I had a sick thought today.
02-05-2012, 12:06 PM
#81
Senior Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Brooklyn, NY USA
Age: 47
Posts: 17,085
Received 740 Likes
on
309 Posts
Soooo I sent an e-mail to my Caddy rep just to see what's the story with the Wagon's now, considering none were built back in November. In 500 miles of NYC, there is 1 CTS-V Wagon in stock in a 6 speed, it's Black Raven/Black, it has the Recaro seat package, sueded steering wheel/knob and wood trim. I guess if I do end up getting this bitch I'll probably have to order it. Black isn't my first choice... :wink:
02-05-2012, 12:21 PM
#82
אני עומד עם ישראל
Make it happen brah...
02-05-2012, 12:23 PM
#83
Turd Polisher
iTrader: (1)
Do it!
02-05-2012, 01:39 PM
#85
Senior Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Brooklyn, NY USA
Age: 47
Posts: 17,085
Received 740 Likes
on
309 Posts
The biggest thing holding me back is knowing it's going to cost double the price and half the mpg that I have now.. Plus I will need to get a second set of wheels and winter tires without a doubt. Not as worried about the wheels, though..
02-05-2012, 02:37 PM
#86
I drive a Subata.
iTrader: (1)
Dew it 
02-05-2012, 03:11 PM
#89
Someday, an RS6 Avant+
But the grin from ear to ear as you drive it will make those shortcomings a moot point.
02-05-2012, 04:59 PM
#91
Moderator
The following users liked this post:
KillerG (02-05-2012)
02-05-2012, 05:15 PM
#92
Your Friendly Canadian
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Age: 31
Posts: 17,431
Received 1,485 Likes
on
1,049 Posts
Exactly what I was going to say.
The following users liked this post:
ttribe (02-05-2012)
02-05-2012, 09:30 PM
#95
Senior Moderator
DO IT. DO IT NOW. 
The mileage and the winter tires didn't stop me 35 months ago. I'm starting to get new car itch though.
Anyway....
The mileage and the winter tires didn't stop me 35 months ago. I'm starting to get new car itch though.
Anyway....
Last edited by neuronbob; 02-05-2012 at 09:33 PM.
02-05-2012, 09:33 PM
#96
Senior Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Brooklyn, NY USA
Age: 47
Posts: 17,085
Received 740 Likes
on
309 Posts
This is the color I would want...
Thunder Gray - Question is, do I go with the matte black wheels and yellow calipers? All the pics I find online are with the standard aluminum look wheels...
This is Black Diamond with the wheels/calipers..
Or do I go White Diamond? It's gonna be a bitch to keep clean though...but it looks quite good...Black out the roof (I would also have the pano roof, so the blacked out roof would complement nicely, even if thunder gray), and go with black wheels and yellow calipers. Only thing is, I think I would rather gloss black wheels over matte..
Thunder Gray - Question is, do I go with the matte black wheels and yellow calipers? All the pics I find online are with the standard aluminum look wheels...
This is Black Diamond with the wheels/calipers..
Or do I go White Diamond? It's gonna be a bitch to keep clean though...but it looks quite good...Black out the roof (I would also have the pano roof, so the blacked out roof would complement nicely, even if thunder gray), and go with black wheels and yellow calipers. Only thing is, I think I would rather gloss black wheels over matte..
Last edited by Shoofin; 02-05-2012 at 09:35 PM.
02-05-2012, 09:38 PM
#97
Team Owner
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Fontana, California
Age: 47
Posts: 30,991
Received 582 Likes
on
346 Posts
white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof white diamond blackout roof!
02-05-2012, 09:42 PM
#99
Senior Moderator
Black Diamond, black wheels, yellow calipers. Thunder Gray is a close second.
Either way, you will giggle like a 17-year-old every time you step on the loud pedal. I do.
DO IT.
Either way, you will giggle like a 17-year-old every time you step on the loud pedal. I do.
DO IT.
02-05-2012, 09:42 PM
#100
Senior Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Brooklyn, NY USA
Age: 47
Posts: 17,085
Received 740 Likes
on
309 Posts
Yes, I know, I have to steal it from her one day to take it in to service at the dealer (pre-paid maintenance compliments of Caddy)
02-05-2012, 09:44 PM
#102
Senior Moderator
My car with upper pulley, axleback exhaust, and CAI. Pay attention only to the first 20 seconds or so. I need to make some new videos this year, though....
02-05-2012, 09:48 PM
#104
Senior Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Brooklyn, NY USA
Age: 47
Posts: 17,085
Received 740 Likes
on
309 Posts
My car with upper pulley, axleback exhaust, and CAI. Pay attention only to the first 20 seconds or so. I need to make some new videos this year, though....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqXR2HwbyVY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqXR2HwbyVY
Do you really hear the whine of the supercharger that much? Or is it the combo of the pulley and intake that amplifies it?
02-05-2012, 09:54 PM
#105
Senior Moderator
Oh yes I did post some car porn! I just spent the last five minutes rewinding that sweet supercharger whine......even though I just heard it driving to and from work today. 
Stock, the whine is very much muted. It is a Caddy, after all. I wanted to hear more whine, so I got the CAI. Now I hear whine all day long and it never, ever gets tiring.
I guess I don't feel so bad now.
Of your color choices, I'd go with Thunder Gray.
The silver and white are very easy to keep clean on this car, though....
Stock, the whine is very much muted. It is a Caddy, after all. I wanted to hear more whine, so I got the CAI. Now I hear whine all day long and it never, ever gets tiring. I guess I don't feel so bad now.Of your color choices, I'd go with Thunder Gray.
The silver and white are very easy to keep clean on this car, though....
The following users liked this post:
mrmako (02-05-2012)
02-05-2012, 10:06 PM
#106
Senior Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Brooklyn, NY USA
Age: 47
Posts: 17,085
Received 740 Likes
on
309 Posts
Oh yes I did post some car porn! I just spent the last five minutes rewinding that sweet supercharger whine......even though I just heard it driving to and from work today. Stock, the whine is very much muted. It is a Caddy, after all. I wanted to hear more whine, so I got the CAI. Now I hear whine all day long and it never, ever gets tiring.
I guess I don't feel so bad now.
Of your color choices, I'd go with Thunder Gray. The silver and white are very easy to keep clean on this car, though....
Stock, the whine is very much muted. It is a Caddy, after all. I wanted to hear more whine, so I got the CAI. Now I hear whine all day long and it never, ever gets tiring. I guess I don't feel so bad now.Of your color choices, I'd go with Thunder Gray.
The silver and white are very easy to keep clean on this car, though....In my past and now present:
My first Honda Accord ('87), a hand-me-down was champagne beige metallic
'95 Mazda Millenia - Pearl White
'99 TL - Silver
'01 GS300 - Silver
'05 G35x - Grey (wife)
'05 Scion xB - Yellow
'06 S2000 - Blue
'06 X3 - Breakwater Blue (Silvery Blue) (wife)
'07 GTI - White
'08 RDX - Grey (wife)
'09 Mini - Grey
'11 SRX - Mocha Steel (Brownish/Greyish) (wife)
'07 Elise - Yellow
'66 Rustang - Midnight Blue
The other cars I've had and shared with my brother way back when:
'99 Miata - Black
'03 FX35 - Copper (Orange)
I forgot what year, I think '04 or '05 IS300 - Blue
And then the work vehicles:
'09 Sentra SL - Grey
'10 Civic EX-L - Red
'00 Astro van (the hoopdie) - Green
Last edited by Shoofin; 02-05-2012 at 10:10 PM.
The following users liked this post:
CLtotheTL32 (02-06-2012)
02-05-2012, 11:48 PM
#108
Someday, an RS6 Avant+
DOITDOITDOIT....... (because I can't)
02-06-2012, 06:53 PM
#110
The sizzle in the Steak
You raise valid points.
Chances are VERY strong the cost of gasoline will skyrocket in the coming months. If Iran does not back down as a result of the sanctions, we will have a war in the gulf before the November election....and the gas prices will go nuts.
02-06-2012, 07:02 PM
#111
אני עומד עם ישראל
Put all of our eggs in the Saudis to offset production and everything is gonna be alright. 
If gas sky rockets you may be able to get a deal on a gas guzzler
If gas sky rockets you may be able to get a deal on a gas guzzler
02-06-2012, 07:40 PM
#113
Moderator
1- Strap children to top of V;
2- Engage in 0-100 run at WOT;
3- Test brake effectiveness by applying maximum braking pressure;
4- Mildly "suggest" to kids that next time you hear "Bieber" in same sentence with "CTS-V", you will repeat said process minus the straps.
Problem solved.
02-06-2012, 07:51 PM
#115
Three Wheelin'
Sure fire way to get kids to stop disparaging said V:
1- Strap children to top of V;
2- Engage in 0-100 run at WOT;
3- Test brake effectiveness by applying maximum braking pressure;
4- Mildly "suggest" to kids that next time you hear "Bieber" in same sentence with "CTS-V", you will repeat said process minus the straps.
Problem solved.
1- Strap children to top of V;
2- Engage in 0-100 run at WOT;
3- Test brake effectiveness by applying maximum braking pressure;
4- Mildly "suggest" to kids that next time you hear "Bieber" in same sentence with "CTS-V", you will repeat said process minus the straps.
Problem solved.
Like Shoofin, the Vee is on my very short list of treats for myself this year if all goes well with work.
The following users liked this post:
ttribe (02-06-2012)
02-07-2012, 10:30 AM
#116
The sizzle in the Steak
War with Iran is not going to be taken lightly in the markets.
+ $5.00/gal gasoline will be coming soon when/if war with Iran goes down in the coming months.
02-07-2012, 10:39 AM
#117
Moderator
Even if...and that's a BIG if the Saudis can offset production as they claim, the speculators alone will drive the price of oil through the roof.
War with Iran is not going to be taken lightly in the markets.
+ $5.00/gal gasoline will be coming soon when/if war with Iran goes down in the coming months.
War with Iran is not going to be taken lightly in the markets.
+ $5.00/gal gasoline will be coming soon when/if war with Iran goes down in the coming months.
Another suggestion - Invade Canada.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
SidhuSaaB
3G TL Problems & Fixes
18
05-30-2020 12:40 AM
kixo
2G TSX (2009-2014)
43
09-25-2015 03:07 PM
