HOT..."half-price" Cadillac STS

[JamesSki]

While looking for my last STS I found this site and my experience is these are excellent prices. I searched for at least 4 months and this site Cheap Cadys continued to be the cheapest by at least 10%.

Ex. A 2000 STS ( $55,000 list) for $27,000
Ex. A 2002 STS ( $55,000 list) for $38,000

PS- I know this deal isnt affordable by many, but for those that can these are great prices.

 

[SHRXTC]

WOW!!! Those are fantastic prices.
Why is the price low??
Maybe I'll goto IL and pick one up.

 

[olouie]

i do not really consider used cars a hot deal, but hey this might fly so who knows

 

[rubenswm]

eh- not a hot deal.

With $38,000 I would buy a BMW or Acura..new at that..

 

[ingenue007]

<< eh- not a hot deal.

With $38,000 I would buy a BMW or Acura..new at that.. >>



jeez. it's a hot deal for the guy who wants to buy a caddy. along those lines i might say that it's no way a hot deal to pay 38k for an acura. an acura!

 

[hoomza444]

hehe. what's wrong with acuras? lol. good deal for anyone looking for a cadillac. anyone want to find me a hot deal on a used 300zx? hahah

 

[jasonja]

Acura? Buy a Honda and pocket $10k

 

[XeonTux]

WTF how can you compare a Honda to a Cadillac?

Caddys are awesome cars, wish I could afford one. Only thing that sucks is they started making them FWD a few years back.

 

[SLEEPER5555]

someone turn on the heater, It's cold in here!

And yes a acura is a honda just $10,000 more
As is a Lexus is a Toyota just $10,000 more
and an Infinity is a nissan just $10,000 more
and jaguar is a ford just $10,000 more
and lincoln is a ford just $10,000 more
some caddy's a chevy just $10,000 more
I think you get da point

If you want a luxo get a benz, BMW, and some caddy's

 

[freemanteo]

<< someone turn on the heater, It's cold in here!

And yes a acura is a honda just $10,000 more
As is a Lexus is a Toyota just $10,000 more
and an Infinity is a nissan just $10,000 more
and jaguar is a ford just $10,000 more
and lincoln is a ford just $10,000 more
some caddy's a chevy just $10,000 more
I think you get da point

If you want a luxo get a benz, BMW, and some caddy's >>





Well if you donot want the above cheap junk(kidding), get a Volvo, Bentley, RR or Audi.

 

[SLEEPER5555]

<< Well if you donot want the above cheap junk(kidding), get a Volvo, Bentley, RR or Audi. >>



Actually Volvo is owned by ford but i don't beleive they part share yet
Audi is volkwagen just $10,000 more
Some (edit i menat to say land rovers) are fords just $10,000 more
Bently and RR do not share parts with their owners but the cost $200,000.00 more and are extreme luxo (for the elites to say i got bux) they are both owned by volkswagen or is one of them now owned by BMW (can't remember)

And actaually benzo's are starting to share parts with chrysler (even though they said they never would)

I feel part sharing is one thing but selling a toyota (edit i meant to say camry sorry) as a lexus es300 and adding $10,000.00 to the price is just wrong as are the idiots who pay it!

 

[ElFenix]

no caddy is a chevy, but the CL and TL are accords and the RSX is a civic, es300 is a camry, i35 is a maxima, and a lincoln used to be a ford but not anymore.


bentley and the current rolls factory are owned buy VW, but the funny thing is that VW and BMW were really bidding for rolls royce, and neither of them realized that rolls royce is actually a trademark of the jet engine maker, who came forward after VW outbid BMW for the rolls factory. VW then didn't have enough money to outbid BMW for the license to the name rolls royce, so BMW will produce cars under that name.

 

[XFreebie]

i need a car

 

[cookj]

I like caddys

 

[bdunosk]

I like those new Cadillacs... in 2003, they're going to release the XLR, which I believe has a V12. For $75,000. Heheh... but I have heard raves about the CTS, a lot of people are suprised at the quality compared to the European and Japanese crowd. *shrug* It's not like I'm going to have that kind of money for a long, looong time. Good link though, those are some great prices -- find someone in your family that works for GM and get an additional discount.

 

[JamesSki]

<< WTF how can you compare a Honda to a Cadillac?

Caddys are awesome cars, wish I could afford one. Only thing that sucks is they started making them FWD a few years back. >>



Rumor from a local salesman on the 2003 STS is it will be RWD ( Not that I think FWD is bad ), and have an option for 6 speed manual Transmission.

 

[dentalboy]

Caddys are unique lines of GM by themselves, maybe a strecth if you include the oldmobile aurora, they only share a derivative of the northstar, but then it is also a similiar engine in the corvette

 

[Vette73]

A Cadillac is its own car. They even have their own auto tranmission. Pontiac wanted to get the Caddy Tran's and put it in the Grand Prix so they could either put a V8 or a larger Supercharger, Caddy said NO!!!!

The new Caddy XLR uses the same frame as the Corvette and maybe Transaxel, but thats where it stops. The engine will be a Northstar maybe with a turbo , but probable not. And yes I have also heard the rumors about the STS and maybe ETC going to rear drive, that would be great. I know people that Buy $50K+ cars and some of them will not even give a caddy a chance as they are just so use to RWD.

But with the new CEO at GM, keep your eyes peeled for some great things from GM.

To get a idea get the newwest copy of Car and Driver. It has a 2 seater Pontiac that will blow your mind. You think it was some future BMW or something but is all GM. Its called the Pontiac Solstice .
Also Saturn will be coming out with a Convertiable to fight the Thunderbird. When the new CEO saw it he made them redo the whole front end, so watch out for GM, their on the move.

 

[ShoNnuff]

Cadillac EXT is a Chevy Avalanche except $20,000 more. Honda's and Acura's are some of the most reliable cars out there so give them a try despite their humble origins. There are some nice Caddies but they need to underprice their Euro or Japanese competition to capture more of the market.

 

[GnatGoSplat]

<< A Cadillac is its own car. They even have their own auto tranmission. Pontiac wanted to get the Caddy Tran's and put it in the Grand Prix so they could either put a V8 or a larger Supercharger, Caddy said NO!!!!
>>



No, they don't. The 4T80-E in the Seville & Eldo is also used in the Oldsmobile Aurora, and has been since the Aurora came out in the mid 90's.
Pretty much all GM engines and trannies are developed by GM Powertrain. Which division gets what depends on what the top-level execs decide. Even the gen 2 OSV Oldsmobile Intrigue got the Northstar V8 & 4T80-E trans.

Nothing wrong with a newer Caddy, but for the same money I probably would pick up an S-class Benz a couple years older. The resale is a LOT better on them (even better than BMW) and if I'm gonna blow 30-40k on a car, I want good resale. Nothing wrong with used cars, in my experience they're less troublesome than new cars as the manufacturing defects have already been fixed. I drive an '89 Olds with 196k miles and haven't had to fix anything on it for the last 3-years and it still runs like new. Used cars are WAY hotter deals than new cars!

 

[RockOn123]

FWIW, I've owned two caddy's and will never go back to driving one of those "other inexpensive cars". The first caddy I owned had 180K miles on it and unfortunately I hit a deer on the interstate. I'm confident that car would have lasted to ~300K miles. The only I had to repair on it was the water pump, which cost me $30. I bought this one with ~100K. For a car with +100K miles only putting $30 in repairs for 80K miles is GREAT. The second caddy I bought I got with 150K miles. It's currently at ~219K miles and looks and sounds like it will go to ~350K. I haven't done a thing to the car. I just change the oil/brake pads and put gas in it. The best thing is that I only paid ~$4200 for the car. It's got automatic EVERYTHING...

I'm convinced that a caddy just over 100K miles is one of the best buys you could ever make. (You do have to know a bit about what a good running car sounds like--there are a few caddy's I've seen around ~100K miles that aren't worth $10--but I haven't seen many in this condition) I had a friend who owns a car lot, look up about 30 caddy's of the same year and model that had recently sold. I plotted up the mileage vs the price and right there at 100K miles the price of the car dropped by ~$1000. Meaning, that if you are going to buy one, buy it after it has depreciated while someone else owned it.

If you are looking for a HOT DEAL on a car, I'd go find a caddy with ~100K miles and low ball the seller by ~$2000. If he's gotta sell, you gotta h3ll of a deal.

Just my $0.02. ;>)

 

[DAICA]

Those STS caddys are awesome. NO comparison. I didnt realize those things cost so much.

 

[NotAClue]

This is a really nice find JamesSki.
I was looking for a nice Eldo last year... ended up buying a '97 SC Riviera.
LOVE IT !!

 

[Stroke]

Listen, I used to work for a cadi/olds dealership. Northstar is not in any oldsmobile. Northstar which is a 4.6 liter V-8 is only in the cadis. You get two choices with that engine, either a 275hp version which is in the base deville, dHS, base seville, SLS, and the ETC. The aurora doesn't have a northstar engine and neither does the intrigue. If I remember correct those cars have the twin cam engines and are v-6, unless u move up to the the V-8 on the aurora which is a 4.0 liter. THe aurora uses the same engine as the those ugly saturns. THe only cads that don't use northstar are the escalade and the catera, which is replace by the CTS. THe escalade uses a Vortec 6000, which is enhanced and finetuned for more horsepower and i beleive u get 375 horses. The catera uses the standard 3 liter engine which i beleive is a V-6.

The cad is it's own car, the escalade doesn't even compare to the denali or the suburban. They are smoother, drive like devilles, are more powerful, have more enhancements to the interior (like premium leather seats, which don't even compare to the denali or surbuban) and all it's features are standard except the sunroof. THe ext is not even close to an avalanche, except exterior design wise. The EXT has a more powerful engine, a smoother ride and almost the exact same features as the escalade. Most of people on this board don't know what they are talking about. NORTHSTAR only makes ENGINES for CADs. If u look under the hood of an escalade, the one engine that is VORTEC (GM TRUCK ENGINE) is specifically states that the engine is designed specifically for cad. Cad's don't compare to any GM products, so stop trying to make this into a battle of which car is better.

 

[sirjay]

<< Some range rovers are fords just $10,000 more >>



uhh what? Couple things to note here..

Range Rover is a model of suv made by Land Rover they currently make 3 models avail in the US, the rangerover, freelander, and discovery...

The Ford powered suv you're thinking of is called a La Forza, it's some italian suv, they look alittle like a range rover, but they're nowhere close..

just my 2 cents


*edit* I say they're La Forza's, when actually they're made by La Forza Motors, I'm not sure what they're "officially" called, but it's not rangerover





<< Listen, I used to work for a cadi/olds dealership. Northstar is not in any oldsmobile. Northstar which is a 4.6 liter V-8 is only in the cadis. You get two choices with that engine, either a 275hp version which is in the base deville, dHS, base seville, SLS, and the ETC. The aurora doesn't have a northstar engine and neither does the intrigue. If I remember correct those cars have the twin cam engines and are v-6, unless u move up to the the V-8 on the aurora which is a 4.0 liter. THe aurora uses the same engine as the those ugly saturns. THe only cads that don't use northstar are the escalade and the catera, which is replace by the CTS. THe escalade uses a Vortec 6000, which is enhanced and finetuned for more horsepower and i beleive u get 375 horses. The catera uses the standard 3 liter engine which i beleive is a V-6. >>




being a car salesman dont make you an expert either.. the aurora eng has nothing to do with saturns, nor is it in any saturn, it's a really nice eng actually.. so nice that when carrol shelby built his new limited edition handbuilt roadster he chose to power it by the aurora v6. The denali isnt "alot" nicer than the escalade either, they're the same inside except for badging, tho the engine does differ just alittle..