So I want people that have owned both to please chime in . . . .
I do not want a Cadillac with that electronically controlled carburated 307 Oldsmobile mess under the hood. All those damn vacume lines are in some sorry state of dry rot by now, and 140hp powering a 4200lb car sounds simply absurd now days.
I owned a 1991 Brougham D'Elegance with the 350 Chevy(ie 5.7 liter), I thought that, hell, might as well get the bigger engine. That was until I drove it and read a bit about the 350, turns out they got the "heavy duty" suspension option with the trailer tow pack. Maybe mine was the exception, since it had the shocks replaced right before I bought it, but the damn thing rode like a truck below 45mph, any pothole was felt, mainly it rattled/reverberated through the whole car more than it was felt. It rode decent at interstate speeds, but there was zero float.
I then owned a 1995 Fleetwood with 51k on it, damn that car was so soft by comparison. It also drove like a barge, I think it was more about the body design, rather than the suspension setup. My 1991 drove like a much smaller car, the 95 reminded you every time you entered a curve it was as wide and long as the USS Enterprise.
So anybody that owned a 91-92 car with the 305, ie 5.0 V8, can you please comment on the ride/handling . . . . . And the power output?? By reading the numbers, it should be a lot quicker than that 307 olds, yet it should ride like a proper Cadillac.
I do not want a Cadillac with that electronically controlled carburated 307 Oldsmobile mess under the hood. All those damn vacume lines are in some sorry state of dry rot by now, and 140hp powering a 4200lb car sounds simply absurd now days.
I owned a 1991 Brougham D'Elegance with the 350 Chevy(ie 5.7 liter), I thought that, hell, might as well get the bigger engine. That was until I drove it and read a bit about the 350, turns out they got the "heavy duty" suspension option with the trailer tow pack. Maybe mine was the exception, since it had the shocks replaced right before I bought it, but the damn thing rode like a truck below 45mph, any pothole was felt, mainly it rattled/reverberated through the whole car more than it was felt. It rode decent at interstate speeds, but there was zero float.
I then owned a 1995 Fleetwood with 51k on it, damn that car was so soft by comparison. It also drove like a barge, I think it was more about the body design, rather than the suspension setup. My 1991 drove like a much smaller car, the 95 reminded you every time you entered a curve it was as wide and long as the USS Enterprise.
So anybody that owned a 91-92 car with the 305, ie 5.0 V8, can you please comment on the ride/handling . . . . . And the power output?? By reading the numbers, it should be a lot quicker than that 307 olds, yet it should ride like a proper Cadillac.