Car peeps assemble. Cadillac CTS-V

[PICK3]

Plank mentioned this car in an unrelated thread and I was reminded I needed to bring up my recent experience in this beast.

Monday or Tuesday of last week my father received the gray coupe he ordered months ago. That thing is the fastest car in which I've ever ridden, no contest. Had I been driving I probably would've been ok, but as a passenger I was white knuckling. I can't comment on the super duper sports car handling it is reputed to have, as thankfully we did not take any turns of note.

Straight line acceleration is superior to the lightly modded '08 Corvette (~455bhp) I drove until a few months ago. The Caddy is something like 800lbs heavier than my Vette, but has 100 more hp. Dunno about the torque. I guess the added power is more than enough to make up for the weight difference though.

I'm still not totally wacky about the sharp edges on the exterior styling when you get up close. I wish GM would just shitcan stupid design language they adopted for Cadillac several years ago. When you back away maybe 10' from it though it's an awesome looking car. Aggressive looking as hell. Side view from several feet away it reminds me of a big cat sort of crouched forward ready to spring.

Interior is great. Awesome looking seats. Very high grade looking materials on the dash and doors. Well done. Probably not quite as rich looking as mom's SL, but close.

Worst case of car envy I've ever had.

Wonderful ride!

however, knot age appropriate for you

 

[shirlene29]

I think this is just poor attempt to redirect the convo to shirl's boobs.

I really wasn't totally disapproving of this

 

[RottenWillow]

Wonderful ride!

however, knot age appropriate for you

No chance of me ever getting to actually drive it, so sadly that's not a concern. He's got three (now four) really sweet rides that have been absolutely forbidden to me in all the time he's had them. I used to think "hey eventually he'll let me drive it" when the new wears off, but to car collectors I guess the new never wears off.

 

[RottenWillow]

dude, it was a customer of mines car..I wasn't going to tear the shit out of it. 0-60 it feels just like a motorcycle.

Never once did I say it was faster than a bike, I said the acceleration reminded me of some of my older bikes. Which it does on the butt dyno when you're sitting in the car.

I wouldn't expect you to know what it feels like tho since you've never driven the car and are strictly going off what you saw on youtube and looked up on google.

and subjectively it seemed like it continued to accelerate just as hard from 60-110 or so as it did up to 60. No doubt it wasn't but it sure so hell had to be close.