I like my friends Caddy. This is his sig below.
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I like my friends Caddy. This is his sig below.
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He might be confusing the CTS-V with the STS-V with comes with a 6-speed automatic only (6L80).Originally Posted by Slicks
Best Cadillac? CTS-V for me.
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He must already have it then.I like my friends Caddy. This is his sig below.
Cadillac here already sold 2.
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The Cien or the CTS-V.
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CTS-V and CTS-V racecar. All other caddy's suck.
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67 ( more or less) Deville Convertible.
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You have obviously never driven (or rode in) a '66-'70 Fleetwood Brougham or '66-'76 limo or '67-'70 Eldorado, etc.
Those are real Cadillacs.
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
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Some people (like me) love the big old cadys and other people like yourself like the new performance one's, just because they are old, big and under powered doesn't make them suck.
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True... I prefer the comfort and roominess of the classic ones rather than pure speed of the new ones.
However, I wouldn't call the old ones underpowered (unless its the Cimarron or diesel Seville or mid-'80s full-sized Fleetwoods with the small 249-cu-in engine).
The fastest of the classics, like the '64 Sedan de Ville, '68-'70 de Ville and '68-'70 Eldos, could run mid-8 second 0-60 mph times, 22 second 0-100 mph times and low- to mid-16s for the 1/4 mile (in the upper 80s mph). This with a 5,000-lb curb weight and 2.94 economy gears (3.21 for the '64).
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
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Diff'ret strokes for diff'rent folks. I like the classics and think the new ones suck.
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I agree. The classic Caddys have the famous "boulevard ride;" the new ones don't.
The classic Caddys were so long that the hood stretched into the next county; the new ones don't.
The classic ones were easily recognized as a Caddy; the new ones certainly aren't.
The classic ones had tons of metal and chrome; the news ones don't.
The classic ones had well-proven and reliable engines and drivetrains; the news ones... we'll have to wait and see but it would be hard to beat the longevity of the old ones.
- Fleet
'69 Fleetwood Brougham with original, non-rebuilt engine
'70 Sedan de Ville with original, non-rebuilt engine
'76 Fleetwood 75 limousine with original, non-rebuilt engine
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
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Not only that, the early OHV Cad plants were favorites of 50's drag racers too...says who Cadillac doesn't have a performance reputation at all?
Ask anybody who's ever seen or driven a 331ci Cad-powered Allard...
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Ya the ones I meant that are under powered are the 80's ones.
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Yeah, I almost forgot about drag racers using Cadillac engines.
Also, the street racers in New York who raced with '69/'70 De Villes with nitrous and ran 1/4 miles in the 11s. See...
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
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Yeah, they sure were. The guy who sold me the '70 Sedan de Ville said he also had an '89 Sedan de Ville. He said with the '89, he had to pull to the right lane on the freeways to let other cars pass when going up a hill; with the '70, he was passing everyone else!
That's one of several reasons why I would never buy a post-'76 Cadillac.
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
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