Hello folks - I finally purchased my first Cadillac, and it's a 2007. It took a while to find one here in Canada, but I think it's a good purchase. It's got 49,000 kilometres which is about 30,000 miles, and other than a split right rear upper control arm bushing, it's as near to perfect as possible for a nine year old car. I'm selling my 2004 ZO-6 through a local broker who helped put this deal together. As much as I liked the Corvette, I need to sit up a bit straighter now, and carry a few more people, and be a lot more stealthy than that Millennium Yellow beast proved to be.
I've been lurking for months, getting ready for this purchase, and I've learned a great deal already about these fine cars. And I'm looking forward to learning more around here!
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Thanks for the responses guys.
I'm finding the nav system a bit of a challenge - sort of like an MS-DOS car! But I've got all the books and I should muddle through.
I may be hijacking my own thread, but this shifter came with the car. No papers, instructions, or even a manufacturers name. Doing a search earlier I found what I think is the brand, UUC. Can anyone confirm that is the brand or something else? And is it worth installing? The stock shifter is certainly mushy, especially compared to the ZO-6 one I just left behind.
You're probably right, that looks like a UUC shifter. I have one in my car, but I installed it so long ago I can't recall exactly what it looked like. You should be able to find some "how to" threads here (probably in the Performance Mods section) that walk through the install. You might also send a PM to Luke @ Lindsay Cadillac (username Lindsay Cadillac Parts) - as I recall, Lindsay was the sole distributor of UUC's CTS-V parts, so maybe Luke still has a PDF or something of UUC's install instructions?
I would say it's definitely a worthwhile upgrade. Perhaps even more important than swapping out the shift lever itself is to replace the rubber shifter bushings with some from Creative Steel - https://creative-steel.com/shop/04-07-cts-v-shifter-bushings/. The stock rubber bushings are very squishy and don't seem to last long at all, so even though your car has low mileage, I wouldn't be surprised if the stock bushings are toast.
Hey across the country from you. Just turned over 100k on mine...need to post a pic. Sure doesn't seem like I've had this car for almost 10 years now...still love driving it.
It is a blast to drive for sure. But every time I lock and unlock it the seat seems to move. So it must be the personalization settings from the previous owner or something. I'll get that CUE thing figured out. With that and maybe some urethane shifter bushings it will be the perfect car for me!
Thanks for all the comments too!
Your car predates CUE by a few years, but there are personalization features. One of the "features" is an access thing that shifts the seat way back to allow you to get in and out. Seems pretty stupid to me, but I'm assuming that's what you're seeing.
There are also "1" and "2" buttons on the driver's door arm rest (up by where the sideview mirror controls are) to memorize your various settings (seat, mirrors, stereo). If you set everything as desired, and then hold down the "1" or "2" until you hear 2 beeps, that means everything is saved. Your remote key fob should have a 1 or 2 on the back of it - if you unlock the car with the 1 fob, the car will adjust everything to the #1 preferences; if you unlock with the 2 fob, it'll adjust to the #2 preferences.
That makes sense. I tried it and now the seat doesn't shift anymore. I've only got the one fob and one key, and a local large locksmith company is getting me two more keys and another fob. They can do programming, so hopefully they can also identify the fobs as 1 and 2 during that. Thanks for the help - making this car "fit" me is a fun task!
Last night I took three people with me on a highway drive to another town. It was raining off and on, through a mountain pass ( I know the road all my life ) and the V just sliced through traffic, up hill and down, without attracting any attention ( unlike the yellow Corvette ) and performed flawlessly. I am really pleased with the car. The turn-in is razor sharp, the brakes are tremendous, and the visibility is perfect.
Thanks for the welcome. I realized months ago that there are lots of CST-V's with higher mileages, and everyone reports how well they run regardless. So all I really wanted was a car that hadn't seen winter road salt. As it turned out the only one in western Canada for sale in half a year was this low mileage one - and it hasn't been winter driven. I hate rust.
So today I was under the car changing the oil and had a good look around, and it has a lot of dirt road dust but no evidence of salt. I also found out that the Delco oil filters I had in stock for my 04 Corvette LS6 don't fit the LS2.....no biggie though.
That looks like a uuc. I wouldn't waste the time installing it. I would get the hurst. I had the uuc and swapped it for a modded stock shifter. That was better. Now i'm going to the hurst.
What didn't you like about the UUC? I'm not committed to using it - I just want one that works well.
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