prior week), McLarens.
Got 2 more good stages to post later. One wet from day 2 and the last stage into Havelock Nth.
10-20-2016, 06:33 PM
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Thx Macca, looking fwd to NITT,
This years Tour was the largest collection of interesting cars yet and a big field. Would have suited RSG members. Be interesting to see what Leongs comments are in hindsight. ie Whether the big field made it better or not.
Lots of Giltrap cars - plenty of Aston, Lambo, (Rod Drury had a brand new one picked up the prior week), McLarens.
Got 2 more good stages to post later. One wet from day 2 and the last stage into Havelock Nth.
This years Tour was the largest collection of interesting cars yet and a big field. Would have suited RSG members. Be interesting to see what Leongs comments are in hindsight. ie Whether the big field made it better or not.
Lots of Giltrap cars - plenty of Aston, Lambo, (Rod Drury had a brand new one picked up the prior week), McLarens.
Got 2 more good stages to post later. One wet from day 2 and the last stage into Havelock Nth.
Leongs decided he will only do 2-3 day events moving forward. Combination of things including time out of work, but I think he found the pace this year a bit disappointing after last year. The size of the field would have had something to do with this. Also it never seems quite as fast in Tour the second time around IMO. Numbers have swelled with Giltraps as sponsor and Auckland property cash awash...good for the competition side tho.
10-20-2016, 06:39 PM
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Pretty much John, but I'm not sure what you mean by "then raising the suspension". As far as the process goes, there may be a better one but here's mine anyway for using the highest setting for the ATF level check and top up:
1) Have Cayenne running for say 30 secs to a minute or so to ensure air pressure in the pressure reservoir has been fully topped up.
2) Drive it forward/backward maybe a foot or so (perhaps sufficient to just toggle it in and out of drive? - Porsche seem to have locked out the lifting function when car has just started and is still stationary, probably to prevent accidentally wedging the car under something before driving off?). It looks like the car just needs to know that the driver has moved it before it will do it.
3) Hit the 'increase ride height' toggle twice to select Special Terrain Mode. The Cayenne will start lifting, and the instrument panel shows when that's finished, some 10-20 sec later.
4) Place the axle stands and go to work.
Now in the case of checking and topping off the tranny fluid, the engine needs to be left running so I'm not worried about settling as the car actively maintains its level, so I just put the axle stands under the jack points as security. If the engine was going to be turned off for a longish period then I'd want to make sure I could later get a jack under those points so it could be lifted to remove the axle stands afterwards (because the car seems to need to move a bit to allow lifting, it mightn't lift itself - unless it just automatically resumes the last set level?).
I normally read the driver's manual the day I buy a car but this time I'm yet to RTFM (well that driver's one anyway). But it's in the glovebox and I know from the allroad already that lifting an air suspended car by external means requires the air suspension be in lift mode first.
Kind of enjoying the organic discovery process this time though to be fair. Yesterday I discovered that working aircon is as simple as not pushing the Econ button, and that engaging Offroad modes 1 and 2 are as simple as being in Neutral with my foot on the brake when selecting them. Plus discovered the on board computer controls. Was also cool a while back finding an inbuilt air hose under the back seat. Guess that means its easy to drop tyre pressures for say sand, then raise them again afterwards before hitting the road again.
Will need to look into wheel alignment soon as even just the trip back from Rotorua visibly ate away at the shoulders.
1) Have Cayenne running for say 30 secs to a minute or so to ensure air pressure in the pressure reservoir has been fully topped up.
2) Drive it forward/backward maybe a foot or so (perhaps sufficient to just toggle it in and out of drive? - Porsche seem to have locked out the lifting function when car has just started and is still stationary, probably to prevent accidentally wedging the car under something before driving off?). It looks like the car just needs to know that the driver has moved it before it will do it.
3) Hit the 'increase ride height' toggle twice to select Special Terrain Mode. The Cayenne will start lifting, and the instrument panel shows when that's finished, some 10-20 sec later.
4) Place the axle stands and go to work.
Now in the case of checking and topping off the tranny fluid, the engine needs to be left running so I'm not worried about settling as the car actively maintains its level, so I just put the axle stands under the jack points as security. If the engine was going to be turned off for a longish period then I'd want to make sure I could later get a jack under those points so it could be lifted to remove the axle stands afterwards (because the car seems to need to move a bit to allow lifting, it mightn't lift itself - unless it just automatically resumes the last set level?).
I normally read the driver's manual the day I buy a car but this time I'm yet to RTFM (well that driver's one anyway). But it's in the glovebox and I know from the allroad already that lifting an air suspended car by external means requires the air suspension be in lift mode first.
Kind of enjoying the organic discovery process this time though to be fair. Yesterday I discovered that working aircon is as simple as not pushing the Econ button, and that engaging Offroad modes 1 and 2 are as simple as being in Neutral with my foot on the brake when selecting them. Plus discovered the on board computer controls. Was also cool a while back finding an inbuilt air hose under the back seat. Guess that means its easy to drop tyre pressures for say sand, then raise them again afterwards before hitting the road again.
Will need to look into wheel alignment soon as even just the trip back from Rotorua visibly ate away at the shoulders.
Never knew there was a hose under the back seat. Then again it took a while to realise the boot glass releases separately.
We just drive at normal motorway speeds in it and relax. Sounds like you have a very different pattern of use.
10-20-2016, 07:55 PM
So when on jack stands you can select normal height and it retracts the cars wheels off the ground?
Never knew there was a hose under the back seat. Then again it took a while to realise the boot glass releases separately.
We just drive at normal motorway speeds in it and relax. Sounds like you have a very different pattern of use.
Never knew there was a hose under the back seat. Then again it took a while to realise the boot glass releases separately.
We just drive at normal motorway speeds in it and relax. Sounds like you have a very different pattern of use.
90% plus of her use is the same as yours, just shuttling me up and down the motorway to the office (a few spirited corners aside maybe). But on B- roads the Cayenne obliges, if I'm not driving the Turbo.
The fronts look to be wearing pretty evenly. The rears are fine on the inside but the outer shoulder is bearing the brunt and could do with a fair bit more negative camber by the looks:
Close up of the left rear looking backwards:
As you might surmise from the double wear strips, they'd already started a milder version of that wear pattern when I collected her, but the shoulder grooves were still showing fully then.
Last edited by 996tnz; 10-20-2016 at 08:20 PM.
10-20-2016, 09:29 PM
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Ive oft been told if you drive the Cayenne aggressively it will eat tyres for breakfast. Stefan at Hazlers claims bald tyres on Cayennes as by far number one cause of panel work claims...these days I guess they just write them off as their market value is far lower than the cost of repairs using OEM panels and parts...
10-20-2016, 10:01 PM
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After 27,000km of our use (used tyres when bought but close to new) we have a slight shoulder rub off on the front left tyre (pictured). My wife's lack of spatial awareness is more expensive on the wheels. Luckily Chris B bought a set on Trademe which I'm buying, rather than refurb these. I'll put Hankooks on them. Very reasonable. Pads are holding out well also.
FWIW I would be very upset if the car got written off. Ours is sorted and i intend to run it until I have a major maintenance issue. Hopefully somewhere after 300,000 km. I only have 127,000 Km now so It might last for all my driving days.
FWIW I would be very upset if the car got written off. Ours is sorted and i intend to run it until I have a major maintenance issue. Hopefully somewhere after 300,000 km. I only have 127,000 Km now so It might last for all my driving days.
10-21-2016, 12:04 AM
10-21-2016, 12:32 AM
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Nice mileage. I remember tyres lasting me better back in the 90s, though even my brand new company Galant ate a set in 35K (which was four and a half months worth of driving back then). The Cayenne's just been doing Cayenny things today though:
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10-21-2016, 12:48 AM
She seems to have had a seatectomy, which made it moderately exciting pushing her back off the trailer at the other end without having to get a second vehicle panel beaten as it was all on a slope. She had two seats, but just not attached. Getting her off the trailer with her brakeectomy meant having her in reverse with the clutch pushed down as insurance, while suddenly whacking on the handbrake to stop her within a few feet of another client's vehicle, while my seat kept going a bit further.
10-21-2016, 01:04 AM
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She seems to have had a seatectomy, which made it moderately exciting pushing her back off the trailer at the other end without having to get a second vehicle panel beaten as it was all on a slope. She had two seats, but just not attached. Getting her off the trailer with her brakeectomy meant having her in reverse with the clutch pushed down as insurance, while suddenly whacking on the handbrake to stop her within a few feet of another client's vehicle, while my seat kept going a bit further.
10-21-2016, 03:58 AM
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10-21-2016, 04:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Pel
I see Dom & Nigel Kay are waitlisted in a 944S2, did they pick up the gold one off tm?