Recent content by Matthew Wells

So, this modification may not seem very exciting, but it cures many issues for us while overlanding. We always get annoyed shuffling things around to get to what we want. The Cayenne is not an overly large vehicle and even with the pelican case on the roof, we still get it pretty full for a 4-6...

I've not been able to get on here much as we've been relocated for the last few months, but it's nice to see more and more people embracing the Cayenne for overland and offload duties. As for tires, we started off with 265/70-17 (31.6") general Grabber AT/2's which lasted a good 45-50k miles...

It's a Porsche Cayenne. If you're not familiar with them, the earlier versions (before 2010 or so) including mine (955 chassis), included a low range transfer case, locking center differential and optionally, air suspension, locking rear differential and electro-hydraulic disconnecting sway...

Maxcustody, I could honestly spend a couple weeks there and not get tired of it. There is such a variety of terrain. Great views everywhere you look.

Day 4 We awoke to the clouds having descended onto the mountains around us. We took a short hike in the early morning. I'm fairly certain there were dragons up there. Level with some clouds as we descended out of Chisos Basin. On our way heading out we went by the future fossil...

Day 3 Just before the sun began to come up, my daughter wanted me to go hike a nearby hill with her. This was the view back to our camp as we were walking back. The sun was just beginning to come up. We ate breakfast and set off down Old Maverick rd again. We came upon this rabbit seeking...

Day 2 Making some breakfast before we head out. Any time we're stopped my daughter loves to perch on the Pelican case. We continued through the last bit of Old Ore rd and hit the pavement down to the canyon near Boquillas del Carmen. Enjoying some Mexican mineral water (Tope Chico) in...

This trip was planned as 3 nights and the better part of 4 days, driving through the desert and ending in the much greener Chisos Basin. Our plan would eventually change a bit, as often happens. Day 1 After driving 10 hours, my wife, daughter and I met up with my father and nephew at the head...

There will definitely be something on the rear at some point. The main driver for something on the rear will be to have fuel storage, but when that happens I think the spare will move to the back with the exception on some very remote trips, where we may have two full size spares. Also, from the...

My Cayenne (955) I'm new to this site. We bought our Cayenne a couple of years ago specifically to build into an overland vehicle. iPad we use as a dedicated chart plotter using xMotion GPS. It's also blue toothed to the inReach satellite communicator next to it so that we can message...