Any dog owners with a Cayenne?

Any dog owners with a Cayenne?

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skyebear

Original Poster:

81 posts

9 months

Yesterday (10:54)
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I had been looking at Range Rovers but insurance is silly money.

With two German Shepherds, boot space and ability to fit load divider/gates is a necessity.

Anyone using a Cayenne successfully in a similar manner?

Budget-wise I'd be looking at cars from around 2020.

Thanks.

ChocolateFrog

26,524 posts

176 months

Yesterday (10:57)
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Had a Touareg so similar. It'll be tight for 2 GSDs. We've got one and there wasn't a huge amount of room.

Probably fine for short trips but doubt you'd want them in the boot for hours.

skyebear

Original Poster:

81 posts

9 months

Yesterday (11:06)
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Thanks that's useful.


Ed.Neumann

488 posts

11 months

Yesterday (15:32)
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I don't see it being a problem at all.

Go and have a look at one is best.



andy97

4,714 posts

225 months

Yesterday (20:08)
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We also had a Tuareg & now an X1, and had 2 large Mastiff/ Labrador crosses, we put the back seats down with dog beds on the extended “boot” floor and the two dogs travelled together in the back with loads of room. We packed the things we needed in the rear passenger footwells and used a top box for bigger stuff.

DarkVeil

78 posts

20 months

Yesterday (23:50)
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Audi A6/S6 would be a much better choice.

Dogs will struggle to jump into an SUV when they get older.

alltalk

113 posts

83 months

You tried insurance recently as I’m looking and it seems much better now with some companies

PlywoodPascal

4,685 posts

24 months

I wanted to get a Porsche but my dog didn’t like the hound of it. He thought I was mutts. He said he’d woofuse to be seen in it, a dogtor like him needs a more respectable thing apparently. Neither cayenne nor box(t)er - too hard for him to raise the woof. Luckily we found a great Range Rover and we both love it. It’s great at passing through poodles. A furry tail ending, really.

skyebear

Original Poster:

81 posts

9 months

andy97 said:
We also had a Tuareg & now an X1, and had 2 large Mastiff/ Labrador crosses, we put the back seats down with dog beds on the extended “boot” floor and the two dogs travelled together in the back with loads of room. We packed the things we needed in the rear passenger footwells and used a top box for bigger stuff.
Thanks but unfortunately that's not an option as we'll be three up most of the time, sometimes five when the in-laws are staying with us.


DarkVeil said:
Audi A6/S6 would be a much better choice.

Dogs will struggle to jump into an SUV when they get older.
That is a good point. The older one has started looking for the lower points of the raised part of garden to jump up.

Dealerships are going to love me arriving with a measuring tape...

I just can't get excited about Audis. I used to have an A6 2.7 TDI Le Mans and it was a perfectly good car but a bit "meh". Whereas I walked past a Cayenne e-hybrid a couple of days ago and thought, "fk me that's a pretty car".


alltalk said:
You tried insurance recently as I’m looking and it seems much better now with some companies
Last checked about two weeks ago on the Money Saving Expert aggregator and was eye watering.

What companies are you using?

alltalk

113 posts

83 months

HI, in 50's max no claims no convictions, car on drive, live semi rural Herts, £994. Admiral. Makes a big difference if PHEV or Diesel, Diesel seems lots cheaper if feels.

jackwood

2,632 posts

211 months

Probably worth mentioning that in the current Cayenne the rear seats are on runners and can be slid backwards and forwards to give more load space room in the boot.
Found this very useful the other day for loading 5-up with luggage on a run to the airport.
Not sure how far back this feature goes in the Cayenne range though. I know it was definitely there on the previous gen (ours is a MY24 car)