Back in a Cadillac...

[mwilson]

Yes, I usually get on him if it is on backwards.

But he turned it around this time while we were taking the seat out so he could see what I was doing with his head down. I let that one go.

Mike.

 

[mwilson]

Hoopty Update

Pleased to report that Hoopty is an expert level snow and ice vehicle. The worst commute of the winter so far today...and he performed beyond my expectations..

18 degrees last night, began to snow about midnight. About 4" on the ground when I started the car this morning. Right after I left the house it changed to rain with a temperature of 25 degrees. Not good.

Windshield trying to freeze and 3" of wet slush to deal with. If I still had the Jetta I would have turned around and gone back home. It was simply not heavy enough for that type of driving.
Hoopty is heavy and powerful enough to make lane changes under those conditions with ease. A little extra pedal and the traction control light flashing like a disco strobe light, over to the other lane you go. Nice.....

I do not regret my choice, really didn't regret it this morning.....BTW, that bottom photo is not out of focus. That is all ice from going 63 miles in freezing rain.

 

[Regcabguy]

Had a '97 Eldorado named Marvin (if you have ever seen Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy then you understand) that was the best car for winter driving that I have ever owned. Quit running it at 260,000 miles when the head gasket finally let go. I have run several other vehicles since but none really compared.

Soooooooo I'm out tire kicking a few weeks back and stumbled onto a 2006 Cadillac DTS Luxury I. It needed a little work but was sound. Dealer had been stuck with it since last fall, so the Karma was right to make a lowball out the door offer. Apparently the shop did not do much of an evaluation on it as the front wheel bearings were just a growling. I think that turned any potential buyers off right there after a test drive.

But that did not scare me, I know that powertrain and knew exactly what it needed.


They accepted the low, low, low offer. Crap, now I own another car......

So just finished putting new front wheel bearings and c/v shafts in it this weekend, fixed the HID headlights and several other blown lights, only thing left is to fix the driver and front passenger heated/cooled seats.

It drove to work this morning as a Cadillac should, and that is quietly.

Let me know if you think that I might have lost my mind.....


Please forgive the filthy mess all over the car, it is springtime in Maine and my place is a mile in on a dirt road......


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Nothing like a Cadillac for a long trip. My sister in law and boyfriend are avid hikers but he insists on transporting them in a Caddie. She loves the handling,quietness and especially the passenger adjustable power seats. Good fuel economy too on the road.

 

[Tractorat]

You could write a song about this ?
I'm back in my Caddilac again. Out where a friend is a friend Where the longhorn cattle feed On the lowly jimsonweed Back in my Caddilac again.

 

[mwilson]

Where the men are men and the sheep are scared?

 

[Tractorat]

Where the men are men and the sheep are scared?

I believe the place you speak of is Montana, is it not ?:-laf

 

[fest3er]

I believe the place you speak of is Montana, is it not ?:-laf

I thought that was New Zealand.

 

[SnoKing]

When I got orders from Sattahip, Thailand LORAN station to Point Arena, Ca LORAN station in June 1967, one of my shipmates started saying Bah! Bah! Get your hip boots. Got there to find the station in the middle of a sheep ranch!

 

[Bill Lins]

I was just about to say Californication, I mean California!

 

[Tractorat]

one of my shipmates started saying Bah! Bah! Get your hip boots. Got there to find the station in the middle of a sheep ranch!

Snoking, that might be just a little bit more information about you that we want to know. :-laf

Mr Rat:-laf

 

[SnoKing]

Snoking, that might be just a little bit more information about you that we want to know. :-laf

Mr Rat:-laf

I rode the camel to town! Snoking

 

[Tractorat]

I rode the camel to town! Snoking

Ha ha, All I can say is thank God for the camels. :-laf