by "DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
Published 05/15/2017 at 00:14
by "DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
Published 05/15/2017 at 00:14
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Yes indeed, I may be getting a free project car, and it would be a Cadillac, which would make it my second.
It’s a 1992 Cadillac Coupe deVille owned by a friend of mine’s dad in New York. He knows I’m a Cadillac and Malaise aficionado, and would like to give me stewardship of the car to take care of it for a while.
This means, however, that he is probably going to want to buy it back at a later date, but that’s fine by me.
There are a few issues however, he claims that it stalls, and that there may be a slight oil leak. There’s also some minor cosmetic things, most of which can be fixed, no problem.
Should I, Oppo?
"LOREM IPSUM" (lorem---ipsum)
05/15/2017 at 00:26, STARS: 0
Maybe. If it lived it’s life in NY State.
If it’s an NYC car, I might have second thoughts. Between the condition of the roads and the drive/park-by-feel nature of NYC drivers, if it’s lived in NYC it’s whole life it may be in need of way more love than it’s worth.
But maybe.
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
05/15/2017 at 00:27, STARS: 0
One owner, not NYC, garaged for most of its life and never a winter driver.
"LOREM IPSUM" (lorem---ipsum)
05/15/2017 at 00:28, STARS: 0
Then yes. Free caddy!
"Tristan" (casselts)
05/15/2017 at 01:05, STARS: 0
Many moons ago my family owned a ‘90 Sedan DeVille that had the same issue- it would just occasionally stall for no apparent reason. We bought it with 45,000 miles and sold it for $300 at 125k miles. It was still in mint condition, too. Why? because it was miserably unreliable. It’s honestly the most unreliable car I can remember in my lifetime. Damn, it was comfy, though!
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
05/15/2017 at 04:09, STARS: 0
should you?
why of course!
"VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated." (vonbootwilly)
05/15/2017 at 05:53, STARS: 0
Our fam had the fleetwood version for a while, we got it around 1998, IIRC the head bolts just pull out of the aluminum block and take the threads with them. We had to find a good replacement block for it, then dumped it before it f’ed us again. Basically just watch out for head gasket / overheating type stuff, by then it’ll just be telling you with it’s last breath. I also learned those were part of the GM era where they liked to use plastic fenders. The fronts are like saturn style polyurethane or something.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
05/15/2017 at 07:09, STARS: 0
Free Caddy? Hell yes!!
"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
05/15/2017 at 09:34, STARS: 0
I’m not a Cadillac man, but for the price and the conditions of the “sale,” I’d take it and use it as a super comfy commuter once I had it fixed up.
"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
05/15/2017 at 10:17, STARS: 0
North Star v8 right? That’s the typical issue with those. Couple ways to fix it though, but need to pull the motor. Otherwise, that lump is pretty bulletproof.