Turtle n Peeps wrote:
And then there was the issue of where the starter was mounted on the Northstar. :R Wooo Hoo!!!
Don't know which would be more fun; jabbing a pencil through my hand, pulling a 6.0 engine or putting a new starter on a Northstar. :B
Eh. It's under the intake manifold. Not too hard to get at. I was happy not to have to get under the car to replace it.
covetsthesun wrote:
Ahh jeeze Turbo Jimmy! All that work and poof. We understand the pain there. We had a 95 Caddy Deville Concourse... g o r g e o u s! Rode like the land yacht it was and great gas mileage. I drove it through the mountains several times and that thing was a beast. Long story short... it met it's end in FL during a staged accident. Some moron in a pick up truck swooped in front of DH causing a rear end collision. We had just had the tranny rebuilt...new tires..etc. Insurance totalled it due to cost to repair and age. It was drivable...but needed a bit of work. After much hassle with the insurance company we got a check and a friend got it for salvage. It was parted out to other Caddy's on a waiting list. I guess it lives on.
FL is ground zero for staged accidents BTW.
We had a 2006 DTS..pale blue with the special paint that shimmers... loved, loved, loved that car. It, however.. was a bit of a drama queen. Every time DH got a bonus check that car just knew... and wanted it. Now. So the "ice queen" was sold. Still... there's just something about those Caddies.
Yeah my '95 was a Concours. It was a great car. The rear subframe rotted out from underneath it so I had to junk it. No mechanical problems though.
That wrecked DTS was White Diamond - the triple coat that changed color depending on how you viewed it. Did I mention it was a flood total that I rebuilt myself after hundreds of hours of labor? I called it the White Zombie. I sold it (wrecked) to a guy that was to take the $1,000 exhaust system off of it and junk it. But no, he never titled it and sold it someone else who rebuilt it. But before he rebuilt it he left it for months in an apartment complex in Fort Lee NJ. The White Zombie returns. Warrant issued for my arrest for failure to appear in court to answer the tickets that were piling up on the car that I didn't know about. I was able to sort that out, but as far as I know that stupid thing is still on the road somewhere.
My mom is still driving her '06 DTS. It's seen better days, but mechanically it's just fine. Since they stopped making big Cadillacs she's not sure what to get next.
Winged One wrote:
It probably is just a matter of time, but honestly, didn't expect them to still be driving now. Sure is pretty and comfortable. And the DW parents are thrilled. They only drive it in town. They never thought they would own a Cadillac. 🙂
Setting the known issues aside, they are really great cars. Very powerful (my '01 was the higher output DTS), very smooth and with every amenity you can imagine. I said it already but I absolutely loved that car. Right after I did all that transmission work my DTS met its maker by way of a cop blowing a YIELD sign in his unmarked Explorer. Shoved that thing out of the way like it wasn't even there. The Deville's size and weight make them pretty safe, too.
