[mkcad]

Just thought I would let everybody know there is a DTS on ebay right now witht he bench seat option.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/All-New-2006-Cadillac-DTS-Luxury-II_W0QQitemZ4578712940QQcategoryZ6146QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

look a lot like the old base deville! I am so glad that the bench seat is not standard anymore!

 

[Jesda]

Deville II?

I'm madly in love with the looks of that car.

 

[powerglide]

bench seats rock!

 

[Parrothead]

MY Girlfriend is happy, no more bruised ribs!

 

[Adam]

MY Girlfriend is happy, no more bruised ribs!

HA! yeah bench seats rule man.

 

[turbojimmy]

look a lot like the old base deville! I am so glad that the bench seat is not standard anymore!

That's because it is - the nose and tail are different but the middle is the same. I can't wait 'til people start wreckin' them so I can update the looks of my '01.

Jim

 

[Lanzz]

Turbojimmy - can't wait to see you graft the new nose and tail on '01 DTS. Your rebuild story with pictures was fantastic - so, please, when you do the '06 update, please... LOTS of pictures.

e

 

[turbojimmy]

Turbojimmy - can't wait to see you graft the new nose and tail on '01 DTS. Your rebuild story with pictures was fantastic - so, please, when you do the '06 update, please... LOTS of pictures.

e

lol - thanks. Trouble is that most people hit stuff with the fronts of them. As the base cars become more popular in rental car fleets I might be able to pick up some body parts. The nose looks like it would be easy. The rear requires grafting in 1/4s which probably isn't worth the effort. I like the interiors though - I'm willing to bet they bolt right up.

Jim

 

[Parrothead]

I want to graft the clock into my 01. The lack of a convenient clock location is my only real complaint.

 

[DopeStar 156]

I love everything about that car with the exception of the hood ornament being gone. Mercedes still uses hoodies, why is Caddy dumping them? At least keep the hoody. The back reminds me of the '69 DeVille's back end.

 

[lacmang]

I'm releived to see there is a bench seat option. The one I drove had the shifter on the side and I hate that. Now they just need to bring back digital dash and hood ornament options.

 

[MacKiNBacK]

I test drove one at the Chicago Auto Show In Motion. Tis an ok ride. Loved the cooled seats though!

MacK

 

[Rauf]

I love everything about that car with the exception of the hood ornament being gone. Mercedes still uses hoodies, why is Caddy dumping them? At least keep the hoody. The back reminds me of the '69 DeVille's back end.

You're right!

 

[jjsocrazy]

By the way you can also get different shifters, Push Button, and too many colors, lol

 

[tonyk3760]

I test drove a DTS with bucket seats, which I found very comfortable. I then bought a DTS with the bench seat, which I like, but I don't think the bench seat is as comfortable as the bucket seat. Is it just me or is there something to this...

 

[ussyorktown]

:crybaby: Frankly, bench seats remind me of something an old fart would drive around. At 57 I still don't consider myself an old fart! I think I would have to reject a Caddy with long bench seats. I also notice then I often times put my hand on the gear shift on my current ride (an Infiniti 1994) so I would miss not having that in the new (or 'previously loved') Caddy I'll be buying this year.

HOOD ORNAMENT...isn't there something after market you can buy and put on or does that look like too much BLING BLING?

 

[mack1a]

The REAL DTSs prior to the 2006 never had a hood ornament. The ornaments only came on the floater models. Glad they didn't junk up this combined (all old DeVille models merged into one) with an extra piece of chrome to clutter up the car.

I understand the problem. My dad who has owned DeVilles for years always commented on how plain my DTS versions looked. Of course he always had cloth tops, fender skirts on a couple, extra stainless band around the bottom on a couple and of course hood ornaments (which always seemed to be broken or missing about half the time) and other clutter.

Think it's a generational thing.

 

[ussyorktown]

Bling bling.
It is also a regional thing, me thinks.

I used to live in Los Angeles and had a very chromy Eldorado and DeVille. Such cars were common in LA in the 80s and 90s.

I moved to Portland Oregon and people are ashame to show chrome on their cars or drive anything bigger than a Ford or toyota. I DID see a real estate lady in a chromy Mercedes putting up her signs on Sunday.

So, LA, lots of chrome and bling and other places---less so.:thepan: