Congrats Steve!!!
 

Finally getting a hot rod besides a Mustang!

Ive been trying to tell you LS motors own them mod motor toys...:33:

Enjoy that bad ass Caddy, cant wait to see it when im back in town.

Another V. Ls motors lol

Ha! Thanks, Matt. I love this thing, it's a blast!

Pics?!??!? And details!

I only have cellphone pics at the moment. I need to clean the car up to my standards and take some really good pics.

It's a 2010 Crystal Red CTS-V with 24k miles. Black leather/suede interior, Auto trans, Pano Roof, Recaros, NAV, heated/cooled seats and tons of other bells and whistles.

Nothing special really, just an old grandpa Caddy to start off my midlife crisis. lmao.

I'm ready to cruise my Caddy to Archie's Atomic Drive-In! (I'm old, I doubt anyone else will get that movie reference lol)

We'll congrats brother. That's a badass ride. You are starting quite the collections of sick whips! Lol

IN! I think i was the only one sad besides the other Corey when Haim died. I fucken love that movie, have it on DVD. Every part of that movie is damn funny, and Heather was a gd goddess back then. Had huge crush on her for about 20 years. Lol

Awesome car indeed. I would love to get my hands on a 2nd GEN CTS-V wagon. Something about hauling 5 people, a months of groceries, & whipping almost everything on the track all at the same time has me intrigued.

Can't wait to see what she looks like!

I know you like to lower things Steve.

I've had every suspension combo on the market for the car.

D3 springs/rods are stiff, and a total waste of money
Eibach coupe springs are the lowest and best riding spring, its actually softer then stock and you get to keep magnetic ride control.
KW coil overs are IMO the best for getting very low, but 90% of the time they just aren't needed.

Congrats man, if you have any questions feel free to ask.

Agreed!

Great info, Will! Thanks. For now, I think I'm going to leave it stock ride height until I figure out which direction I'm gonna go with it. Air-raid, 2.55, HX and headers should be a good start. :)

Do the interchangeable upper imo, and a ported snout while you're at it. It will be off anyway.

Why do so many people leave them at stock ride height? Never understood that.

Gforce intake is leaps and bounds better then AR when making power, but if you are never going to go with a big TB then the AR will work.

So that's what you've been up to? Sweet. Love me a CTS-V. So is the 5.0 gone because of this?

Noted. I'm still in the early stages of deciding what to do. I've got a ton of research to do and I'm sure I'll be bending your ear quite abit. :)

As for the ride height, honestly I'm not sure I CAN lower it without having to worry about getting in and out of my driveway with how low that front spoiler already is.

No, not really. Better weather is here finally, I'm getting outside more running, riding my bike, playing the kids etc. I'm trying to be more active living life rather than wasting away behind the computer. I'm doing car stuff still, but it comes second to getting healthy. I've got 40 more pounds to lose, I've lost 60 up to this point.

I'm still here, just not posting as much as I was cuz I don't want to irritate anyone. /shrug.

So is the 5.0 gone?

Understandable. I've been trying to get out more and play with Tucker and stuff, especially now that it doesn't get dark at 6 PM anymore. Great job on the weight loss though.

Still haven't answered us of the 5.0 is gone. Lol.

No, the 5.0 is still here, for now. I will be putting it back to stock and selling all the parts and wheels/tires then selling the car. I still have the Mach that is just sitting here taking up space if I get the urge to drive a Mustang and rowing gears.

Why do you guys keep the Mach1?

Congrats Steve!!!
 

The Mach is a good back up, so I can let that slide. Lol. If you need any stock parts (which isn't likely) let me know what you need.

It's the wife's and she is very attached to it. It's been paid for many years now. It really doesn't cost us money other than the cheap insurance on it. She drives it when she feels like it. Honestly, it's been the best car we have ever owned. We bought it brand new off the showroom floor in 03 and the car has never given us a single problem in all the years we have had it.

Thanks, D. I've got everything but stock wheels/tires.

Same reason we have a c5 thats been in storage for years. because wife.

Not a big fan of red, but I don't think there is a bad color when it comes to the V's. Looks good. The next time I have a Saturday off and the weather is nice i'll come up and take a look at it in person

You mean Friday. Unless you are talking about Kellers on Saturdays.

I do mean Friday but I'm not coming up there if I have to work on Saturday. I guess I COULD drive back the same night but that's a lot of driving in one day.

The car is damn nice but in 6 months when Steve gets bored with it, it will be a " Shit Box " and he will want to trade it in on a vette.

:big_banana_Dance:

It is a shitbox! But it's my shitbox! :D



And don't bullshit anyone here. I saw your wheels turning your head the other night looking at the car! lmao!

My wheels are turning about a c6 but that will have to wait till Ang finishes school. Damn I'm getting old and my wife is back in school. It sucks but will be awesome when she is done.

LMAO..hypocrite!!

Does this count as a LS swap? lol

I'll still have my fox body. I'll have that car for ever.

...and my work is almost done... whole crew will be driving LS power soon... <Seanator Palpatine> "excellent, give in to the dark side!"

LOL, yup it will be the whole crew. I think Donnie will be the last one to hold out until Angela is out of school.

Trey - V
Me - V
Jason- V
You/Shell - Vettes
Jeremy - C7 Z06

You know what that means, right? GTFO! :bleh:

I still own three Fords two of which are Mustangs and all of them are faster (including the Grandpa-mobile Caddy) than your bucket of bolts! :bleh:

Yes it will be a couple years for me but I do drive a chevy truck so I still get a cookie. :bleh:

I'm too poor to be in "the crew" :(

We'll adopt you. You will just have to cruise at the back of the line so you don't hold anyone up. :rofl:

The Mach never leaves the garage, so you can't prove it's faster. :)

We never got the chance to find out who's 5.0 was faster though. Oh well.

Plus I would hope the V is faster than my car.