View Full Version : How many Caddys have you owned? Scrapyard 12-10-03, 07:38 AM I want to see who are the die hards. How many have you owned and what years?
Myself...
In order of purchase:
1985 Fleetwood Coupe
1995 Fleetwood
1959 Coupe Deville
1960 Series 62 Coupe
The first 3 were all garage mates at one point. Made parking real interesting :rolleyes: Especially with 2 bikes a 73 Eldo convertable and an 86 RX7 that were my buddies. The first one to go was the 85, followed soon after by the 59. Last one to go was the 95 back in May and the 60 came home 3 weeks ago. It's a sicknees that hopefuly has no cure :D Lord Cadillac 12-10-03, 07:43 AM 1980 Eldorado (5.7?)
1979 Eldorado Biarritz (368 v8)
1977 or 1978 (I forget!) Sedan DeVille Phaeton (425? v8)
1995 Eldorado Touring Coupe (Northstar)
1995 Fleetwood Brougham (LT1)
I guess it mystified me how people loved my Father's car back in 1985 when he bought a 1980 White Eldorado and had it re-painted and perfected. It looked brand new in and out - and people just swarmed around it. I couldn't understand why at the time but it really was a very nice car.
So in about 1994 I bought my first Cadillac. A 1980 Eldorado. I didn't have enough money to maintain it and sold it soon after. But I loved driving it - even though it was quite old at the time. It was very comfortable and it actually got looks. It was dark blue.
My next Cadillac was a Biarritz. It was also dark blue and THAT car turned heads as well. There aren't many good-condition old Eldorados around anymore.
Next up was a '77 or 78 - jeez, I forget. It wasn't the older style.. It had the Phaeton package. Very powerful! And very smooth driving! I actually raced this car a little because it really moved! I actually wanted a Fleetwood Brougham but I found this for the right price. $300.00 because the driver's side door wouldn't open. A friend fixed it for me. The car was in near mint condition...
Then came the '95 Eldorado ETC. My favorite.. I can't say enough about this car. There's a page dedicated to it just below in my signature...
Now I've got a '95 Fleetwood Brougham - there's also a page to this car in my signature.. I bought this car because I figured it would be inexpensive and very luxurious.. I like big cars and this really fits the bill. I'm really loving this car - but it doesn't turn heads nearly as much as my ETC did.
I drove MANY other cars in-between these.. Mostly Z28s, Formulas and Trans Ams. There's a Vette in there, a Monte Carlo, a couple of Regals, a Riviera (loved that), an old Nova, a Beretta.. Hmm... kcnewell 12-10-03, 07:52 AM '69 Fleetwood
'73 Eldorado
'85 Eldorado
'91 Seville
'93 STS 2 Cadillacs:
1988 Sedan DeVille & 1993 Sixty~Special.
3 Lincolns:
1986 Mark 7 - 1998 Mark 8 - 2003 Town Car Cartier Limited
3 Imperials:
1972 LeBaron - 1975 LeBaron Crown Coupe - 1982 Coupe
Except for the 1982 Imperial, they were all great cars.
Never had a mer-SAY-deees, Bummer, dis-Lexus, Slob or any other "foreign-matter" ~ Never will, zero desire!! brougham 12-10-03, 12:49 PM My 1991 Brougham D'Elegance with the 5.7L is the only one.
I always liked the big shape of them and the big chrome fins, I also like the styling changes they got over the 80s ones and the 5.7L (4.1L in a car this big? what were they thinking? :bonkers: ) They're the last of the classic style Cadillacs, it gets looks and people fear it's size :D I don't plan on getting out of mine or one like it anytime soon.
I want to get an older Cadillac sometime like a 1959 or 60 or a later 70s Eldorado. Stoneage_Caddy 12-10-03, 02:24 PM 1 caddy deville
1 infiniti g20
2 nissans , sentra ,pulsar
1 86 lebaron GTS turbo
1 96 honda civic hx - couldnt stand it after 1 week of ownership ,damn leaky gas tank I have owned two Cadillacs in my lifetime.
The first Cadillac was a 1983 Fleetwood Brougham. It was grey, or blue, depending if you look at it in direct sunlight or in a shadow :) It had a blue cloth top on it. What attracted me to it is that despite of the age, it looked good, had no rust, the headliner inside was not sagging (it was brand new) as I found out later and the engine looked new, too. It had a continental kit in the back when I first saw it. Later as I was going to buy it, somebody has stolen the kit. But that didn't change my purchasing desicion.
When I bought this car, I found out that just about everything that could possibly have been wrong with the car, was. I spent three thousand dollars to purchase a car and another three thousand dollars simply to keep it operable. First thing that went wrong was a heater, and it was winter, granted, a Texas winter, but it was chilly, nonetheless. Then I found out that transmission made a funny sound, especially when going in reverse, it needed to be rebuilt and reconditioned. Then, something was wrong with a steering mechanism, because it was so long ago, in late 90's, I do not remember exactly what, but it thinned my wallet by another three hundred dollars. Then the front tires were starting to show thin metal hairs and another visit to my mechanic, who, by the way, could tell it was me just by the way the phone rang :tongue2: , showed that I need a front end redone. Then every time it rained, the frong passenger seat would get wet. Glass shop said that the seals where the window is touching the car body are old and brittle and leaks water in. Then the power front windows decided not to work. Thank God they decided to quit in the upright position, so at least when it rained, the water would not pour in. Those two things I had not any money to repair, though. But the air conditioner still worked, so during the summer, I was not sweating buckets, but my fuel bills were high as the air conditioner worked full power all the time to cool the hot air inside that could not circulate because of abov mentinoed broken power windows. As I later found out, my engine was not tuned, so I tuned that and it turned out that my plugs badly needed replacement. The check engine light kept coming on all the time because of some electronic gizmo in the motor went bad. Another thorough inspection showed and I needed a new computer, but I didn't have $500 at the time. I also made another stupid mistake (among untold millions I made back when I was much younger :rolleyes: ). I rode my car until it was barely running on gas fumes. My fuel pump did not like that and soon became acting moody, and my Cadillac was starting only whenever it felt like it. At the time, though, I didn't know why. Never ever ride your car on fumes.
Then once I bought some raw chicken from grocery shop and forgot it in my car's trunk. Several weeks later, the smell of the car was unbearable, and it was accidentally that I found out that I forgot chicken in my trunk after I opened it I don't even remember why.
Then I wrecked it. I hit the Chevy truck from behind... and another Nissan truck hit me from behind. That taught me another valueable lesson: never taligate anyone, especially with pouring rain and very poor visibility. The left rear door was jammed and couldn't open as a result. The car was still running, though, it was just slightly redesigned :)
I did put custom stereo in it with speakers. That car taught me a lot about Cadillacs, thought I learned everything the hard way.
And my next Cadillac is my current 1994 Fleetwood Brougham. It, at first, cost me a lot of money, too, but now, everything is taken care of and I maintain my car religiously. If you went in to GMforums.com, back when it existed, I posted that the car would suddenly die in the middle of rush hour traffic. It was a fuel pump, which I how I found out why my 1983 Cadillac was acting up. I will not go into repairs of my 1994 Fleetwood as I want to keep this posting brief. I will just say that most of my visits to the shop were maintenance, not repair issues.
Well, that's my story. I am youger so I haven't owned as many -
1988 Cadillace Devile
2000 Cadillac Deville davesdeville 12-10-03, 05:56 PM Well I'm not sure whether or not I owned the first one, but I'll count it anyway:
75 Sedan DeVille (I really want this car back... droool)
78 Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance (I think it knows that I want to replace it, so it's been breaking things lately so I can't trade it until I fix it, this in turn makes me want to trade it more) Night Wolf 12-10-03, 06:06 PM so far:
1993 Coupe DeVill
happens to be ultra rare...1 of 119 made....
....other plans in my future with Cadillac:
1959 Eldo drop top, full restored.... my all time favorite car
1954 (or arough there) CDV or Eldo... hardtop or conv...after the '59 my 2nd all time favorite car
1977-1989 Brougham with a 500 transplant, and hottrod the hell outta it (Ultra Slow, are you listening? :D)
1995 Fleetwood Brougham.... make it a huge sleeper, but more practical then the above
1996 STS... daily driver
really, I alredy told myself, by the time i pas on, I WILL have the '59, and hoping for the ~'54 as well.... the '77-'89 Brougham seems very much doable as they are pretty cheap.... I would like to use my mothes car (once she decides to sell it) as it is to a very rare car (every extra option, gold package tc..) only thing is, the car has alot of problems, andshe will sell it when it finally dies, so it will have even more by then.... the '96 STS I just love... love everything about it, and I am thinking maybe in the near future (4 years?) I will have one, and let the DeVille take a break)
and yes, I DO plan on keeping my '93 CDV.....forever...for alot of reasons, but this thread is long enough :D Just when I was about to make a ridiculous offer for that Slate-Bronze Coupe deVille, too! Damn :disappoin Night Wolf 12-10-03, 08:37 PM lol....
what was that? a mint, restored '59 Eldo drop top? what? flat trade for the '93?
hell yeah
:D Scrapyard 12-12-03, 08:24 AM Well it's nice to know I'm not the only one with an unhealthy affliction for these things.
Night Wolf,
A man with goals. I like that, lol. Actually, Befor I came across my current ride I was in an all out man hunt for a '56 coupe. I was in a biding war for a 56 Eldo Seville that was in decent shape. Unfortunatley I got sniped out at the last posable second. By almost 3G's mind you. I guess home boy wanted it a littel bit more then I did :shocked: HotRodSaint 12-12-03, 08:43 AM My first Cadillac was a low mileage 1967 Coupe De Ville. Talk about getting props everywhere I went. I bought and sold it in the mid-90's.
I test drove a brand new '96 Fleetwood in '96. But I just couldn't justify the $45,000 price tag. Cadillacs tend to depreciate much too fast.
I came across this '96 Fleetwood last December. It had 14,000 miles and was reasonably priced (much less than $45,000). Plus it was a Black on Black Brougham.
I was amazed at the props she got. Even when she was stock.
Eventually, I'd like to add a '60 Convertible to my stable. But I'd settle for any low mileage '50s or '60 convertible. Castronova 12-12-03, 12:56 PM 78 Seville black with white leather interior, miss this one
72 Fleetwood broughm, green 40k original miles cragar bars, gas killed me
62 62 Series conv. red &white interior, sold it for needed cash
66 El Dorado Conv...yes Last rear wheel drive El Dog, frame off resto, 4000 man hours...brought 31k at Barrett Jackson Auction in 1999.
67 El Dorado ...white with black leather, sold it an lost my ass
71 El Dog Rag..White with Red leather interior..(piece of *&^) sold to germans who shipped the car home.
76 El Dog Burgundy with Dual Exhaust..500 Ci hummed boy. Not a keeper
78 Seville Elagante (never ran right), gave up on it. I want it back.
82 Fleetwood Black, Vogues, Black int....STolen..Recovered on Blocks with bent frame.
82 Fleetwood Burgundy..Best Ride, low miles sold it to my boy in Detroit. Rob Dog
96 STS Burgundy in an out...current ride.
I have pictures .....one day I would love to post all of em. Scrapyard 12-12-03, 03:20 PM OK, you win :worship: . Please, if you get a chance, post some pics. Specificly of the 62 and 68 :D HollywoodHicks1 12-13-03, 05:17 PM One 1990 Deville
Soon will be owning a STS Lance Allison 01-07-04, 08:11 PM 84 Eldorado, Woodland Haze firemist over dark brown leather, bought new, sold @ 12k miles
85 Eldorado Biarritz, Black over dark red leather, bought new, sold @ 8k miles
89 Eldorado, light blue with matching 1/2 top and opera lamps over dark blue leather, still have @ 110k miles
90 Eldorado Biarritz, Sapphire Blue Firemist over dark blue leather, sold @ 95k miles
90 Sedan Deville, Antelope Firemist over taupe leather, bought new, sold @ 35k miles
91 Seville, Cottillion white over red leather, sold @ 70k miles
91 Sedan Deville, Sapphire Blue Firemist over dark blue leather, sold @ 132k miles
94 STS, Nautical Blue over ivory leather, bought almost new, sold @ 68k miles
98 Sedan Deville, bought new, sold @ 37k miles
02 Eldorado, Firemist Red over natural leather, bought new (still have @ 14k miles) gothicaleigh 01-07-04, 09:50 PM 93 Eldorado
98 Eldorado ETC
03 CTS Luxury Sport 7 so far.
73 Coupe DeVille
77 Coupe DeVille
2 75 Eldo Convertables
84 Seville
90 Seville
89 Coupe DeVille 509Rider 01-07-04, 09:58 PM My first cad 93 fleetwood still have, 90 fleetwood 5.0 sold,91 fleetwood 5.7 sold, and my new ride the 98 sts. 90devilleguy 01-08-04, 12:25 AM I have only owned 2 Cadillacs so far, first one was a 1991 Eldorado Touring Coupe, probably rare too since i don't think many TC were made in 91, RIP 9/13/2002 :( . Now have my newest ride, 1990 Sedan deVille which i probably would have never bought until my Suburban that I recent had working blew the rear end(just had the fluid change,weird?). But i'll probably keep the burban,get it fixed and use it for a winter vehicle or something for off-roading one day. :) TimsToy 01-08-04, 08:29 AM Let's see if you can't guess my age from my answer...
I learned how to drive in my Fathers Caddy a 72. I have owned 2 Caddys, my 1st was a 69, my 2nd and current is a 93 DeVille. My 1st 5 Cars in order... 72 Mustang Fastback, 73 LeMans Sport Coupe, 69 Nova Super Sport, 74 Grand LeMans, 69 Caddy. :bouncy:
Tim JohnnyLfromCT 01-08-04, 08:45 AM I'm on my 2nd.
I had an '88 Fleetwood D'Elegance, but she drowned...don't ask.
Now my baby is a '98 STS :yup: I just got the 1994 SLS and I have a 2003 Deville
1984 Seville
1984 Eldorado Barritz
1989 Sedan Deville w/gold package
1994 Deville
1994 Seville SLS
1996 Eldorado
1998 Seville SLS
2001 Seville SLS
2003 Deville El Dobro 01-08-04, 07:31 PM 1973 Eldorado Coupe
1977 Coupe Deville
1978 Seville
1991 Seville
1993 Allante
1998 Seville SLS
Still have the last two.
Cadillacs I'd like to own:
Any 1st. series V-16 Coupe
Any 2nd. series V-16 Coupe
The new Cadillac Sixteen
The Cien
An XLR Scrapyard 01-09-04, 12:02 AM Nice to see we have a few loyalists. Keep'em coming. This is interesting. Big Jim 01-09-04, 05:17 AM 5 so far
89 SDV
90 SDV
91 SDV
92 SDV
94 DV Concours.
My only claim to fame is I have all but the '90 right now. The '90, which got totalled by a high school chickie and her illegal turn, was my first and got me hooked. CoupeDevilleRob 01-10-04, 01:36 PM My first and only car is my 83 Coupe. I really want a 75 or 76 Coupe or a 90-92 Brougham with a 350. After college when I actually have money I'll try to pick one of these up. BreakThrough 01-11-04, 04:10 AM 88 Blue Eldorado Touring Coupe
89 Diamond White Eldorado Biarritz (2nd Owner only 60,000 miles Still Have)
93 Blue Touring Sedan
94 Green Eldorado Touring Coupe
01 Silver STS
03 Diamond White CTS (Current Driver) PhillyCaddy 01-11-04, 12:15 PM 1983 eldo 4.1
1985 eldo roadster 4.1
1985 eldo biarritz 4.1
1994 SLS
these are the caddy's I have owned so far not to mention the rest of the cars I have had. Big Jim 01-13-04, 03:58 AM '89
'90
'91
'92
'94
All Devilles and all but the '90 are still living at my house. The plan is to get back down to one. Three are becomming two which will find new homes. Kimura-sensei 01-19-04, 11:48 PM First learned how to drive in my father's 1983 Seville, brown color, he bought it brand new. I know it went at least 200k miles before he had to junk it.
Bought my first Caddy '84 Fleetwood brough, blue color at 40k miles or so. I think I paid $6-7k back in 92. She's clearly my most favorite caddy. I felt like she was an extension of my body. I love the way she makes a tight corner and weaves through traffic. Sigh... damn shame I had to junk her a few years later.
Bought caddy '89 deville for $5k when I junked my '84. Hated that '89, I can't stand the way it handles the road. I was happy to get rid of her a few years later.
After carless for many years, bought a used '99 deville midnight blue just 6 months go. 40k miles for $15k. I'm somewhat happy with this car. While doesn't handle the road as well as the '84, she makes up for in horsepower.
10 yrs from now, I plan to buy an ol' 83/84 fleetwood and restore it. I miss that car too much. themind 01-20-04, 07:21 AM Let me think . . .
'78 Coupe DeVille
'75 Eldo Convertible
'81 Seville
'77 Sedan DeVille
'41 Fleetwood Pickup (current)
'90 Fleetwood (current)
So . . six, I guess.
-Dirk R 1toycad 01-20-04, 11:42 AM Check my signature...it tells the whole story.
In their own way, the Cimarron and the '89 Seville were nice, good looking cars. All they needed was a little bit more power.
The SDV, on the other hand, was a major disappointment. I have driven Buicks and Olds that were more luxurious and drove-rode better.
My '99 SLS is a black-on-black, fun, kick-ass car. Looks like the kind of car that Darth Vader (one of my movie "heroes") would drive. Even with the "smaller" 275 HP Northstar engine, the car can still haul ass.:lildevil:
I am looking forward to the new generation Sevilles, er...I mean....STS. :tongue2: caddydaddy 01-20-04, 12:52 PM 1979 Sedan Deville, now with 472 power!
1976 Coupe Deville -sold
1978 Fleetwood Brougham -sold
1975 Sedan Deville -sold
1976 Fleetwood Brougham -sold
1976 Sedan Deville -sold
1994 Deville Concours -sold
2000 STS
and my first non-Cadillac 1986 Volvo 240 DL Way too many!
SOLD:
1988 Fleetwood Brougham D'elegance
1990 Fleetwood Sixty Special
1990 Fleetwood Brougham D'elegance
1970 Coupe Deville Convertible
1975 Fleetwood Brougham
1998 Deville Vogue Edition
1997 Deville Concours
1997 Seville SLS
1999 Deville
1999 Deville Vogue Edition
2000 DHS
CURRENT:
-1970 Coupe Deville Convertible, 86K, finally runs perfect, needs body work for Spring 2004 show season
-1992 Fleetwood Brougham (for sale), 63K, perfect
-1998 Fleetwood Limited (FWD) made by Superior Limo. 1 of 340 made
-2000 Seville STS
This is in my family as a whole (Dad, brother, me).
-Lelo I have owned two an 87 sedan deville and my 91 Sedan deville but my 91 will be the 6th that I have experienced. The Caddy that started it all Was a 91 Deville Touring Sedan my stepdad bought for my sis and I to share. My sister totaled it:dammit: . Next it was a 94 Deville Concours that he bought to replace that. Then he bought my sister a 92 Sedan Deville that she totaled. To replace it he bought her a 95 Sedan Deville :cookoo:. Then I bought my 87 that I loved but was a dreaded 4100:banghead: but it was really nice. Now I have my 91 that has less miles then the one that started it all six years ago. I will forever be hooked by the almighty :worship: Caddy. :halo:
So to put that in easy list form.
87 Sedan Deville
91 Sedan Deville
91 Deville Touring Sedan
92 Sedan Deville
94 Deville Concours
95 Sedan Deville semiauto 01-25-04, 02:25 PM Check the sig. I been sellin em since I turned 16. 84caddy 01-26-04, 02:39 PM over the years....
1979 cdv
1980 cdv
1982 cdv
1990 brougham
2000 escalade (leased not owned!)
do parts cars count?!
- 77 fleetwood, 79 fact limo, 80 fleetwood 4dr, 81 fleetwood 2dr, 82 cdv.....
currently own a 1984 cdv (with 90 euro conversion) and an 03 ESV (leased) Not as many as some, but I am only 22 :) .
1990 Cadillac Broughm de 'Elegance
1993 Cadillac Sedan Deville 4.9 ( Super Clean )
1985 Cadillac Eldorado
1995 Cadillac Seville STS ( current and favorite )
I loved every one. But the STS is awsome, cant wait to start tuning it. Bigshot 03-01-04, 11:33 AM 1967 Deville Conv.....What a wreck, sold it for a pack of cigs in 1987.
1976 Seville....tan over burgandy
1978 Seville....Silver over grey D'elegence
1988 Brougham.....grey over grey....tranny blew and caught on fire.
1992 Coupe deville....white over burgandy Spring Edition.
2000 Seville.....silver over grey
Weird thing is they are in order of 1st to last owned but every one I bought was newer. 7 so far.
73 Coupe DeVille
77 Coupe DeVille
2 75 Eldo Convertables
84 Seville
90 Seville
89 Coupe DeVille
Make that 8. Just got a new SRX devillain00 03-03-04, 12:19 PM Only 2 for me
'85 Fleetwood Brougham - Dead and Gone and '00 Deville right now inmycadillac 03-03-04, 02:12 PM 79 Sedan DeVille- paid $300 drove it for 3 years! after putting about $1000 into it and sold it for $600:cool:
89 Sedan DeVille- only had it for about three months before some dumb bitch :rant2: ran a stop sign and totalled it- her insurance paid for it tho, plus I only paid $2500 and her ins gave me $3200!:D
91 Sedan DeVille- currently driving, bought it in Jan 02, so have had it 2 years now and absolutely love it :coolgleam tripleyellow78cad 03-15-04, 04:04 AM [QUOTE=Scrapyard]I want to see who are the die hards. How many have you owned and what years?
HEY scrapyard!!!:burn:
I have had three
my first one was a 1976 coupe deville with 55k original miles and
a 500 v-8 that was a gd rocket sled(mean burnouts)
My 2nd was a 1980 sedan deville with a carbd 368
still i had loads of power but thd gd car was an electrical lemon
i mean but electrics every where
my 3rd and current cad is an 1978 triple yellow coupe 88k original miles
than has a big 425 carbd v-8 :woohoo:
that will out run most of the crappy plastic new cars off the block.
regards vanaisa 03-15-04, 02:04 PM ´90 Eldorado - good everyday driver
´67 Eldorado - under restoration
And i think, i need soon ´70 Eldorado convertible too - we have few sunny days here in summer :lildevil: tdyguy2k 03-16-04, 05:41 AM I've only had 2. A 95 Calypso Green w/ neutral interior STS with 170k on the odo. I recently traded it for a 2000 STS. Polo green w/neutral interior. Love driving both cars. Just needed an upgrade.:coolgleam I know, I know, I am in a thread-reviving mood.
Will the new members please post their answers to this topic? CadiJeff 10-14-04, 12:14 AM ok me personally
1981 coupe deville (inactive reserve) 61000mi
1987 sedan deville (given to parents, on loan to brother in law) 103000mi
1988 seville (sold to friend) error mi
1994 eldoradotouring coupe (current car) 182000mi
parents
195? cadillac? (owned by my dad in late 60's)
1987 deville (mentioned above)
1990 eldorado spring edition (current car,clone of grandmothers car ) 92000mi
grand parents
1981 coupe deville (mentioned above)
1990 eldorado spring edition (current car,clone of my mothers car) 200000mi, 2nd engine, 2nd transmission
all but my dads 195?(actually not sure) still runs Night Wolf 10-14-04, 12:20 AM Heh, since my first relpy, my 1979 Sedan DeVille d'Elegance has since joined my linup alongside the '93 Coupe... and hopefully this coming Spring I'll get the ~'95 Eldo ETC w/ bad engine for me to dump my project engine into... that woudl be my new daily driver :)
I still want the '55 Coupe DeVille and a '59 Eldo drop top... one day... slk230mb 10-14-04, 10:48 AM 2000 Deville
2002 Escalade
My dad has had others, but the 2 I know of for sure are on my driveway :)
1959 Eldorado Biarritz (1 of 99 with bucket seats)
1959 Fleetwood 60 Special barge master 10-14-04, 04:22 PM For running drivers:
80,87,89 FWB
68 FWB
Here's the ''hate me'' list:Cannibalized or demo's
68 CDV
2-73 CDVs
72 SDV
86 FWB
82 FWBdeE
69 SERIES 75 LIMO
71 ELDO RAG
74 ELDO STS 310 10-18-04, 05:39 PM 1981 Eldo Biaritz - History
1997 Seville SLS - History
1996 Seville STS - Present
Love all of them. illumina 10-18-04, 08:12 PM 86' sedan deville, white on burgundy cloth, motor blown, i still own this one, paid $75.00 for her! (project car).
87' seville, midnight blue on blue leather, rebuilt motor (4.5 liter-yet to install), first caddy ever, paid $550.00 for her!
91' seville, silver on blue leather, engine modded, paid $4200.00 for her. bbrock81 10-19-04, 01:32 AM '90 Sedan Deville
'92 Sedan Deville
'98 DeVille
And I'm only 23...I've had my license for 7 years and owned 7 different vehicles...that's pretty bad, huh? But once I discovered Caddy's I haven't owned anything else. 91TexasSeville 10-19-04, 03:07 AM 1958 Sedan De Ville
1962 Park Avenue (yes Cadillac Park Avenue) (shorty De Ville)
1970 De Ville ragtop
1976 Coupe De Ville
1991 Seville
58-De Ville was my first car, purchased in 1967. Sold 1974
62-purchased 1994 from a local museum, Sold 1999 on eBay
70-Ragtop won in poker game 1975, Sold 1975
76-Coupe purchased new, used 1970 as trade-in, wrecked (total) 1989
91-Seville "FREEBIE" was abondon on my property spring of this year. Got
it cleaned up and running. May trade it in for 00 ETC if it passes inspection. an01sts 10-20-04, 12:51 AM 2. A new 99 STS that I traded for an 01 STS White Whale 11-07-04, 02:13 PM 1968 CDV convertible
1968 Fleetwood
197? D'Elegance (parts car)
1970 CDV
Shopping for another one, 1967 CDV Convert, 1977 Eldo, or 1972 CDV 3lowlacs 11-09-04, 04:03 AM well heres my list(takes a breath)
77 seville green on green-still have(stock)
77 coupe candy green-sold(low-rider)
79 coupe-junk yard(stock)parts car
79 seville-stripped and rotting away in my pops back yard(parts car)
78 coupe white on white w/white top-sold(low-rider)
78 coupe white w/ red inter and black top-totaled(low-rider)
79 coupe phanton white on white w/ black top-in my pops garage(stock)
76 seville two tone gray and black(stock)-in my pops garage(stock)
78 coupe candy red w/white inter and black top-still have(low-rider)
93 deville custom green w/ghost stripes-sold to japan(low-rider)
74 coupe red w/back inter and top-pops garage(stock)
and last but far from least
88 fwb de elegance white w/ blue inter and white top(low-rider)
and my dad(pops) has to damn many lacs to list...i think he has around 17-20 ....he has a colection of lacs the oldest being a 1937 cadillac town cabriolet and a 59 series 64 eldo biarritz drop top(w/ bucket seats stock)and a 59 six window 4d.....thats all i can remember far now.....next time im at his shop ill take some pics for ya all CadillacJack76 03-05-05, 10:25 PM 02 Eldo Collector's series (aztec red) # 575 15,000 miles
98 Eldo Black with Shale interior 86,000 miles
93 SDV Silve/grey grey interior 137,000 miles
90 CPDV Gold/Brown ragtop/ neutral interior 202,000 miles
87 SDV Black/ grey interior 340,000 miles (the winner!!!)
84 Seville roadster Silver/ black interior 70,000 miles
81 Eldo Cabriolet Black/Tan ragtop/ tan interior 101,000 miles
80 Eldo Biarittz White/ Burgundy Interior 90,000 miles
80 Eldo Biarittz Convertible White/ Burgundy interior 30,000 miles
Thats all for now. Cadillac Jack Lord Cadillac 03-08-05, 05:24 PM I suppose I should revise my list... In order of ownership:
1980 Eldorado (5.7?)
1979 Eldorado Biarritz (368 v8)
1977 or 1978 (I forget!) Sedan DeVille Phaeton (425? v8)
1995 Eldorado Touring Coupe (Northstar)
1995 Fleetwood Brougham (LT1)
2000 DeVille DTS (Northstar) HITMONEY 03-08-05, 06:29 PM 1993 Eldo
1995 Eldo ETC
2002 Escalade AWD
2002 DTS NV and NAV
All BLACK except the 93 Eldo which was a Merlot color. highonchai 03-08-05, 10:19 PM 1989 Sedan deville
1990 Fleetwood Hearse
1990 Sedan deville
1969 Sedan deville
And im only 19, there are many more to come.
Oh and after i was born my parents brought me home from the hospital in my mom's '85 SDV
I have a friend in his 60s but it seems that hes in his 40s, hes just a big kid, but hes been driving caddys since he was 20, and he rarely keeps a car more than 2 years, most of the time he trades in only a few months! He is constantly telling stories about the caddys that he has owned and its impossible for me to remember them, all. Recently he sat down and compiled a list of all the cadillacs that he, his family and his friends have owned in the past, and he counted over 150.. incredible. It all started with a 1969 Coupe Deville when I was in college...
2) 1975 Eldorado Convertible (drove from Miami to LA and back with it.. lost all four wheel covers)
3) 1968 Sedan Deville
4) 1984 Eldorado
5) 1986 Sedan Devile
6) 1988 Sedan Deville
7) 1989 Brougham D'Elegance
8) 1990 Sedan Deville
9) 1972 Fleetwood
10) 1970 Coupe Deville Convertible (blue)
11) 1976 Eldorado Convertible
12) 1976 Fleetwood Brougham
13) 1992 Brougham
14) 1991 Fleetwood FWD
15) 1993 Seville STS
16) 1970 Coupe Deville Convertible (charcoal)
17) 1996 Deville Concours
18) 1999 Deville Concours
19) 1998 Fleetwood Limited
20) 1974 Fleetwood 75 Limo
21) 2000 Seville STS
22) 2000 Cadillac Escalade
23) 1999 Deville Tournament Edition
24) 1993 Sixty Special
25) 1998 Seville SLS
26) 2000 Deville DHS
27) 1991 Brougham
28) 2004 Escalade ESV Platinum
Not to mention all the other non-Cadillac vehicles I have owned... :eek: 73Eldorado 06-20-05, 12:47 PM I'm doing this from memory,I may forget one or two!
1962 Fleetwood Sixty Special
1965 Coupe De Ville
1966 Calais Sedan
1967 Sedan De Ville
1967 Fleetwood 75 Sedan
1968 Coupe DeVille
1969 Sedan Deville
1969 Eldorado
1970 Eldorado
1971 Sedan DeVille
1972 Fleetwood Brougham
1973 Eldorado (My First Car...I LOVED her!!)
1973 Eldorado
1974 Coupe DeVille
1974 Coupe DeVille
1974 Coupe DeVille
1974 Coupe Deville
1974 Fleetwood Brougham
1974 Fleetwood Talisman
1975 Coupe DeVille
1975 Sedan Deville
1976 Eldorado
1976 Eldorado
1977 Coupe DeVille
1977 Fleetwood Brougham D'Elegance
1977 Eldorado
1978 Coupe DeVille
1978 Fleetwood Brougham
1978 Eldorado Biarritz
1979 Coupe DeVille Diesel
1979 Coupe DeVille
1979 Sedan DeVille D'Elegance
1979 Fleetwood Brougham
1979 Seville
1980 Eldorado Biarritz
1980 Seville
1981 Sedan DeVille (I called her Camille, I loved her too...I swear this car had a soul!)
1981 Fleetwood Brougham
1981 Eldorado Diesel
1981 Seville
1982 Sedan DeVille D'Elegance
1983 Eldorado
1983 Eldorado Touring Coupe
1984 Coupe DeVille
1984 Sedan DeVille
1984 Fleetwood Brougham
1985 Sedan DeVille
1985 Fleetwood Sedan
1985 Fleetwood Sedan
1986 Sedan DeVille
1986 Seville
1986 Fleetwood Brougham
1987 Sedan DeVille
1987 Sedan DeVille
1987 Brougham
1988 Sedan DeVille
1988 Seville
1988 Brougham
1989 Coupe DeVille
1989 Sedan DeVille
1989 Brougham
1990 Sedan DeVille
1990 Fleetwood Sedan
1990 Brougham
1991 Sedan DeVille
1991 Seville
1993 Coupe DeVille
Whew! davesdeville 06-20-05, 03:06 PM 73 Eldorado, you are a crazy rich guy who buys a bunch of Caddys... adopt me before I turn 18! :thumbsup:
Well I'm not sure whether or not I owned the first one, but I'll count it anyway:
75 Sedan DeVille (I really want this car back... droool)
78 Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance (I think it knows that I want to replace it, so it's been breaking things lately so I can't trade it until I fix it, this in turn makes me want to trade it more)
Well since this forever ago thread I got me a 95 ETC and the 78 finally kicked the can. In about 10 years I'll probably buy an 07 or so STS-V. 73Eldorado 06-20-05, 06:19 PM LOL! Not rich by any means!! Those cars were all bought over a space of 25 years,some I literally had for only a few weeks!! My Cadillac fever started when I was four years old, My Grandmother bought a beautiful 1962 Fleetwood Sixty Special and I was smitten with that car! I vowed to own a Cadillac when I grew up and my first car was a '73 Eldorado my Mom bought me for my 16th birthday in 1979. She asked me what kind of car I wanted and I said it had to be a Cadillac! I spent a week looking and I found her,she was Saturn Bronze Firemist with a tan top and saddle leather with 26,000 miles,she was gorgeous!!! $2000! Just 2, but I still have them both:
1990 Eldorado
1998 Eldorado Touring Coupe
Love em both no matter how much they cost me :) AmesCTS-V 06-22-05, 02:54 PM None, but I decided I needed a daily driver with the power to match my 04 GTO so I'm about to get my first Caddy. powerglide 06-22-05, 03:44 PM Just 2...
98 deville
88 fleetwood brougham
...so far In order of purchase...
1. 1971 Fleetwood Brougham, bought in 1995 with 58,000 miles, triple green; painted black in 1996.
2. 1976 Fleetwood 75 Limousine, bought in 1999 with 59,000 miles, triple black.
3. 1976 Seville, bought in 2002 with 102,000 miles, white with black roof and interior.
4. 1970 Sedan de Ville, bought in 2004 with 89,000 miles, triple beige.
5. 1969 Fleetwood Brougham, bought in 2004 with 89,000 miles, triple black.
(First car: 1966 Dodge Dart GT 273 V-8, triple green, bought in 1979 with 109,000 miles; ran up mileage to over 230,000 by 2002. Not owned anymore.) ... not enough!
well here goes (dont laugh)
1989 Sedan Deville
1993 Fleetwood Brougham (just wrecked it a month ago, im still upset)
2003 CTS Luxury sport '90 Eldo 07-30-05, 03:13 PM 1972 Coupe De Ville
1984 Eldorado Biarritz
1985 Eldorado Biarritz
1990 Eldorado cruella89deville 07-31-05, 07:03 PM Just one thus far. But I'm only seventeen...so that'll grow.
1993 Honda Accord EX Coupe - 2.2L SOHC I4 - 5 speed
1989 Cadillac Sedan DeVille - 4.5L OHV V8 - 4 speed od
The car roster that I want to own someday consists of (just to name a couple):
1999 style BMW E36 M3 coupe
1991 style Honda CRX Si
1985 style Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
1985 style Buick Regal T-Type
1975 style Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1981 style Cadillac Coupe DeVille
1986 style Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance
2000 style Cadillac Seville STS
Just to name a FEW!
:P 1998 Catera, perfect condition, simple but exactly what I wanted. My first love...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/hopefulmiss/mycaddy.jpg
Three months after I bought it :helpless: :
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/hopefulmiss/crashedcaddy.jpg
My current '99 Catera, which has leather, Bose, spoiler, and such fancier stuff:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/hopefulmiss/caddy1.jpg addison_ii 07-31-05, 08:47 PM I've owned three(in order of ownership)
1993 Eldorado ETC bought with 140,xxx sold like an idiot. The guy still has it and has repainted Candy Apple Red. I want it back.
1993 Cadillac Deville(Sedan) bought with 150,xxx super clean all digital, chrome everywhere, 16 inch spokes and vogues, simulated convertible top. Lilac/pinkish in color in color with the top/interior to match. RIP 09/11/04 rear ended.
1994 Cadillac Seville SLS bought with 180,xxx white diamond in color. all options except express heat windshield, cd player, and bose stereo. Currently in MI getting worked on but will be reunited in about a month.
Not to mention the other 9 or 12 cars I've had. 77 seville
82 eldorado
78 fleetwood coupe 4 6 8
92 seville sls
99 seville sls
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/338000-338999/338847_1.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:ShowImage('http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/show_image.pl?fg=0000FF&bg=CCCCCC&migration=1&image=http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/338000-338999/338847_1_full.jpg', 575, 345);) 74el-doggdropper 09-01-05, 02:14 PM 2001 Deville
1974 Eldorado Convertible (under construction) mccombie_5 09-01-05, 06:39 PM Ive been driving them since the 80s, my uncle has a limo company, but my actual list follows:
My uncle had a 1981 Seville, he used it as a private car for himself, he also had a stretched 1982 (i think) Fleetwood or a Deville, it was a box style one. It had no emblems or anything on it. I just drove it.
99 Escalade
04 Deville DHS
05 ESV Platinum
99 Seville STS
93 Eldorado DeVillish 09-01-05, 08:03 PM The CTS will be my 3rd caddy.
90 Coupe Deville
91 Coupe Deville(parts car)
06 CTS Randy_W 09-01-05, 09:03 PM Three for me.
'62 Coupe DeVille
'90 Sedan DeVille
'96 Seville
My family members own several others. Other than this one, a 1988 SDV - still use it as a winter car when this one goes into hibernation mid-Novemeber............. turbojimmy 09-02-05, 12:58 PM Just one - my DTS is my first Caddy. Not sure if I'd get another one, but I do like it a lot.
Jim OnDaSlab 09-02-05, 01:07 PM 1st one 95 sts
2nd 97 eldo etc
3rd 00 deville
im 22 so i had my share.
hopefully ill get the new sts in the future. mccombie_5 09-02-05, 01:28 PM Other than this one, a 1988 SDV - still use it as a winter car when this one goes into hibernation mid-Novemeber.............
88 or 98
Looks much later..... No Mccombie, what's shown is my '97 SDV. I DO have the '88 SDV though and use it during our winter months - kills me to "downgrade" my ride every Fall, but Hell, look what I can dream about driving come Spring! mccombie_5 09-02-05, 03:53 PM No Mccombie, what's shown is my '97 SDV. I DO have the '88 SDV though and use it during our winter months - kills me to "downgrade" my ride every Fall, but Hell, look what I can dream about driving come Spring!
Ohhh i get you
I have the Vectra for that, or the Astra. Although i have a tendancy to use the Range over the winter for obvious reasons.... VAMCLEOD 09-04-05, 09:19 PM 1972 Lincoln Mark V (RIP 9/04)
1986 Sedan Deville 1st one (RIP)
1986 Seville (RIP)
1987 Eldo (RIP) still in junk yard
1989 Eldo (Current, recently restored w/ 200k+miles)
1995 Deville (current, 104+mls) The Ape Man 09-05-05, 11:29 AM Starting in May 1980:
1972 CDV
1971 CDV later swapped to a 500 out of a 75 Fleetwood. Still have this engine after almost 25 years!!!
1972 CDV parts car
1976 CDV Real beater. Used to crash into the dumpster at work everyday.
1977 CDV 9/76 manufacture 000011 VIN production. Came without any options. No tilt. No cruise. Bench seat. Guy I bought it from wanted to be the first on the block to get the body style when it came out. He sold it to me so he could be the first on the block to get a 1985 CDV!!! Boy was he dissapointed. I miss this car.
1977 SDV Bought it from a freind who I sold my '71 to. He wrecked the car and dropped the 500 into the '77.
1978 Coupe De Elegance Parts car
1979 SDV Parts car. Removed front clip for friend's 77 CDV weekend marathon repair.
1978 CDV wrecked by brother-in-law parts car. Still have the 425 engine from this!
1981 CDV wrecked by father-in-law parts car
1981 CDV purchased for re-sale after replacing bad crankshaft from above donor car.
1978 Eldorado trashed by 2 brothers-in-law parts car
1981 CDV all stock 8/6/4 factory PROM disabled.
1983 CDV 500 C.I. conversion
1980 CDV 368
1985 Fleetwood 75 factory limo HT4100 FWD only Cadillac that ever left me stranded. Great gas mileage though.
1980 Seville originally a diesel. Converted to a 307 Olds. Not by me. Gave it to my mom for her last year of work before retiring. She had been car-pooling with dad but the schedules were changed.
1981 CDV 500 C.I. conversion purchased from my father
1985 Fleetwood Coupe junker bought from Mexican folks
1982 Fleetwood Coupe purchased on EBAY to fix up. Later sold on EBAY before fininshing due to finding:
1980 Fleetwood Coupe which is my current ride.
1982 SDV 500 C.I. conversion left to my wife by her deceased father. My son will be driving it next year.
There were others..... mccombie_5 09-05-05, 02:01 PM Starting in May 1980:
1972 CDV
1971 CDV later swapped to a 500 out of a 75 Fleetwood. Still have this engine after almost 25 years!!!
1972 CDV parts car
1976 CDV Real beater. Used to crash into the dumpster at work everyday.
1977 CDV 9/76 manufacture 000011 VIN production. Came without any options. No tilt. No cruise. Bench seat. Guy I bought it from wanted to be the first on the block to get the body style when it came out. He sold it to me so he could be the first on the block to get a 1985 CDV!!! Boy was he dissapointed. I miss this car.
1977 SDV Bought it from a freind who I sold my '71 to. He wrecked the car and dropped the 500 into the '77.
1978 Coupe De Elegance Parts car
1979 SDV Parts car. Removed front clip for friend's 77 CDV weekend marathon repair.
1978 CDV wrecked by brother-in-law parts car. Still have the 425 engine from this!
1981 CDV wrecked by father-in-law parts car
1981 CDV purchased for re-sale after replacing bad crankshaft from above donor car.
1978 Eldorado trashed by 2 brothers-in-law parts car
1981 CDV all stock 8/6/4 factory PROM disabled.
1983 CDV 500 C.I. conversion
1980 CDV 368
1985 Fleetwood 75 factory limo HT4100 FWD only Cadillac that ever left me stranded. Great gas mileage though.
1980 Seville originally a diesel. Converted to a 307 Olds. Not by me. Gave it to my mom for her last year of work before retiring. She had been car-pooling with dad but the schedules were changed.
1981 CDV 500 C.I. conversion purchased from my father
1985 Fleetwood Coupe junker bought from Mexican folks
1982 Fleetwood Coupe purchased on EBAY to fix up. Later sold on EBAY before fininshing due to finding:
1980 Fleetwood Coupe which is my current ride.
1982 SDV 500 C.I. conversion left to my wife by her deceased father. My son will be driving it next year.
There were others.....
Just a couple then :eek: ElDawgg 2G 09-05-05, 02:25 PM Hello...
I have owned 4 Cadillacs:
1986 Cimarron
1989 Fleetwood
2000 Eldorado
2000 STS
Untill I grow accustomed to the new stylilng, the only model I would now consider is the 2000-2005 DeVille.
I'll post back when I change my mind. mccombie_5 09-05-05, 03:19 PM Hello...
I have owned 4 Cadillacs:
1986 Cimarron
1989 Fleetwood
2000 Eldorado
2000 STS
Untill I grow accustomed to the new stylilng, the only model I would now consider is the 2000-2005 DeVille.
I'll post back when I change my mind.
The 00-05 Deville you say?
You have marvellous taste I've owned two. One Pink and one Purple. A 1988 Sedan de Ville and a 1993 Sixty Special.
http://images2.fotki.com/v14/photos/4/43979/179078/sandycaddy-vi.jpg
http://www.smatarese.com/forum/sandy/P6250006.JPG mccombie_5 09-11-05, 06:13 PM I've owned two. One Pink and one Purple. A 1988 Sedan de Ville and a 1993 Sixty Special.
http://images2.fotki.com/v14/photos/4/43979/179078/sandycaddy-vi.jpg
http://www.smatarese.com/forum/sandy/P6250006.JPG
That Sixty is legendary round here, and the Mary Kay struck a certain chord with me, i like unusual cars, in unusual colours, i had a Pineapple Yellow Vauxhall Astra Sport. It was unusual, as are all of my cadillacs.
Your Sixty is something else, how dedicated to looking after your car can you get? Thats the kind of car i like used :thumbsup: cadillacman01201 09-27-05, 03:40 AM The first was a 1960 SDV, it was like driving your livingroom down thw road.
At present:
5- 1977 CDVs
1- 1977 Fleetwood Brohmme
1- 1978 Coupe DeElegance
4- 1979 CDVs
1- 1977 SDV Frame sans body- body parted out- drive train intact
1- 1978 SDV Frame sans body- body parted out- drive train parted
That's it. gdwriter 09-29-05, 02:43 PM Cruella, my '91 Sedan de Ville is my first Cadillac, but I've always had a soft spot for them, particularly early 60s models with fins, the first FWD Eldorado and the original Seville.
Once I'm back on my feet financially, I may look at a 98-2004 STS. Love the new STS, but it'll be a while before that's in my price range. Or the 2006 DTS. I like the looks much better than the 2000-05 DeVille. AlBundy 11-04-05, 09:41 PM New to the Cadillac Gang just one 96ESC. LaneWvr 11-06-05, 11:33 PM I've owned one. 81 Coupe Deville 8/6/4
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c194/Devilln/Coupe%20Deville/b087f807.jpg eldorado99 12-03-05, 12:01 AM My first and only Caddy is the '70 SDV I have now, I have thought about getting an 80's FWB or CDV but I need to put all of my spare cash into my daily driver and the Cad I already have. CaddyLifer 12-04-05, 12:01 AM Seven to date
1972 Eldorado Convertible, custom diamond metallic blue exterior with white leather interior & white convertible top. (Hey, I was young!)
1976 Coupe de Ville, Gold metallic exterior with gold velour interior
1977 Coupe de Ville, powder blue exterior with white vinyl half top, blue cloth interior (my Dad's before me, his last Cadillac before his last ride in a Cadillac...)
1980 Sedan de Ville, light grey with grey cloth interior
1981 Sedan de Ville, Grey with Grey cloth interior
1993 Sedan de Villle, metallic dark blue/green exterior w/dark blue/green leather interior.
1989 Brougham 5.0 Litre, dark blue exterior, dark blue leather interior, this is my current daily driver.
I want to add 4 more to my mini-collection, a 1976 Coupe or Sedan, a 1977 Coupe de Ville, a 1963 of yet undetermined model, and a 60's or 70's Fleetwood Limo. I have owned interesting combo's of cadillac's
1987 cadillac allante
1997 cadillac catera vouge edition sedan (its after market dealer equiped with the cloth top , hood ornaments , gold pacage , luggage rack , and chrome wheels caddydaddy 12-12-05, 10:28 PM I have owned 9 in this order:
1979 Sedan Deville
1976 Coupe Deville
1978 Fleetwood Brougham
1975 Sedan Deville
1976 Fleetwood Brougham EFI
1976 Sedan Deville
1994 Deville Concours
2000 STS
1994 Sedan Deville sjpi1954 12-13-05, 05:58 PM Evenin' Scrapyard,
I figured you could use a little humor on this question so here goes. I joined this forum about 3 months ago in order to learn as much as possible about Cadillacs. Smart move. What started me in the search for either a new or a pre-owned Cadillac was my lower back. Go figure.
My wife Jaana was taking here RN State Boards in Mobile, AL, and I had about 6-7 hours to kill. Low and behold the Caddy Dealer was across the I-65 and thats where I ended up test driving 3 used CTSs', 2 new CTSs', and then my lower back started acting up. As I was heading in for a coffee break I asked the saleslady why that CTS looked like it was on steroids.
JP, meet the new STS. Nice rod. 1.5 hours later and 57 miles on the clock I got out of that car and my lower back actually felt better. That has NEVER happened to me before....not in a car, a truck, an airplane, a helicopter, or a motorcycle.
So began an intense quest to find out all I could about adaptive seat technology...standard equipment in the '03 and later Cadillac Sevilles, an option pre-'03. 10 beautiful bladders made by the Die Electric Corporation and designed to minimize lower back and leg fatigue and stress automatically. Initial reading 30-60 seconds after the key is turned on and auto adjust every 3-4 minutes later based on your position in the seat. I love it. Gotta have it. IF the seat has the lumbar massage even better.
Over the past three months I have legally bought, on eBay, 3 Cadillac Seville STSs', and not one is in my garage. I have test driven 17 STSs' and SLSs combined. Some with the adaptive seat option and some without. My back always knows. Cadillac Customer Service has been immensely helpful in running build sheet stuff for me off of the RPO codes. So, what has happened on eBay. Simple. NONE of the 3 Cadillacs were as advertised. I'm not talking about a scratch that wasn't advertised.
I'm talking about outright lying, cheating, and gross deception. The good news is that I was reimbursed 100% for my R/T Air Fare to both Atlanta and Richmond. I had amicable settlements with two of the dealerships and the first one got ugly...coyote ugly and I ended up with an eBay strike.
My local Pensacola Cadillac Dealership got in an '03 SLS that was Certified and I rode the Harley down to test drive it, and if everything shook out, I had my sight draft to buy it if the deal was right. The '03 was out doing a ferry trip when I arrived so I killed some time test driving a Deville, my first, and then everything went to hell.
Another retired military aviator pulled up in a 99 STS and we immediately hit it off. Both wearing the leather bomber jackets with the squadron patches and talking flying. Next thing you know I'm test driving his 99 STS and it hurts my lower back and has the Seville Shakes at 65+++ so we go back to the Dealership.
The Used Car Sales Manager comes over, frothing at the mouth like a Rottweiler ready for blood and evicts me from the Dealership for 'sabotoging a potential sale' and 'forbids me from ever coming back'. What he did not know was that the 99 STS Navy Commander was waiting to take his grandson to lunch and he was also just killin' time. Go figure.
So, I mount up on the '99 FXDX and ride off into the sunset with my bank sight draft and no SLS with the Adaptive Seat package. I guess they can afford to evict people here in Pensacola. I wrote Gregg Whibbs a letter but I haven't received a reply. Thought he might want to know the 'Rest of the Story'.
I am currently bidding on another '03 SLS on eBay that is fully covered under warranty and shows pretty well. If I crash and burn on this one I think I'll start taking Prozac and drinking Miller Lite.
How many Cadillacs have I owned? Legally 3...Physically 0.
No guts No glory, Never give up Never surrender,
JP
Stephen JP Ingley
CW4, USA-Ret. powerglide 12-13-05, 07:26 PM Boy Stephen, you've been through alot to find the right car.
I'm sure it will be worth the wait!
I had no idea the adaptive seat thing would make such a huge difference, I figured it was more of a sales gimmick....thanks for the report!
Too bad you've wasted so much on eBay.....I bought mine on eBay and drove off without a problem (well the dealer gave me the wrong remote but I took care of that by mail)
I'd like to hear more about what happened on that one transaction that turned 'coyote ugly'!
A belated welcome to the forums! :welcome:
PS
I wouldn't hold my breath for a reply from Scrapyard .......he hasn't been here since Feb-2004. (last post was actually Jan-04) SilverFleetwood85 12-19-05, 01:09 AM I have owned 2
1997 Cadillac Catera (totaled in an accident)
1992 Sedan Deville (Currently Own) boricuacaddy 12-20-05, 01:08 PM I have owned 1 and 1/8 Cadillacs.
1. The one I drive now.
1/8 is the Cimarron, that is how much Cadillac I think was in that car. One P.O.S!
I don't want to get into the nightmares I had with that car.
David 2
1993 Eldorado - Totalled
2000 SLS
in 2 years i plan on trading in the 2000 and getting a 2005 sts Bro-Ham 12-29-05, 06:21 PM Hi,
I've owned 6 Cadillacs.
Had previously:
1978 Fleetwood Limousine
1978 Sedan deVille d'Elegance
1976 Fleetwood Brougham w/dual airbag option
1990 Brougham d'Elegance
Have now:
1981 Fleetwood Brougham Coupe
1979 Sedan deVille d'Elegance
Want a mint 1977-84 Fleetwood Formal Limousine next!
Happy New Year!
Dave caddeville 12-30-05, 02:43 AM I own an 87 deville. It will be the best u'll ever see once its done july 2006, beside the gold plated 87 deville. I've also got the most powerfull HT4100 u'll ever drive, u'd swear it is a 4.5 PFI, accelerates pretty damn fast. It has 94,000 miles and runs absolutly perfect with MSD everything including the 6a ignition, flowmaster exhaust with magnaflow cat, and new intake. I drove it a couple times on the road at night with my dad beside me and i always cruise around the shop. I've been driving since i was 10 and learned stick wen i was 11. We drive it to the shop and back on weekends. My dad has an 87 deville also with 170,000 miles on original engine and tranny, it just needs engine mounts, but thats just wasted money. We were 1 1/2 hours late to the airport for my uncle and my dad drove the shit out of that thing, it sounded like a BMW. I thought the engine was going to blow up, but it sounded SWEET!!! We passed a riced up honda and he wanted to race. The rpms were garaunteed to be maxed out, but it held up, with 170,000 miles! Thats one solid engine!!
Me = 1 1987 deville (94,000miles)
Dad = (current) 1987 deville (170,000miles)
(9 years ago) 1985 deville (75,000miles, engine was P.O.S, ran when it wanted to) Here is my list:
'77 Sedan DeVille
'77 Sedan DeVille
'64 Coupe DeVille
'70 Eldorado
'70 Eldorado
2003 CTS
I still have the last '70 Eldorado. Patrick7997 01-29-06, 04:53 PM 1979 Eldorado, Yellow with yellow leather, factory fuel injection 350. Bought it for a winter car, but liked it a lot.... definitely started the ball rolling.
1990 Eldorado, white with black leather. Real nice car. 4.5 Liter. An underrated Cadillac example. Drove super nice. A little small, but it had a very heavy solid feel on the road.
1992 Eldorado blue with blue leather. 4.9 liter. I had actually gone to a dealership to buy a 1994 ETC, but they sold it, and then had this one, a steal. Couldn't resist. Was a great car.
1997 Eldorado Touring Coupe. Northstar 300HP. Pearl white with black leather. Black cloth top. Super nice. Been 6 months now, amazing. I am very pleased with it. Car is a dream.
It looks like I'll have to keep this one nice, since they quit making them... what a loss to civilization. Unless they come to their senses and come out with an Eldorado again.... Katshot 01-29-06, 08:04 PM I can't believe I never posted in this thread! Okay, let me see.....
I'll bet I get the prize....
between 1980 and 2000 I bought about 100 to 150 per year so.....
Even if I just go with an average.....
Ahhh 2500 or so. Yeah that's about right.
Oh wait a second, you meant how many did I "personally" own? Oh damn.
That would be one.
Oh well, it was great while it lasted. :rolleyes: '71 Deville
'72 Deville
'73 Eldo
'81 Eldo
'83 Eldo
'85 Eldo
'92 Deville
'97 Deville
'02 SLS mveazie 03-05-06, 06:00 PM :)6 Caddies and one mistake!! :mad:
:) 1992 Eldorado Bought in 1999 92000 sold in 2001 121000
:) 1993 Sedan Deville bought in 1999 119000 miles - sold 2001 140000
:thepan:1998 Lincoln Mark VIII 2001 piece of S&*t Lincoln had to buy back lemon went back to Cadillac
:) 1999 STS 26000 sold in 2005 96000
:) 2000 DTS 45000 Still Have
:bouncy: 2000 ETC Collecters Series 956 of the series SpeedyArizona 03-05-06, 07:29 PM First car EVER was a 1990 Cadillac Eldorado which I drove for many, many years until a year ago when I sold it off. Then I bought a 1997 Eldorado ETC which I drove only for a few months before selling it and buying my mothers (yes, I bought my mother's car:D) 2002 Eldorado "Collector's Edition".
1990 Eldorado (until 2005)
1997 Eldorado (until 2006)
2002 Eldorado (2006 & beyond)
+ a BMW 3-Series and my current Porsche 911 Convertible. I~LUV~Caddys8792 03-05-06, 10:19 PM 1992 Sedan deVille bought 12-15-05
Next, I plan a 96-02 ETC
I would love to get a:
'90-92 Brougham D'elegance without the 307!!
'79-85 Eldorado Biarritz
'80-85 Fleetwood Brougam Coupe
'77-78 Eldorado Biarritz
'91-92 Fleetwood Coupe
'96-97 Seville STS dretwenty5 07-25-08, 07:28 PM These were my babies...
1985 Sedan DeVille
1996 Eldorado
1996 Sedan Deville
1984 Sedan Deville Diesel
1996 Fletwood These were intersperced with various European cars:
1962 Convertile
1976 Seville
1993 Seville STS
1995 Seville STS
2002 Seville SLS
Waiting for Cadillacs next Classic! | |