Age of the deville owners in here?

[Hus_Lac]

33 and i'm on my 10th car...First caddy (2k1 DeVille)and I'm slowly becoming obsessed with it. Definitely not my last 'lac.

[lxndrtg]

Just counted up so far and found that the average age is 32, the youngest is 15 and the oldest (me) is 63...5 years older than the next oldest. That hurts.

[rc05]

I'm impressed with the young ages of Cadillac owners here also. Since I've been reading this post, I've been looking at drivers of Cadillacs and yes, many are very young. I got my first Cadillac when I was 27, my second at age 30 and most recently an '05 DeVille - age 64 (65 in 20 days).

[krimson_cardnal]

Hey lxndrtg looks like I'm now the 4th oldest - thanks rc05!

Any time I get reminded like this I turn to the opening page of my leather bound owners manual and read through "The Penalty of Leadership". The price we who have been around pay for being in front... well maybe, just as long as all the kids don't start calling us geezers!!!!

[drewsdeville]

Age 20; second Cadillac

I started out at age 18. Discovered my mechinical mind under the previous ownership of a '88 Olds Delta 88, 178,000 (bulletproof car, no matter what anyone else says) and a '92 Taurus 142,000 (the junker of all junk). With that, I bought a perfect '92 Deville in the need of headgaskets for $2000. Did complete gasket change on engine and valve seals. The most perfect, beautiful car until 1-1/2 later when I got rearended and it was totalled. With the $4500 from the insurance company (yes, I MADE money on that car) I invested in a '95 Deville which I currently own. Paid $2200. Another perfect Deville in need of mechanical work. Engine hardly ran. Tore down, another gasket change, another set of valve seals, and she's perfect. Problem turned out to be 2 bad injectors, and the previous owner messing with ignition (trying to figure out the problem) by putting on WRONG distributor cap with only 2 screws allowing moisture to accumulate, and crossing wires. 136,000 on the 4.9 and it runs like what day 1 was probably like had I seen it at new.

-Haha, I just realized, never in my life have I owned a car under 100,000 miles...actually, this 136,000 mile car is my lowest.
-Die Hard GM Fan! (Taurus driven because of desperate need for vehicle after '92 Deville accident)

[lxndrtg]

rc05, you have made my day! Maybe you, krimson cardnal and I and a few others should form a kind of DeVille-AARP- "give me my damn discount" group. We may no longer be able to crawl under our cars to take a look at something but we are "oozing" wisdom and experience. Or maybe it is just a bladder leak.

BTW, the first car I ever owned was a 1938 Plymouth Sedan that I bought for $50 in 1955. I was 14 years old but I drove it anyway.

[Niknack]

I grew up in a Funeral Home, so I drove Cadillacs, I am now 34 and own one of my own, a 96 DeVille. I am now a Realtor and It's just the signature car of the this industry too, wierd!

[rc05]

lxndrtg:

Glad to be of service . Forget the AARP - I still change my own oil and filters. Already have 9900 miles on the '05 and did first change two weeks ago. Occasionally, mess around with other stuff.
Do not expect to have to do that for a while with the '05.
My first car was a '48 Studebaker with O.D. and hill hold. Just saw a Chevy ad touting "Hill Hold Assist" on one of their new models.

Your'e welcome Krimson Cardnal.

[lxndrtg]

Wow, rc05, I once had a '49 Studebaker with overdrive and hill hold! A really fine car, IMO.

[NitroCaddy]

My first was a 1951 Chevy named "Wimpy" which was how she ran at the school lunchtime drags.

[robbieg]

I'm 28 and this is my first Caddy.
'68 Ford Mustang
'92 Honda CRX
'95 Ford Mustang
'96 Honda Civic
'98 Ford Expedition ( current )
'01 Chrysler PT Cruiser ( current )
'96 Cadillac Deville ( current )
'01 Yamaha V-Star 1100 ( current )
'81 Kawasaki KZ1100 ( current )

I love the Caddy. I originaly purchased it to keep some miles off of my Expedition but it rides so nice I dont like to drive anything else anymore.
Robbie.

[mccombie_5]

Im going to put my list of autos on, it may take a while, i had it in the Lounge somewhere, but this may be interesting......

From 1980 i have owned all new cars, they are listed in the order i bought them in, this list is just the vehicles registered to me, my wife has also had someof them Regestered to her.....

Here goes:

Dads 1961 Jaguar E-Type (XKE)
1974 Ford Cortina 2.0
1978 Rover SD1 3500
1980 Range Rover
1981 BMW M535i
1982 Jaguar XJ6
1982 Mercedes Benz 380SL
1983 Maserati BiTurbo
1983 Audi Quattro
1984 Vauxhall Carlton
1980 Ford Cortina 2.3
1978 BMW 320
1985 Vauxhall Cavalier
1985 Citroen CX Estate (wagon)
1956 Citroen DS
1986 Mercedes Benz 300E
1987 Range Rover
1988 Rover Sterling
1988 Volvo 740
1988 BMW 735i
1989 Peugeot 205
1989 Jaguar XJ6
1990 Jaguar XJ12
1991 Mercedes SL320
1991 Peugeot 205 GTi
1992 Vauxhall Cavalier (still have it at my house in Scotland)
1977 Jaguar XJ6C
1993 Rover 214i
1993 Citroen XM
1994 Vauxhall Astra GSi (wife still has it)
1994 Mercedes Benz 320SEL
1995 Vauxhall Astra Sport
1995 Bentley Turbo R
1995 Izusu Trooper Commercial (still in the family)
1995 Rover 114Gta (still have it)
1996 BMW 320i
1996 Vauxhall Omega V6
1997 BMW 540i
1997 Mercedes Benz C280
1998 Volvo V70
1998 Jaguar XK8
1999 Volvo C70
2000 Mercedes Benz CLK320
2000 Mercedes Benz S500
2001 Vauxhall Astra CDX
2001 Mercedes Benz SLK320
2001 Lincoln Town Car
2002 Range Rover (still have it)
2002 Rover 75 Tourer
2003 Land Rover Discovery
1999 Vauxhall Vectra GSi (still have it)
2004 Cadillac Deville DHS (still have it)
2004 BMW 545i Touring (still have it)
2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV Platinum (still have it)
2005 VW Phaeton TDi (just got it)
1993 Cadillac Eldorado (still have it)

Coming Soon:

1992-99 Mercedes Benz 600SEL / S600
1993-96 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
2006 Jaguar XJR


HUGE list i know, but i thought id share.....

[DevilleDoc]

I'm 54 and on my 15th car/truck since my 1st car in 1967 a 1965 T Bird convertible , on my 3rd Cadi. 1st Cadi was a 1980 Elderado desil I got in 1990 that had 140,000+mi and as much rust around the sun roof, but drove pretty much problem free for 20,000 more mi before repair exceed my then budget , 2nd was a 1985 Fleetwood RWD,with 90,000 mi that got stolen after 2yrs flawless service and 40,000 mi more and current is 1995 Deville with 55,000 mi that is in very good condition but so much better than my previous Cadi's that my wife thinks I got it for her now. I do get to drive it occasionally. Looking for my 4th Cadi I guess,

[98whtdeville]

I'm 21 and have a 1998 white Deville with the blue canvas top and 35k miles.

[2001blackdev]

I'm 39 and this is my first Caddy. I tend to keep my cars for a long time...this is only my 5th car! I've always been a fan of 4-door sedans...even when I was younger and all my friends had sports coupes, I always had a 4-door car. Going backwards from the Deville:

1994 Ford Taurus SHO
1988 Mazda 323GT
1986 Audi 5000 Turbo
1984 Nissan Sentra (my only 2-door car)

The Deville is by far my favorite so far. I bought it used in 2003 with 18K miles on it (it now has 30K). It's in great shape...I've had no trouble with it at all. I smile everytime I get in it...it's really a great car.

Mark