I might be getting a free car...but with a catch.

"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke) 05/15/2017 at 00:14 • Filed to: None

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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 > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/15/2017 at 00:26

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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! > LOREM IPSUM 05/15/2017 at 00:27

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One owner, not NYC, garaged for most of its life and never a winter driver.

LOREM IPSUM > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/15/2017 at 00:28

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Then yes. Free caddy!

Tristan > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/15/2017 at 01:05

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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 > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/15/2017 at 04:09

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should you?

why of course!

VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated. > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/15/2017 at 05:53

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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 > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/15/2017 at 07:09

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Free Caddy? Hell yes!!

Justin Hughes > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 05/15/2017 at 09:34

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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 > VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated. 05/15/2017 at 10:17

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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.