After shopping for a FULLY LOADED CTS in Los Angeles, CA for months and walking out of 4 dealerships, I was forced to look else where and yes out of state!!! I Got the best deal! Los Angeles could not beat his numbers. Like I said, got my car delivered to my door step tonight! I got my car without being at a dealership. I'm so excited!!!


Can't wait to drive it!!!

First of all, congrats on taking delivery of your CTS
at what I imagine was a great price.

I'm not very happy with the lease offers I have received
here in NJ and am wondering if I could go the same route
with dealing with the person you did.

:postpics:

Sorry, someone was bound to say it... :yup:

Hello,

This is a picture of my car on the truck! I will post more pictures of it in my driveway when it stops raining!

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Thanks!

Oh me gosh! What a beauty! Congrats again!!!

Can you answer my original question as I would like to
avoid a dealership entirely and purchase through someone
that won't jerk me around.

Thanks in advance!

That is a cool pix. Did it come with the Tint?

Yes! Since I dealer was in Phoenix, AZ. It came with a desert package: Tint and other great stuff!

Oh me gosh! What a beauty! Congrats again!!!

Can you answer my original question as I would like to
avoid a dealership entirely and purchase through someone
that won't jerk me around.

Thanks in advance!

there are forum dealers listed to the right --->
they pay to support the forum, so we can discuss exciting cars like this.

Wow, Congrats! She looks beautiful! any more pictures?.. Get out and drive her!!

Rain stopped. Drove my car today! I am totally satisfied with my new car. Now, I need to learn how to use all the gadgets. The Navi rocks!

Wow, it looks great! when you have time, more pics would be cool!

If you have any questions whatsoever on the "gadgets" or how to use them just pick up the phone and call me! I will be more than happy to go over anything you need help with! :)

I feel like I gave up one of my children... However I am very happy and glad she went to a very good home!

Drove it more and more! Smooth ride and look! Totally happy! Now life's good. Time to watch the Lakers!

Congrats, Ruiz.

And, GO LAKERS!!!

Go Suns!! Yea Shaq!! :P

DUDE! They got blown out today by 30! Go Lakers!!!

LMAO... yeah, yeah... whatever!! hehe...

P.S. Did you figure out the Mp3 player yet?... your connectors are in the center console if you have not found them yet...

Since it rained today, didn't really get a chance to play with my new toy. However, sunshine all week. Will give it a nice detail tomorrow and cruise through the blvd!

Shoot, my pictures are too large for the forum. uggg! Wanted to show her off!

I think I have some here rruiz357!

Here you go sir! :)

This is rruiz357's loaded up 08 CTS


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WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! That is my car sitting in my driveway! Thanks Trijicon!!!

She is perfect!!!

:) You are very welcome sir!... You deserve her bro! I am so glad you like her!... Have fun washing her tomorrow and remember the 2 bucket method and also when you are finished washing her take the nozzel off the hose and turn the water on about 1/4 turn and just let the water flow over the entire car from the top down, you will notice the water sheeting off of the car. This will make drying her much more easy and help her not to get water spots as well.

I am very happy for you man! You deserve that beauty!

That is some excellent photography right there. What a BEAUTY!!! I don't envy you in all the work involved in keeping that paint clean, but as it's been said before, there is no paint color that looks worse when it's dirty or as beautiful when it's clean. The reflections off that finish are breathtaking.

Those are some GREAT pictures. I've now had my car for two weeks so I'm less dependant on the pictures of others to get my CTS fix but those would have really helped during the waiting period. The car looks fantastic. Did it arrive on the truck sparkling clean?

What camera did you use?
Maybe GM Photographic should hire you to make their cars look good instead fo the boring pics we get from them.

Can I say: STUNNING???!!! :bulging:

Just gorgeous. :yup:

What camera did you use?
Maybe GM Photographic should hire you to make their cars look good instead fo the boring pics we get from them.


Lol... That would be a cool job! taking pictures for GM!

I used a Nikon D40 to take those for rruiz, I love that camera!! :D

Great pics! I CAN'T WAIT for the nice weather to come, I want to get the Blue Chip all polished up. I'ts depressing to see it with all the salt and road grime on it :(

My wife and I got the exact same car about three weeks ago. I wanted the Red one but it wasnt fully loaded, so we went with Black. Awsome when its clean. Still havn't read any manuals yet. This is a car where you really need to read all the directions, The NAVI, XM, Onstar etc. there is just so much eye candy here. One last note..... This morning the car would not shut off. Meaning we could not get the ignition switch to turn to off position. Took it to dealer. There is a service bulletin out for the wire harness to tranny. It is a little snug and a couple of pins came loose. The mechanic tugged a little slak and plugged it back in. Hope you all dont have this problem, but it is a quick fix.

Well, thanks in part to this forum, I found my new car. Now it looks like I've found my new camera!

Those were some of the best photos I've seen in this forum on the '08 CTS. I've saved all of the images. Trijicon, great job with the camera. Nikon D40, huh? Gotta get me one of those.
Hey rruiz357 - congratulations on a sensational looking car. :thumbsup: It appears your Ebony interior was detailed. It looks very good. Haven't done that with my interior (dash / IP, etc) as yet... still deciding on whether to leave it as factory original (low sheen/natural), or to detail it with a conditioner to a higher sheen.
Best of luck with your new car. Enjoy!!
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Thanks for the compliments on my picture taking :)

Yup, it is a Nikon D40... Ritz Camera had them on sale with the lense for 499 recently. I bought mine about 6 months ago for 549. It is a great camera without having to spend an arm and a leg!

rruiz357's car was a pleasure to shoot, this car is very photogenic and has great angles to capture.

Ba ba ba ba ba, I'M LOVING IT!!!! Another day with my car and simple stunning. No wonder it's the car of the year!!

rruiz357, thanks for the information on you purchase. Would you tell me what the charge was to have your CTS delivered to you? I'm checking on ordering one from Arizona also. They have given me a price which is fair, but said he didn't know what the charge would be to Albuquerque. He said he thinks it would around $300-$400 but would have to check with the transport company. How was your experience dealing with the dealership and do you have any suggestions? Thanks again for sharing.

My experience was tremendous! Customer service was great. My sales guy kept me 24/7 informed via: phone, email, text, fax, etc. Feel free to email me at: rruiz01@lausd.net for more information.

Thanks,
rruiz357

P.S. My CTS is awesome!

how come the color of the car in the photos are different from the real one I saw?

Yes! Since I dealer was in Phoenix, AZ. It came with a desert package: Tint and other great stuff!

I did not notice the desert package on Caddilac's web site. Is it factory supplied tint or dealer applied it? If it comes from factory option, is it possible to get it in other states?

CTS manual warns against applying aftermarket tint as it may affect radio reception and navigation system performance. This is usually the case when antenna is embedded into rear window.

Desert packages, etc are dealer defined and installed. Nothing wrong with tint. DON'T use metallic tint, use Ceramic tint.

My car's color is black. The tint was dealer installed! Smooth ride and I turn heads everywhere.