According to your argument a 997TT in La Jolla would make even less sense, since you cannot drive it any differently than a Mustang. Your problem Nick is that you view everything exclusively from your personal point of view (which is a respectable one) and apply it to everyone else's situation. Not everyone uses the Cayenne for the same thing, not everyone drives on the same roads, not everyone has the same driving style, not everyone has the same needs and tastes, etc. I just did a 200mile work related highway trip on a family's CayenneS today, would the trip have been as "pleasurable, effcicient, and swift" for me  as on a Honda CR-V?... not even remotely close. Economically worth every penny its worth, and thank goodness the germans and not only the japanese and french make SUVs...


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