Just bought a 2001 Seville SLS

[CadillacSTS2003]

congrats man
thats a clean gurl
SLS and white diamond arent too things id look for but the car pulls it off well

youll enjoy it, and make sure you do a dex change ASAP or else youll suffer the wrath of Destroyer!

Sam, irony at its finest that was the gurl i met last night at NPC hahaha

for me i always name my cars with a name starting or sounding like the model

the Eldorado was Elane (till my sister took it over and bastardized it calling it Leon the Fetus Mobile [i kid you not you can ask girl on that one])

the Seville is Sasha

the Camaro Z is Carmen


Soooo Seville hummm... cant pick Sasha lol
Silvia?
Sarah?
Simone?

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

if you name it samantha, it WILL blow the headgaskets.

[CadillacSTS2003]

now now
not all Sams are truly evil...
i hope to vouch for that haha

[gdwriter]

Originally Posted by I~LUV~Caddys8792

if you name it samantha, it WILL blow the headgaskets.

[gdwriter]

OK, another name suggested by the art director at work: Blanche. Fitting since she's White Diamond. And another B car, so that goes with Betty.

While we're on the subject of new cars, here's an old one. My sister recently joined Facebook and has been uploading pictures like crazy, including some going way back. So here's me (with hair) with the first car I bought. This was taken in late 1982 or early 1983:



1974 Toyota Celica. Drove it all through high school, college, and my first year out on my own. In the background, parked at the curb, is Nellie, the '64 Impala I grew up with and learned to drive in.

[TSS]

Fix that bulb yet?

[CadillacGurl]

Blanche works Gives a "Street Car Named Desire" feel plus I always loved Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh is spectacular in her movies.

[EcSTSatic]

Stella! Stella!

[slk230mb]

I never noticed that the ignition is on the dash and not the steering column on a STS.

Oh, and I agree, never EVER name a car Sam/Samantha. I'm 99% certain they are all EVIL.

[submariner409]

Yeah....replace the inner tail light bulbs. Looks like 2002 was the year Cadillac dropped the ducks in the crest: my grille crest is different - no ducks and fewer leaves in the wreath.

Quote and post the fine print on the sticker on the radiator sight shield. Or take a good closeup and post it........

You can find the rivets (retainers) for the radiator sight shield at either a dealer or in the "Help!" blister pack section at a large parts house.

Get a 2" rubber pipe cap from Home Depot or Lowes and do the "butt plug" mod to get rid of the kidney-shaped resonator in the air intake. Makes filter changes simple and gives easy access to the transmission dipstick (dry sump, MUST be running in P, warm, to check). Replace the resonator Torx hold down bolt with a proper sized Philips machine screw. See below. Change to a higher flow WIX or NAPA Gold panel air filter - the existing cold air intake is more than adequate for the engine.

Order a strut tower brace, p/n 25653157, from a Cadillac dealer, $40. Tightens up the front end in turns and firms up the steering. R/H pic.

[orconn]

Well, if Samantha won't do for extraneous reasons, how about Mrs. Simpson; you can call her Wallace or Wally for short! Nothing like putting a American sedutress in your garage! Who knows you might get the Duke for no extra charge!

[EcSTSatic]

If you are going for seductresses, how about Mrs Robinson?

[gdwriter]

Originally Posted by submariner409

Order a strut tower brace, p/n 25653157, from a Cadillac dealer, $40. Tightens up the front end in turns and firms up the steering. R/H pic.

Thanks for the tip! Oddly enough, the '91 DeVille has a strut tower brace. I figure it's factory, but who knows.

Right now, I'm leaning more toward Sabrina than Blanche. If this were a White Diamond DeVille, I'd go with Blanche, since that's a bigger and more old-school Cadillac. The Seville is so sleek that I'm not sure if Blanche really fits.

I'll have to check with my 5-year-old niece and get her opinion.

[CadillacSTS2003]

yea back then they were factory
my 97 ETC has one too
Sadly the STS didnt come with it stock, its a euro add on for the autobhan
buy it, its worth the investment

[ryannel2003]

The name Blanche always reminds me of that woman off the golden girls when i watched it with my grandparents. I do like that name though.