Comments on: Edo Porsche Cayenne Turbo blasts to 60 in 4.6 seconds

By: norby413

norby413 — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:33:02 +0000

So, who in your book is a real “tuner”, and what do they do to the cars that makes it so?

By: The Stig

The Stig — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:55:15 +0000

The number of real tuners (ie those that know something) are few and far between – rim jobs and body kits go in with the “Unique Whips” crowd – really lame.

By: norby413

norby413 — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:29:01 +0000

stig,
yes, “tuner”, not “rebuilder”.
What more do you expect a tuner to do? Reengineer the entire car?

By: The Stig

The Stig — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:11:19 +0000

So this is a body kit (which looks like ****), some engine bolt-ons, a rim job and let’s not forget that incredible paint. Pretty soon any asshat with a can of Tremco and a wrench will be called a tuner.

By: norby413

norby413 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:09:07 +0000

Always cracks me up when the “more money than brains” crowd starts in on anything beyond what they could imagine spending on a car.
Sorry if it bothers you so much guys, but some people HAVE that much money to blow. That doesn’t make the stupid, just rich.
BTW, I PERSONALLY think these Cayenne tuner cars are stupid, but for a different reason. They take away what made the Cayenne untouchable. OFF ROAD ABILITY.
All those quoting jeep srt8 numbers compared to a Cayenne turbo are missing one important point. Porsche COULD have made the Cayenne MUCH faster on the street, BUT they chose to do the near impossible and make (for its time) the fastest SUV, AND an outstanding offroad performer. Take the SRT8 up a rocky trail and see how long it lasts. The Cayenne can out trail a Hummer, then hit the hiway and do 165 on the way home. THAT, is engineering genius, folks.

By: cww

cww — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:58:03 +0000

4.6? So, what? A Mercedes ML63 does it in the same time. And it is not ugly…

By: Saud

Saud — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:53:10 +0000

repaint it completely black with techart wheels.

By: mr. texas

mr. texas — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:07:19 +0000

what ****ty brakes

By: Jaguar Sovereign

Jaguar Sovereign — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:29:55 +0000

nice, however A Hennesey performance Jeep SRT-8 will run 0-60 in 3.5 seconds. It all depends on wether you want the cache of “I drive a Porsche”.http://www.hennesseyperformance.com/hennesseyperformance/ItemDetail.php?Item_ID=264&cart=FZEWeDYd&DoThis=Jeep+SRT8+HEMI&ActionReq=Where cool videos on that site

By: Jimbo - G Mill$

Jimbo - G Mill$ — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:43:34 +0000

i love Porsche but that paint chop is fugly.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:24:31 +0000

such an ugly car.

By: GL1

GL1 — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:18:48 +0000

this is a useless machine.. its shapped like a small barn and about as ugly as one too… and you are correct a 40k jeep can match its performance and its leses than a third of the cost… They shouldn’t even be able to GIVE these away let alone sell them for 160k for cripe sakes… yeah I know the yuppie set that can’t drive ANYTHING that doesn’t say Porsche on the side will buy this ugly barn for sure… and that is a proven expample of having more money than brains…

By: nikee

nikee — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:56:15 +0000

from distance it looks like a the average badly tuned and kitted pre 2000 golf GTI or so. the next thing we’ll se here is a modified MAN truck with 2000HP getting 0-60 in 5s. how useless.

By: Scott Kempton

Scott Kempton — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:01:24 +0000

I agree with y’all. I’m sure it’s bloody fast, but jeez—who picked out that color scheme? Fast tuner cars should look NICE, not ugly.

By: maverick

maverick — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:27:36 +0000

Get rid of the stupid paint job and this thing is awesome

By: Zhenya_Gatech

Zhenya_Gatech — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:36:24 +0000

that could be damn near as ugly as a yellow aztek. Kill it quick.

By: maxim303

maxim303 — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:12:31 +0000

looks like an obese bumble bee.

By: YourNameHere

YourNameHere — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:00:58 +0000

i drive a jeep. I drive a Porsche. See the difference. and im sure the porsche will out handel and out brake the jeep. which is more important the speed when you weight 5000lbs

By: Brendino

Brendino — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:41:25 +0000

all substance, no style.

oh and a 40K Jeep can match it.

I’m a bit cynical, I suppose.

By: A4

A4 — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:05:17 +0000

when you can blow your money on a cayenne turbo i dont think id bother with an srt-8 either. id rather have a gemballa cayenne though, those are the sickest ones around. (save for the rinspeed chopster.. but who has 400k for an suv)

By: Asher

Asher — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:44:23 +0000

“likely one of the fastest SUVs on the road”

—This thing costs 160k+! I’m not a fan of any SUV but the fact is anyone could buy a Jeep SRT-8 for 35k and go 0-60 in the same 4.6 and 0-100 in under 12 flat…

By: Foster

Foster — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:10:59 +0000

Sweetness