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IF I HAD the money I’d buy…
A luxury SUV with sporty characteristics. A fantastic all-rounder with great pace and space. A comfortable cruiser than can still offer a few thrills down a twist road than most other cars its size. I’d buy a Porsche Cayenne.
Why a Porsche Cayenne?
The Cayenne is a fun to drive SUV – and not many SUVs are fun to drive. It has quite a sporty driving position too, you sit low and hunkered down and this really adds to the driving experience. The 918-inspired multifunction steering wheel with paddle shifters also makes you feel like you are driving something other than a big family hauler.
When you want a sports car but need room for five plus luggage space, the Cayenne is hard to beat.
What’s special about this particular one?
This particular 2014 Porsche Cayenne is powered by a 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine mated to an eight-speed automatic gearbox. It is the special Platinum Edition which means it comes with a whole host of optional extras as standard.
It is finished in Meteor Grey metallic paint and has a contrasting Luxor Beige leather interior. It rolls on 19-inch Cayenne design alloy wheels and has privacy glass. It also features Power Steering Plus, Park Assist front and rear and a Convenience Package.
The Convenience Package includes the Porsche Communication Management (PCM) system that features a seven-inch touchscreen navigation, BiXenon headlights with Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS), Driver Memory Package seats, heated front seats and Auto Dimming Mirrors.
What does it look like in action?
Think a luxury SUV can’t do off-roading properly? Think again…
Who else drives one?
Porsche fan Ellen DeGeneres owns a fleet of Porsches and one of them is a Cayenne. Former Disney stars Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas both drive Porsche Cayennes and Sharon Stone owns one too.
It costs €69,995. What else could you get for the money?
Looking for some alternative luxury SUVs with 3.0-litre diesel engines and an automatic gearbox? Well, for the same money, you could have this 2016 Audi Q7.
… or this 2014 Range Rover Sport.
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after over 35 years of smoking i tried a vape, used that for about 15 months and for the last 3 years i have been smoke free, i would recommend to anyone trying to quit to give vaping a go, it’s hands down the best product on the market to help you quit.
@David Peate: Me too. Vaping helped me quit. I am so grateful for that invention. However having failed to quit lots of times before, the other important factor is to have a strong desire to quit. Just trying to quit because someone else doesn’t like it or societal pressure won’t work.
Allan Carr’s book was a surprise as it showed how easy it is to stop smoking once the mind overcomes the prejudices of craving/addiction, in short, we smoke to kill the craving caused by the previous cigarette but non-smokers don’t have the craving so we really want to be non-smokers by smoking. Some get it while others don’t but I suppose because it was not developed by a academic, his approach is ignored.
@Gerald Kelleher: I read Allan Carr’s book and I’ve been off them nearly 3 years now. Best thing I ever did :)
Nicotine isnt a particularly hard sustance to give up given it leaves your system very quickly. What makes it difficult to give up is the belief thats it is, that nicotine is a powerful drug. Society, media, certain products set you up for this massive battle and have convinced you its difficult. But the truth is its not. You dont wake during the night with dt’s and yet the nicotine wore off during the night. Some people make breakfast, gets kids out the door before lighting up and with no ill effects. you BELIEVE there will be. I went to a life coach and he talked me through why i smoked and the awful things things that would happen if i stopped. Society and marketing made me believe it was hard. So my brain believed! I smoked for 24 yrs! It took 90 minutes and I havent smoked in 4 yrs.
@Maria Mc: well said ,i my self gave up smoking with no withdrawles ,just decided to stop people have been brainwashed by the constant negatives and how being told how hard it is, was off them 3 months but due to stressfull problems i went back on them and am smoking the same as before ,its a fear.one thing i wuld say to anyone who gives up dont overdo exercisng straight away take it easy at first
@Maria Mc: Thanks Maria, it often suits those selling nicotine replacement to stress the difficulties in stopping while others ,once they see the cunning trick of nicotine, appreciate how the mind can work against a person’s best interests. I encountered this elsewhere but in a different context.
The theorists have convinced the wider population that you can only approach astronomy using a complicated language of mathematics thereby people shy away from this topic for fear they will get lost in the voodoo and bluffing that currently takes the name of astronomy. It is,of course, a self-serving scam that pays for the lifestyles,pensions and reputations of theorists but denies the wider population the freedom to explore the astronomical arena using computer graphics and imaging.
Right that’s it-All you smokers out there -Time to quit-can’t wriggle your way out of this one-if the worms can do it so can you.
I smoked for about 20 years, am off them for the last 7. 5 minutes at a time was all I done for a few days, the time starts stacking up. The cravinga last for a few minutes, then your ok again. I had cut down to 30 a day and than to 5 or 6, a friend told me id always be waiting for my next one so I quit. Carried a packet and lighter in the car for 4 months, and chewed gum and hard sweets when I got a craving.
Its not easy but it is worth it, at one time I got through 3 to 4 packs a day, now I dont. It has to be the time for you, and u must want it.
Best of luck to anyone thinking of it, u can do it, and its so worth it.
hpynosis worked for me and its fantastic….none of the stress or withdrawal systoms.
The ONLY reason it is hard to quit smoking is because of the psychological addiction and not because of any physical addiction. The psychological addiction creates the physical one and all these “studies” contribute to and sustain the myth.
This study is utter nonsense!
Just go cold turkey. I stopped smoking 4.5 years ago.
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