Hi, :thumbsup:
first of all I want to say that i've been reading along for a good month now, and have had my V for about 3 weeks. I live in Germany, have spent most of my life there. Previously owned:
(2004-2006) VW Passat 1.8T
2006-2007 Honda S2000
2007-2011 Mazda RX-8
2011-2012 Camaro SS
2012- present Cadillac CTS-V
http://www.streetculture.de/include.php?path=galerie_pic.php&pid=42310
http://www.streetculture.de/include.php?path=galerie_pic.php&pid=42319
http://www.streetculture.de/include.php?path=galerie_pic.php&pid=41980
I've always bought my cars stock and modded them to my ideas - mainly appearance mods. Never really got into performance stuff. When I went from my RX-8, which was by far my best project car - to the SS - I got hooked on power. The Camaro made incredible amounts of power compared to the RX-8 and I promised myself i'll never drive anything with less power again.
Well, the wifey is getting serious about family matters and I kinda had enough of the "in the spotlight all day everyday" feeling that the camaro caused over here in germany and started looking for something with a little more understatement. And wow, I've really found a f**** awesome car. :yup:
The V is an 07 - imported to Germany with only 6K miles on it. It's got a salvage title and was sold by College Auto Sales Miami - only for export. I was told it was used for drift training at a race school and that cadillac reguarly provides race car driver schools with cars that are driven until about 6K miles and then salvaged an resold..... :ill:
Not entirely sure what to make of that - the carfax turned up that the car was a manufacterer vehicle - 6K miles on it. No accidents - but has a salvage title. :suspect:
Any body that's ever heard about these cars - I wouldnt mind some insight on this. :canttalk:
The car itself is awesome. Beats my Camaro performance wise - at least it feels like it. The gear ratio is just so different - there's no way the camaro could ever catch me. (feels like it anyway)
So far i've:
Dropped it with a K-Sport Suspension Coilover Kit
Halo aftermarket Headlights (Ebay)
LED taillights (Ebay)
switched everything interior to LED
Resonator delete for Straight Pipes
(Thinking about plasti dippin the chrome grill for black to match wheels)
Anybody have any other inexpensive appearance mods they can come up with - I'm open for suggestions.
I'm not looking for any great performance mods. I dont plan on putting a blower on it, or doing any kind of engine modification. I'm looking for a long lasting engine/drivetrain. It already produces enough power for me as of now.
Issues:
Under hard acceleration I have a loud Clunk, under the car, feels like about around the driver seat position. It's like something underneath the car Clunks out of position and then back in position.
Under hard acceleration occasionally a clicking noise from the rear axles.
I want to drive the f**** car everyday, everywhere, but the gas prices in germany (roughly about $10 a gallon) are killing me lol. I have a daily beater car that I drive to work. All my nice cars have always been just for fun.
I've done alot of reading on different bearings and mounts and kits - but to be honest, i'm kinda lost. Is it the tranny mount thats alowing the transmission to move under hard tourque, is it the drive shaft rubber thingy, thats allowing something to move and twist, is it the differential mount thats allowing the rear diff to move - or an engine mount? eeehhhh i've been reading so much about all the different things people replace - dont know what i'm suppose to be doing.
Questions:
I'm looking for a european Nav/Radio/CD unit. Unfortunatly there seems to be no way to reprogramm my unit for the navigation to work in europe/germany.
I'd like to delete the Speed limiter. Currently i'm restricted to 240km/h which means, while i beat that shitty S4 at the light, he'll eventually catch up to me on the autobahn lol.
Looking forward to a great time on here.
first of all I want to say that i've been reading along for a good month now, and have had my V for about 3 weeks. I live in Germany, have spent most of my life there. Previously owned:
(2004-2006) VW Passat 1.8T
2006-2007 Honda S2000
2007-2011 Mazda RX-8
2011-2012 Camaro SS
2012- present Cadillac CTS-V
http://www.streetculture.de/include.php?path=galerie_pic.php&pid=42310
http://www.streetculture.de/include.php?path=galerie_pic.php&pid=42319
http://www.streetculture.de/include.php?path=galerie_pic.php&pid=41980
I've always bought my cars stock and modded them to my ideas - mainly appearance mods. Never really got into performance stuff. When I went from my RX-8, which was by far my best project car - to the SS - I got hooked on power. The Camaro made incredible amounts of power compared to the RX-8 and I promised myself i'll never drive anything with less power again.
Well, the wifey is getting serious about family matters and I kinda had enough of the "in the spotlight all day everyday" feeling that the camaro caused over here in germany and started looking for something with a little more understatement. And wow, I've really found a f**** awesome car. :yup:
The V is an 07 - imported to Germany with only 6K miles on it. It's got a salvage title and was sold by College Auto Sales Miami - only for export. I was told it was used for drift training at a race school and that cadillac reguarly provides race car driver schools with cars that are driven until about 6K miles and then salvaged an resold..... :ill:
Not entirely sure what to make of that - the carfax turned up that the car was a manufacterer vehicle - 6K miles on it. No accidents - but has a salvage title. :suspect:
Any body that's ever heard about these cars - I wouldnt mind some insight on this. :canttalk:
The car itself is awesome. Beats my Camaro performance wise - at least it feels like it. The gear ratio is just so different - there's no way the camaro could ever catch me. (feels like it anyway)
So far i've:
Dropped it with a K-Sport Suspension Coilover Kit
Halo aftermarket Headlights (Ebay)
LED taillights (Ebay)
switched everything interior to LED
Resonator delete for Straight Pipes
(Thinking about plasti dippin the chrome grill for black to match wheels)
Anybody have any other inexpensive appearance mods they can come up with - I'm open for suggestions.
I'm not looking for any great performance mods. I dont plan on putting a blower on it, or doing any kind of engine modification. I'm looking for a long lasting engine/drivetrain. It already produces enough power for me as of now.
Issues:
Under hard acceleration I have a loud Clunk, under the car, feels like about around the driver seat position. It's like something underneath the car Clunks out of position and then back in position.
Under hard acceleration occasionally a clicking noise from the rear axles.
I want to drive the f**** car everyday, everywhere, but the gas prices in germany (roughly about $10 a gallon) are killing me lol. I have a daily beater car that I drive to work. All my nice cars have always been just for fun.
I've done alot of reading on different bearings and mounts and kits - but to be honest, i'm kinda lost. Is it the tranny mount thats alowing the transmission to move under hard tourque, is it the drive shaft rubber thingy, thats allowing something to move and twist, is it the differential mount thats allowing the rear diff to move - or an engine mount? eeehhhh i've been reading so much about all the different things people replace - dont know what i'm suppose to be doing.
Questions:
I'm looking for a european Nav/Radio/CD unit. Unfortunatly there seems to be no way to reprogramm my unit for the navigation to work in europe/germany.
I'd like to delete the Speed limiter. Currently i'm restricted to 240km/h which means, while i beat that shitty S4 at the light, he'll eventually catch up to me on the autobahn lol.
Looking forward to a great time on here.