Cadillac CTS Advice

[deano555]

Hi Guys,

Just signed up to the forums and so far seems very interesting and useful!

Just after a bit of advice, i've spent the past three weeks searching the web for a Cadillac CTS, as they really take my fancy and seem like such a lot of car for the money, and quite frankly, just something a bit different from all them boring Mercs & BMWs around!!

I have driven one before, as well as many other american cars such as DTS, Camaro, Challenger, Escalade, etc etc (frequent traveller to the US) and was impressed.

I have looked into virtually every CTS on autotrader at the moment (only 15 so didn't take too long!!) and have been to look at several of them.

I finally found one not too far from me which seems to tick all the right boxes. I'm very fussy with condition and this one seems mint throughout, even the chrome wheels completely untarnished (many i have seen seem to have pretty ruined wheels through no care, and I understand it is impossible to refurb chrome in the UK)

I've secured one with a deposit, which was a 57 plate, 26K on the clock, in silver for £6500, in very good condition all round (not a mark on it outside) no sat nav/tv was the only downside for me, but from experience manufacturer fitted nav is usually pretty poor.

So my question is, is there any other advice or guidance from other fellow owners to go by?

Looking forward to picking it up in the next week or so, just waiting for new tyres to be fitted to it. (out of interest what tyres do you all recommend?)

Also, how have others found servicing? Do stratstone over at Wavendon still do them or can most small locals take care of it?

Thanks in advance to you all

[dvs_dave]

Only one worth bothering with is the CTS-V. All the others are pretty

[deano555]

Certainly wouldn't say no but my budget probably says otherwise!!

[the_scorpion]

I bought one last year and love it. I've still to see another on the roads.

I settled for the 2.8 as it was the only one for sale around me at the time with the black interior. I didn't want to travel to far from Glasgow to get one as I was trading in a Grand Voyager and was looking for some sort of warranty with it as well. I asked on here about them before buying and you can read what was said here.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

[LuS1fer]

Good cars though I'd go a dark colour every time. I suspect it will be worth less at resale in silver. I think they have one or two issues but nothing serious, mainly glitches.

[Matt Harper]

Actually, more than it's fair share of glitches.
There have been loads of TSB's for problems with the differential (pinion oil seal leaks, diff vent leaks and shuddering from rear axle) They also had some issues (still have, I think) with auto transmission leaks too. 04 and some 05 have a TSB/recall on fuel injector contamination (Vortec engines)and heated seat control module.
There have also been several factory recalls, most serious being a cross-GM airbag issue (unexplained deployment). Others are Tranny oil cooler lines, seat anchors and ECM excessive fault code re-writing.
Finally, a whole heap of OnStar issues - probably not relevant for non-US cars, of course.