Any Cadillac aficitionados out there can give me thier opinion on a "lightly used" 2006 CTS with a 2.8L and 70,000 km on the meter? It sports a sun roof and a perfect leather interior. These folks spend thier winters in California and the CTS spends winter in a heated garage in Bragg Creek. They are wanting $15,000 firm. Seems like a small engine for a larger car? Also, I'm not sure of the reliability of a pre-2008 CTS. I've heard of serious engine oil leaks developing on some earlier units. Also, these cars depreciate more than a transit bus. The positive notes are it's a one owner, lady driven, non smoker and the owner sticks to a ridged maintenence program. Anyone had one of theses CTS' or thought of buying one too? It may just replace the Vibe in my fleet.
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I am partial to Northstars, of course same sort of isssues with them too. The 2.8 is plenty powerful so no worries there. You pay quite a bit more for the larger engine.
Fast depreciation on a Cadillac is why regular guys can drive them. You get a lot of car for the money. I read that Cadillac is reporting 75% sales increase this year so a lot of cars are being traded in on the new ones which look absolutely awesome. I think Cadillac has a lot of it's mojo back.
I've been watching the used CTS-V market. Those cars are holding thier value...but then again.....what a car! The Vibe's been great. I've gotten 170,000 worry-less kms out of it. If , I don't get the CTS, the Vibe remains my #1 grocery grabber. Thanks for your input on the 6 banger CTS.
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I don't know much about the 2.8 but I do know the 3.6 is a good motor. Keep in mind these cars are terrible in the winter without snow tires. I worked at a Cadillac dealer in 2003-4 when these cars were new and we had a helluva time moving them around the lot after a snow storm! Other than that they seemed to be really nice cars. The older folks hated them as they had more of a European feel than that cushy ride they were used to. I drove them quite a bit and really liked them. I'd buy one.
I have an '03 with the orphan, one year introductary 6 cyl. Scares the crap out of me if anything ever does go wrong with it. (There is the "Cadillac" tax of being charged a little more for everything.) Having said that... The positives: -It has been a great car for us -Bought it used -5 speed standard -a joy to drive -extremely well optioned -the wife knows how to drive a standard, but hates driving a standard. As a result, she never drives it. (Not a bad thing.) -A beautiful summer car
The negatives: -This is not a winter car. I went the first two winters without snow tires. A biiiiiiiiig mistake. -The traction control makes it worse. I always turn it off. (Then it becomes a very fun car to drive! Old school, drive the car instead of it driving you. Fishtailing...yahoo!) -I have the sport suspension package which means it is more of a Euro riding car vs your Grand Fathers Caddy.
Overall. Swear by it 3 of the 4 seasons. Swear at it during 1.
(Wide range of members there though. From engineers to gangsta's. Not like this site.)
-- Edited by 03cts sport on Monday 11th of October 2010 12:31:39 PM
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We have a fellow that belongs to the Alberta Iron Indians Pontiac Club. He works @ GSL as a automotive tech. He was telling me of the "two piece" engine blocks (I'm not sure if it was the 2.8 or not?). Some of them end up leaking profusly. He was also saying they have 30- 40 flat rate hours to remove the engine, reseal the block and reinstall it again. That's some fast wrenching for sure. He had horror stories of people using self serve gas bars, never pulling the dipstick and the cars being tow'ed in to the dealership with engines "stuck" solid because nobody checks the oil themselves any more. Getting around the snow is no issue with rear wheel drive. Snow tires are cheap. Plus I wheel a short box Hemi Dodge truck in the winter so I enjoy the odd opportinity for the occasional "slide job" as learned from my Sprint Car Racing days.
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"Getting around the snow is no issue with rear wheel drive. "
Haaaaa! That's what I used to think. In loose snow, my CTS is not too much fun. Ice is a different story....lots of fun.
One of the biggest common concerns has been the differentials leaking to the point of seizure. I think more common on the V's, but still something worth watching for on the lesser HP models.
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"So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think... The good outnumber you, and we always will." Patton Oswalt
Yesterday I got a cheque to the original owner of this fore-mentioned CTS. Looks like I'm adding it to the fleet.
Thanks for your past imput and all, it did make a difference in my plunge into the "Cadillac lifestyle". Now I'm not sure if that makes me a geezer, a yuppie, or a gangster?
Pictures of my latest ride will be in the next week or so.
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