I traded my 03 CTS for an 08 CTS back in July. I'd been looking for a while, had started an order, and then elected to go with a "special events" CTS I found through a dealer here in Northeast Wisconsin. The car has everything I wanted, and considering the options and price tag I pretty much stole the car...all warranties, features (On-Star, XM), etc, as new...only thing I couldn't use were my GM dollars. Car had just under 5,000 miles on it, and the "special events" piece was it was driven by the Regional Cadillac Rep. Car was and is like new...I've only put 4,000 miles on since the 1st week of July, and that included a 2,000 mile round trip to NW Arkansas and back.
Anyway to the "That's What I Get For Buying a Special Events car." I noticed the other day the other what looked like white paint overspray on the window and doorlock switches on the driver's door...no idea where it came from. Then yesterday when I stopped to gas up I noticed a dark colored spot on the driver's seat left bolster.....found out what the overspray came from! Someone along the way had repaired the seat...not in the CarFax report or program sheet from Cadillac.
It had been raining pretty hard yesterday when I got out of work and I was pretty wet when I got in the car...I guess I wiped the seat paint off.
Small spot, about the size of a nickle. Definitely repaired as the leather is probably 50% softer than the leather around it.
So off to the dealer Monday...so my question to the experts here. Let them repair it again? Or make them replace the the seat back? My vote...replace the seat back.
Curt
Anyway to the "That's What I Get For Buying a Special Events car." I noticed the other day the other what looked like white paint overspray on the window and doorlock switches on the driver's door...no idea where it came from. Then yesterday when I stopped to gas up I noticed a dark colored spot on the driver's seat left bolster.....found out what the overspray came from! Someone along the way had repaired the seat...not in the CarFax report or program sheet from Cadillac.
It had been raining pretty hard yesterday when I got out of work and I was pretty wet when I got in the car...I guess I wiped the seat paint off.
Small spot, about the size of a nickle. Definitely repaired as the leather is probably 50% softer than the leather around it.
So off to the dealer Monday...so my question to the experts here. Let them repair it again? Or make them replace the the seat back? My vote...replace the seat back.
Curt