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Trailer Hitch - 5/16/2008 8:22:57 AM
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mthaynes
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Well long story short, I was able to get almost the exact car I wanted except for one option.
My GTS came with the extremely unsightly trailer hitch. I was wondering if anyone had removed one or was aware of any covers that are available after market that would hide this hideous little gem
Thanks in advance
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RE: Trailer Hitch - 5/18/2008 5:38:11 PM
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Cyclenirvana
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Can't help you. One of the reasons I bought the Cayenne was related to its tow capacity which is quite substantial. But then again, I am probably one of the few Cayenne owners who actually drives the car offroad and tows with it...so probably not the right person to ask.
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RE: Trailer Hitch - 5/19/2008 1:12:35 PM
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mthaynes
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Well $1,555 to have the dam thing removed. At least I will have the hitch if a future owner wants in. I dont know about earlier models but this is definitly something that was not intended on the GTS.
It looks like the bumper was cut with a dremil
Otherwise the car is great.
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RE: Trailer Hitch - 5/20/2008 8:12:38 AM
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Cyclenirvana
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Actually, I think you made a good point. Keep it for future trade in purposes. This is one of the things that separates this car from other midsized SUVs from Lexus, BMW, and Mercedes...the Cayenne can tow almost 8000 lbs. This is one of the reasons you see these vehicles towing car trailers at various race tracks. You never see a BMW X5 or Lexus RX330 doing this.
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Serotta Ottrott road bike & Scott Ransom Limited Mountain bike
2005 Porsche Cayenne Turbo
2006 Ford GT
2003 Honda S2000
2006 Nissan 350Z (wife's daily driver)
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RE: Trailer Hitch - 5/21/2008 8:20:49 PM
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SWISS 2
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I had one installed after purchase by Porsche and the parts alone were $ 1500. No dremel tool but a knife to cut the notch for the wiring harness connector. The cut was done well.
The service department did the work, and the wiring harness was crossed which I found out later when I hitched our boat. They denied it at first, but I showed them the photos I had taken during the installation. Then the story changed to the fact that they had never installed a hitch on a Cayenne before ( probably true ). The correction was then made, as it should.
I would advertise your hitch parts for sale to any interested member here, as the Porsche hitch itself is pretty robust, and well made.
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RE: Trailer Hitch - 8/2/2008 3:50:42 AM
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garfy
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Cyclenirvana
Actually, I think you made a good point. Keep it for future trade in purposes. This is one of the things that separates this car from other midsized SUVs from Lexus, BMW, and Mercedes...the Cayenne can tow almost 8000 lbs. This is one of the reasons you see these vehicles towing car trailers at various race tracks. You never see a BMW X5 or Lexus RX330 doing this.
agree
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