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Really enjoying my new (to me) Porsche Cayenne S. It's big, grey, leathery and very fast. Just like me. https://www.motolimey.com/upgrading-2008-to-2011-porsche-cayenne/

My Porsche Cayenne mysteriously woke up with a super stiff brake pedal and apparently no brakes. A little test drive shows that has a brake pedal that barely moves, needs to be STAMPED on to slow down even from a walking pace and felt like brakes were 95% broken. Big panic on my side, imagining a huge Porsche repair bill but it turned out to be something super simple ;) https://www.motolimey.com/all-gas-no-brakes-aka-stiff-brake-pedal-on-my-porsche-cayenne/

So, I just added a small car to my garage. The Cayenne is for every day driving, grocery runs, hauling kids and dogs and comfortable long family packed journeys... and... a tiny Boxster is for roof off sunshine blasts and ripping around in the desert Sun. https://www.motolimey.com/big-bloke-small-car/

As #LasVegas slowly comes back to life with Casinos, hotels, restaurants and (most importantly) bars opening on June 4th -- it's my first day back the office after two and half months of working remote. So, come with me for a little drive down the Las Vegas Strip.... https://www.motolimey.com/from-ghost-town-to-viva-las-vegas/

So, an American Bloke bought LONDON BRIDGE, had it dismantled, flown to Lake Havasu in Arizona and rebuilt. Urban legend has it, he bought the wrong bridge. Don't know if that's true but London Bridge definitely isn't falling down any more... and its sunny, hot, surrounded by palm trees and pubs. Happy retirement LB! https://www.motolimey.com/is-london-bridge-falling-down/

Pre-Corona the bird and I had a little road trip to Phoenix, Arizona. When in town we found these fun rental electric scooters, from Lyft, which you can simply point your phone at (photo the barcode and install the LYFT app) and then rent them for 15c a minute. Ride as far as you like and then just leave them where you like for the next person to rent. Stupidly funny. I just found this ridiculous footage on my phone and decided its worthy of an even more ridiculous scooter-vlog ;) https://www.motolimey.com/vlogging-on-a-electric-lyft-rental-scooter/

First day was all exciting as I drove around with the roof down. So, this is a silly video of tootling around Henderson, just south of Las Vegas, from Inspirada to Liberty High School https://www.motolimey.com/hello-audi-a5-2-0t-cabriolet/

That's all she wrote. Some nice little bits about this car I really liked... especially the *newness* of it... but... but... was glad to get back in my trusty old 2008 Cayenne S at the end of the day ;) https://www.motolimey.com/brief-love-affair-2017-porsche-cayenne-s/

aka "Solving the wet Cayenne Carpet Conundrum" Blocked aircon hose - which normally lets the condensation generated by the aircon leak out into the world - was causing a drip-drip-drip onto the carpets. Sloshing water on feet especially when cornering. Luckily, it;'s an easy solution. Clearing the blocked aircon overflow hose is an a 5 minute job and just needs one T20 screwdriver. In my best jazz voice #NIIIICE. https://www.motolimey.com/solving-the-wet-cayenne-carpet-conundrum-part-2/

Wet carpet on drivers side? Need to do 2 things (1) clear the rubber draining holes and (2) clear the air-conditioning evap tube (next video) or in the words of the Donald... "drain that swamp" So - I finally solved the wet floor mat problem. Mine was caused by a blocked AC OVERFLOW VALVE but my first attempt at finding it (this video) was cleaning the other drainage holes. Second video is coming right up... https://www.motolimey.com/wet-porsche-cayenne-floor-mats/

Tilt the Seat. Lift the Carpet. Absorb the Fluid. Re-wire the crappy wet wires. Fire up up. #OpenLargeBeer https://www.motolimey.com/wet-porsche-cayenne-floor-mats/

MotoLimey didnt worry when his aircon seemed to leak on his foot occasionally. For a year. Don't be like Motolimey. Long story short - even in little tiny splashy amounts it leaks under the carpet and and gets trapped. this moisture build up gently builds up and up until you have a little puddle. The electric wires under the carpet don't like puddles. Eventually they complain at you. Very loudly. Luckily, it's easy to fix. :) https://www.motolimey.com/wet-feet-with-a-porsche-cayenne/

Is there a midget with a hammer hiding inside your Porsche Cayenne (or VW Tourag) gearbox? Does light acceleration make your car twitter like a flock of angry birds? Chances are it's the driveshaft support failing. It was a simple procedure (even for a mechanically inept buffoon such as myself) I'm a noob mechanic and this is the first mechanical thing I have ever undertaken with this car, it took me about 40 minutes. https://www.motolimey.com/fix-porsche-cayenne-touareg-drive-shaft-clamp-bearing-support-mount/

Cheeky little road test around the Park West in Mount Pleasant SC (what we Brits call a posh housing estate) https://www.motolimey.com/68-miles-7-years/

So, I spent an afternoon tinkering with the Daytona and it's now so close to being back on the road I can taste it. I didnt like the taste of the replacement mirrors so I'm giving them away for $FREE To win these mirrors: (1) Comment below using the hashtag #MIRROR (2) Share the Video to facebook, twitter, where ever you want (3) subscribe please? When I see 50 comments - I will choose one at random! Then I can mail the mirrors to you free of charge. Who said there was no such thing as a free lunch? Good Luck! https://www.motolimey.com/fitting-bodywork-t595-triumph-daytona-free-mirror-give-away-competition/

T595 dot net before it became triumph torque and then ended up consigned to the dustbin of history.... what a shame..... https://www.motolimey.com/t595-tour-catalunya-catraid-spain-2006/

The girlfriends Cayenne (which is obviously slower than mine -- because it's white) decided to suck the juice out of it's battery. Replacing it looked tricky, but it really wasn't. Perhaps this should be called "How to change a battery in a Porsche Cayenne S" but that would be too dull. https://www.motolimey.com/changing-battery-porsche-cayenne-s/

So, it turns out that driving with UBER is fun, simple and you get to see interesting roads and meet interesting people... while earning money as well! Try it out yourself and make money with your car! Use this link for $120 extra: https://partners.uber.com/i/jng2w https://www.motolimey.com/first-day-driving-uber-charleston-south-carolina/

A quick little cruise along Sullivan's Island onto Isle of Palms. Then from IOP up to Mount Pleasant over the marsh lands of the IOP Connector. Musing about changing the Porsche Cayenne for a Mercedes G-Wagon... or an old Landrover Defender... or maybe a 1970's Toyota Landcruiser.... or a more modern Nissan Armada... or... or.... do I even want to sell this uber-Cayenne? https://www.motolimey.com/charleston-winters-better-english-summers/

On the way to let the Hell Hounds run wild in the beach sand -- I stopped at a little garage selling retro-cars which have been spiffied up. Shall I sell the Cayenne and buy something else? I love this car and seriously think I will regret selling... https://www.motolimey.com/little-road-trip-sullivans-island-south-carolina-defenders-sagging-poes-burgers-walkies/

So, in this weeks exquisitely dull video I realised that I hadn't uploaded anything for a few weeks. So, in a fit of self despair I decided to record a little jaunt across Charleston to collect the dogs from a doggie sitter on James Island.

So, this American bloke called Swarook posted this video back in 2016. After being overtaken by the white car, he follows, dicks around in the carpark for a few minutes then parks next to the car and engineers this confrontation... but the crazy little man in the car is such a total nutjob it's unable to tear your eyes away. Road rage and openly aggressive insults to the Max. Madness starts @5:18 https://www.motolimey.com/viral-motorcycle-bike-rage-video-swarook-not-proud-motorcycle-road-rage-shame/

Driving through Arkansas... buzzing along the instate and *BOOM* a huge chunk of road debris (and I mean huge - it looked like an axle from a car) bounced off a pickup in front and smashed into the rental truck. Towing the 911 at pretty much top speed (within the speed limit officer #honest) there wasn't much to do in that split second other than grit my teeth.... this was the aftermath.... https://www.motolimey.us/moving-vegas-cayenne-911-daytona/

A few weekends ago, an old buddy stopped by for the weekend. We were heading into downtown Charleston for lunch (and a glorious golden beverage) and decided to stop and look around Magnolia Cemetery: Incredible place, poignant and peaceful. If you are planning a visit to #chucktown then I strongly recommend a look around this beautiful historic cemetery. https://www.motolimey.com/the-one-with-charleston-magnolia-cemetery-in-it/

Nearly deleted this but listening to my old mate Toby, waffling and burbling to himself makes me laugh too much. Saturday morning after a heavy Friday night. Hunting the elusive fried breakfast to soak it up. https://www.motolimey.com/driving-porsches-around-austrian-osterreich-curves/