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I think The Car Wizard was trying to be proactive on that one

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Klasse Act said:
I think The Car Wizard was trying to be proactive on that one

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Proactive about something that was never going to happen to that car.

And everyone in the comments glazing him and at the same time talking shii about the XLR’s Northstar and what a shame it was… You can’t convince them otherwise though. If the Car Wizard says it must be gospel.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
I guess Klasse was sleeping on this, but the only Caddy that was front wheel drive at that time was the Eldorado, until 1980 when the Seville went over to the E-body, and then when GM went wholesale into FWD in the mid-80's. Unless you know something that I don't, Eldo.



What are you talking about, the leak sealer tablets? IIRC correctly, those were flax seeds, and according to local legend every car coming off the line at the Linden (NJ) assembly plant had two in the radiator. My friend taught me about using them, although later I liked to use Bar's Leaks. Those were my go-to solutions for radiator leaks because I always had GM's and the radiators always leaked (this was back before plastic radiators, and the upper radiator hose nipple on every GM car in my family developed a leak).

Later on I mentioned to my coworkers during break that I had to run out at lunch and get some radiator sealer, and a guy who had been an auto mechanic said "why don't you get it fixed?", and I remember being dumbfounded and asking "how?" (I was 19 or 20 at the time). And he said "take it to a radiator shop". Well I didn't know that was a thing, and found out there was one nearby, and over time I took a number of radiators there.

That was until radiators changed from copper and brass to aluminum and plastic, and became so cheap it wasn't worth fixing them. That was back in the days when hoses used to go bad too, I used to change mine every 4 years after getting stranded a couple of times.
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My mother had one of the little DeVilles the first year they came out. It was actually a great car. Lost in a flood in 1989.
 
Texchappy said:
My mother had one of the little DeVilles the first year they came out. It was actually a great car. Lost in a flood in 1989.
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My mother had 1 too. An 85’ Sedan Deville… She got it from the old lady that she used to housekeep for. The car only had 30,000 miles and she sold it to my mom for only $500 dollars!

It happened at the same time that I fell in love with Cadillacs and I was in the process of trying to buy my 1st one. The fact that she got that car broke my heart because I wanted it so bad but she wouldn’t even let me drive the thing. I had to beg and nearly cry just for her to let me borrow it to take to my high school prom because I had no other options and my parents really wanted me to take the bucket Chevy Luv truck that I would drive to work that took like 5 minutes to start everytime. They were heartless!

They finally agreed to let me borrow the Cadillac for prom after I begged and begged some more. Smh.

It took about 5 years for the Cadillac to be mechanically totalled. The transmission finally went out and it was parted out then sent to the junkyard. What a sad fate to a mint car. That would’ve never happened if it was mine.🥲
 
I inherited this Eldo when my Dad passed away, threw some Chip Foose wheels on it.
had it for about a year and sold it...
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he also had this 1984

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Bosko said:
I inherited this Eldo when my Dad passed away, threw some Chip Foose wheels on it.
had it for about a year and sold it...
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he also had this 1984

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Bussleback

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worked on many caddy's when first starting out at caddy and olds dealer back in the day when i was 17 years old with my dad
 
Texchappy said:
My mother had one of the little DeVilles the first year they came out. It was actually a great car. Lost in a flood in 1989.
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So I heard a story about a guy at work, who was 75 or so when they came out with those FWD Caddy's in '85. He always had a Cadillac, for decades. One day he shows up in a Grand Prix. Everybody said "what happened to your Cadillac?" and his answer was, he went to trade his in, and he looked at the "mini" Caddy's and said "that's not a Cadillac". I guess he was one of those guys who had Cadillacs because they were bigger than all the other cars on the road, and when they shrunk them down he wouldn't pay the same money for a much smaller car, so he wound up with the Grand Prix.

That story sounded better in my head than it did when I typed it out.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
So I heard a story about a guy at work, who was 75 or so when they came out with those FWD Caddy's in '85. He always had a Cadillac, for decades. One day he shows up in a Grand Prix. Everybody said "what happened to your Cadillac?" and his answer was, he went to trade his in, and he looked at the "mini" Caddy's and said "that's not a Cadillac". I guess he was one of those guys who had Cadillacs because they were bigger than all the other cars on the road, and when they shrunk them down he wouldn't pay the same money for a much smaller car, so he wound up with the Grand Prix.

That story sounded better in my head than it did when I typed it out.
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I suppose we all know someone who suddenly changed brand loyalties, I worked with this guy Steve back around 1990, he was definitely a car guy, loved his Holden V8s, but one day he drives in to work in this Nissan Pulsar ET Turbo, raving about how much faster it was than any Holden or Ford. In the two years before he left, he went through 3 turbos, early turbo reliability wasn't great from memory, I think he often forget to idle for a few minutes before shutting it down. The last time warranty didn't cover it, he was not happy.PSX_20250416_123714.jpg
 
Big Dave said:
I suppose we all know someone who suddenly changed brand loyalties, I worked with this guy Steve back around 1990, he was definitely a car guy, loved his Holden V8s, but one day he drives in to work in this Nissan Pulsar ET Turbo, raving about how much faster it was than any Holden or Ford. In the two years before he left, he went through 3 turbos, early turbo reliability wasn't great from memory, I think he often forget to idle for a few minutes before shutting it down. The last time warranty didn't cover it, he was not happy.
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I think with my story the Caddy dealer was also a Pontiac dealer, so it wasn't really like he up and left and went somewhere else.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Eldo...aren't you forgetting the anti-FWD backlash that resulted in the CTS in 2003 and the STS in 2005, both of which are RWD (although AWD was optional in the STS and later in the CTS)? Unless I'm mistaken the current sedans, the CT4 and CT5 are the same way. My recollection is that Cadillac buyers were dying off and GM saw the future market for Caddy's was the crowd that was buying Mercedes and BMW, which were RWD. That's why they tested the CTS at the Nürburgring. I really wanted a burnt-orange metallic CTS back in 2003. (EDIT: Sorry, I see you have the STS listed...they made WAAAY more CTS's than STS's)
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The RWD-based CTS and ATS, then CT4, CT5 and CT6 were intended to rival the German brands. At the time, it was seen as a necessary change to bring in a new customer base, so they mimicked vehicles such as the 3/5/7-series BMW, and C/E/S-Class Mercedes. Most who drove them had great things to say about the chassis and steering ability of these new vehicles.

At one point, Cadillac's chief engineer was an Aussie who started with Holden. The design chief for many years was also an Aussie, the supremely talented Mike Simcoe, who had designed numerous high-profile Holden's including the Monaro (Pontiac GTO) and VE Commodore (Pontiac G8). So, there was a lot good being done, even when GM was struggling.

And yet, despite the excellence of these RWD models, it didn't necessarily translate to the sort of sales GM had hoped for. Considering all the money GM pumped into modernizing Cadilac, it's rather ironic that the most successful modern Cadilac is actually based on a Chevy/GMC..........................the massive Escalade.

I think where GM went wrong with these RWD cars, they tried too hard be the American BMW instead of being a Cadilac..........................as in putting the focus on comfort, build quality, refinement, supreme luxury. Instead, they gave customers a sporty ride and aggressive styling. People who wanted a BMW driving experience just went and bought a BMW.....................and because of the badge itself. And those who wanted a Cadilac which lived up to their expectations went bought an Escalade instead.

For the record, I'd happily have one of the modern Cadilac's, GM's chassis engineering can certainly shine when given the budget.

 
Big Dave said:
Were you there, or did you find it that way? Hit and runners are absolute cowards.
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I was in the car at a stop light in the right lane (which is go straight or turn right). Someone was in the left lane (left turn only) and realized they didn't want to be into that lane. When traffic started moving, he moved over right into my car.
 
MisterSnoop said:
I was in the car at a stop light in the right lane (which is go straight or turn right). Someone was in the left lane (left turn only) and realized they didn't want to be into that lane. When traffic started moving, he moved over right into my car.
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Did they just expect you to disappear in to thin air. It's fairly basic, don't drive in to other cars. I hope their insurance hits them hard for this.
 
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