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mwilson
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I like the hat, but I am leaning more towards a "Cracker In A Caddy" look......
Found this on a forum......
"What's with old people driving these big cadillac cars with fancy gold trim?
You can clear a sidewalk, that's for sure."
mwilson
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I know that it seems a little strange but here is what I decided....
This winter was brutal. I slid, jumped ruts in the snow, dodged black ice, pushed snow with the bumper, paid $0.70 per gallon extra for Diesel vs. Gas all winter long. The wind blew constantly all winter which drove the Jetta nuts, after 70 miles my arms were tired. You simply could not relax a bit while driving. Not to mention the nasty habit it has where the wheels fill up with snow, then while it sits during the day with the sun on it that snow would melt just a little and all go to the bottom of the wheel. You take off at night and the wheels were out of balance so bad that 45mph was all it would do. So then you have to find a car wash that is open at 10 degrees to get the rims washed out so it could be driven home. I did finally find a snowbrush that would fit between the spokes so you could knock some of it out of there.
It took it's toll on me so as bad as I hated to I found a bigger car. I looked a lot and your basic used ****box was going to cost me $15,000.00. I even tried out a 2013 Impala that showed great promise until my *** went to sleep after about 15 miles because the seats were designed so poorly. Can't have that driving 130 miles a day.
The Caddy even with the few repairs is half that kind of money and it sits/rides really well.
The dealership allowed me to test drive that thing for a whole week. In that week I could check fuel mileage, oil consumption and figure out exactly what I was going to have to do to it. Now at 3,000 miles it is down a 1/4 quart of oil so it is not an oil burning Northstar. No coolant loss or anything like that. Oil life is at 75% right now.
I found the bad connection/melted connection on the seat control module that GM has trouble with on any of the vehicles equipped with heated or heated/cooled seats and fixed that yesterday afternoon. Now everything on the car works as designed. Warm and toasty buns from now on.
The only thing left is front struts, upper strut mounts and tires. That's it.
It has factory remote start, and when you use the remote start under certain temps it also activates the rear window/mirror defrost and heated seats when it fires up. How can you beat that??? Plus it builds temperature fast which is a switch from the little Jetta.
Honest, I haven't lost my mind (but you never know...)
:-laf
This winter was brutal. I slid, jumped ruts in the snow, dodged black ice, pushed snow with the bumper, paid $0.70 per gallon extra for Diesel vs. Gas all winter long. The wind blew constantly all winter which drove the Jetta nuts, after 70 miles my arms were tired. You simply could not relax a bit while driving. Not to mention the nasty habit it has where the wheels fill up with snow, then while it sits during the day with the sun on it that snow would melt just a little and all go to the bottom of the wheel. You take off at night and the wheels were out of balance so bad that 45mph was all it would do. So then you have to find a car wash that is open at 10 degrees to get the rims washed out so it could be driven home. I did finally find a snowbrush that would fit between the spokes so you could knock some of it out of there.
It took it's toll on me so as bad as I hated to I found a bigger car. I looked a lot and your basic used ****box was going to cost me $15,000.00. I even tried out a 2013 Impala that showed great promise until my *** went to sleep after about 15 miles because the seats were designed so poorly. Can't have that driving 130 miles a day.
The Caddy even with the few repairs is half that kind of money and it sits/rides really well.
The dealership allowed me to test drive that thing for a whole week. In that week I could check fuel mileage, oil consumption and figure out exactly what I was going to have to do to it. Now at 3,000 miles it is down a 1/4 quart of oil so it is not an oil burning Northstar. No coolant loss or anything like that. Oil life is at 75% right now.
I found the bad connection/melted connection on the seat control module that GM has trouble with on any of the vehicles equipped with heated or heated/cooled seats and fixed that yesterday afternoon. Now everything on the car works as designed. Warm and toasty buns from now on.
The only thing left is front struts, upper strut mounts and tires. That's it.
It has factory remote start, and when you use the remote start under certain temps it also activates the rear window/mirror defrost and heated seats when it fires up. How can you beat that??? Plus it builds temperature fast which is a switch from the little Jetta.
Honest, I haven't lost my mind (but you never know...)
:-laf
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Mike, I'm sure our winter wasn't near as harsh as yours but I know what you mean. We had record cold temps and snowfall this year, Lake Erie froze solid for the first time since the late 70s. I usually don't drive my truck that much in the winter because fuel prices always skyrocket and I try to keep it out of the salt, but I ended up driving it most of the winter for the same reasons you mentioned. I leave for work at 3:45am and am usually making tracks. With the insane low ground clearance our TDI Beetle has it sat for weeks at a time without being driven this winter.
What are you doing with Gizmo?
What are you doing with Gizmo?
mwilson
TDR MEMBER
I had planned to sell Gizmo to my boy really cheap but he showed up last week with an '04 CTD 2500 Quad Cab 4X4 that he bought in NH and a laundry list of items that he wants me to help him fix on it.
So there is a CAT Tech at work who really wants to buy Gizmo. He will take good care of it, no worries.
That is what I will most likely do, I have to cull the herd at some point.
So there is a CAT Tech at work who really wants to buy Gizmo. He will take good care of it, no worries.
That is what I will most likely do, I have to cull the herd at some point.
jgillott
TDR MEMBER
I'm in the same boat. We have the trucks in my signature plus a Dakota, Jeep Cherokee, an old C10 Chevy and a Corvette sitting here. I can only drive one at a time. How I ended up with this mess is beyond me.
If I could, I'd get down to one good vehicle and a beater and be done with it.
Good job!
I just had my ten year old out in the garage teaching him how to change the gear box oil and diff oils in the quads. He'S been involved in nearly all the spring time maintenance this year, it seems to interest him a lot more than this time last year.
Mom is just thrilled there are now two sets of greasy clothes to be washed when we come in
I just had my ten year old out in the garage teaching him how to change the gear box oil and diff oils in the quads. He'S been involved in nearly all the spring time maintenance this year, it seems to interest him a lot more than this time last year.
Mom is just thrilled there are now two sets of greasy clothes to be washed when we come in
Too many toys Mikey, Can I get a 10 bid, mmmake it 12 bid do I hear a 13 bid who's gonna make pappy happy, com'on folks lets warm it up a bit it even runs, can I get a bid here bidder bidder bidder. JR fro the Buckeye bits 80 single bucks can someone make it a C note ..............PLEEEEZE!
Sorry Mikey, nobody else wants the Hoopty mobile. You're stuck with the V Dub.
Sorry Mikey, nobody else wants the Hoopty mobile. You're stuck with the V Dub.
mwilson
TDR MEMBER
This one is doing alright, check out the mileage on it...
http://www.cars.com/go/search/detai...stingId=127567420&aff=criteo&BAC=CRTpdB306dyb
Mike.
http://www.cars.com/go/search/detai...stingId=127567420&aff=criteo&BAC=CRTpdB306dyb
Mike.
SnoKing
TDR MEMBER
Grandson learning about electrical theory on a Cadillac, teaching basic troubleshooting....never too early to start 'em...
Made him find the correct fuses in the underseat power center for the front heated seat circuits and test them.....
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My buddies kid snowmobiled with us! When he had his first kid we told him he had to turn his hat around and look like a MAN! Chris
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