C A D I L L A C - The Standard of the World

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
03/13/2019 at 00:12 • Filed to: Bring A Trailer, Cimarron

I love that this auction has been live for 4 days, has 444 comments, and the bidding is at $1,200 (which, frankly is already a CP).

Also that this car features missing bumper fillers, just like EVERY other malaise Caddy.

Lemons anyone?

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This looks NOTHING AT ALL like a Cavalier

DISCUSSION (42)

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 00:43

Wow, I love Cinnabon

WilliamsSW > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/13/2019 at 00:44

Fun fact - a Cinnabon has more power than the Cimarron.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 00:46

But both are still more powerful than a Tercel

WilliamsSW > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/13/2019 at 00:53

This Cimarron has 86 HP. I’m guessing the Tercel is probably at or above that?

But it doesn’t have L E A T H E R.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 00:55

63 hp , when new.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 00:56

I had a chance to pick one of these up for free some years back. It was in good shape but for having sat a few years. I didn’t accept it because it had a V6 and I only wanted it with an Iron Duke because indestructible and less complicated.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/13/2019 at 01:01

The Iron Duke never went into the J-cars. The car in the post has the 2.0 that was in seemingly all ‘80s J-cars that didn’t get the 2.8.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 01:02

I knew a couple people in the late 90's/early 2000's who had Cimarrons. While they were terrible Cadillacs, they made excellent $500 beaters.

Agreed though, $1200 is total CP.

WilliamsSW > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/13/2019 at 01:03

Yikes - but the 3 speed slushbox in the Caddy is the great equalizer in a drag race at least.

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher
03/13/2019 at 01:05

Back in 1990, I worked for GM in Dayton. I worked with a guy who was an absolutely huge Cimarron fan. He had a burgundy one with the V6 that was in great shape for a ~5 year old car - he babied it.

When he told me how into those cars he was, I think I just scratched my head and walked away.

GLiddy > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 01:08

It doesn’t even have 3 pedals which makes it a CP in my book.

My mom was a long time Cadillac owner and I remember when these came out. There was one sitting in the showroom exactly in this color scheme, except it was a manual transmission. That’s what made it different from Cadillacs that came before it. Unlike her De Villes, it felt small and cheap.

WilliamsSW > GLiddy
03/13/2019 at 01:12

Huh - I didn’t even realize it was available with a manual.

TBH I wouldn’t take any Cimarron even if it was free. I’m a reformed GM fanboi and I fucking hate these things.

GLiddy > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 01:18

Kinja'd!!!

WilliamsSW > GLiddy
03/13/2019 at 01:22

Mmm, luxury (full disclosure- my first new car was a manual J-car, but it was a Sunbird convertible - turbo).

Tristan > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 02:28

How did this get accepted by BaT but Captain Dale's GTO didn't?

AndyG_UK > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 03:36

Oh wow is that the 2.0 OHC Family II engine that we got in the J body cars in Europe? It had 130hp here!

pip bip - choose Corrour > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 05:05

“The standard of the world”

if your “standard” is mediocrity

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 07:20

A Comfy Cavalier...........

Ah fuck it, I’d buy it and love every damn second of it.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 07:22

Wow ... That’s freaking weird .

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 08:22

Pure L U X U R Y

I'd daily it

WilliamsSW > Tristan
03/13/2019 at 08:34

I have no freaking clue. Makes no sense at all.

WilliamsSW > AndyG_UK
03/13/2019 at 08:38

No, it’s not - 130 HP might have been a little fun though!

This was an OHV engine that originated in the 70s here in the US.

WilliamsSW > pip bip - choose Corrour
03/13/2019 at 08:39

Mediocrity would have been a step up for the Cimarron.

WilliamsSW > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
03/13/2019 at 08:41

Well, it would be a hit at Ra dwood, and the red leather doesn’t look bad.

pip bip - choose Corrour > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 08:47

LOL

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher
03/13/2019 at 09:01

It was a GM plant. Most of the people in it had 20 years in at GM at that point, and the vast majority were GM fans. 3500+ employees and virtually all of them drove nothing but GM.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 10:08

It looks hella comfy IMO. Probably a more comfortable, more efficient place to spend time than a Corolla.

WilliamsSW > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
03/13/2019 at 10:13

There’s no way it would be as comfy as an old Mopar minivan, though.

It’s been too long since I sat in an ‘80s J-car to remember for sure, but my ‘90 Sunbird was quite comfortable. However, it had updated seats compared to this one.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 10:17

The first gens were the pinnacle of comfort in minivans IMO:

Kinja'd!!!

Seats were like sofas!

Honestly I feel like car interiors today have lost their comfort, stiff/overly bolstered seats, combined with tiny sidewall tires make for a ride that is uncomfortable at best to god-damn awful in many cases.

WilliamsSW > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
03/13/2019 at 10:40

Yeah, that’s what my dad had - same color interior even, although I’m pretty sure that the stitching on the cloth was a different pattern.

Having taken a few very long drives in it ( Chicago-Tampa non-stop for example), I can confirm.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 10:59

The true believers can be their own worst enemy.

NojustNo > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 12:38

My step granny had one exactly like that but rarely drov e it as grandpa drove most of the time . She put 35000 miles on it in 20 years. I used to sit in it and play with the power seats as a kid lol.

Her kids were too hoy ty-toyty to take it for free when their mercedes broke. She sold it instead for a few thousand instead.

NojustNo > GLiddy
03/13/2019 at 12:39

Classic gm - not even matching color exposed screws!

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher
03/13/2019 at 13:42

To be fair, we got pretty big discounts on buying new GM cars, plus the peer pressure to drive our own products was pretty high.

When I took the job right out of college, I had an ‘84 Topaz that I parked in the salaried lot. It was a beater, so not a big deal, but I got plenty of encouragement to buy a GM car.

Heaven forbid you bought a new non-GM car - *especially* if it was a Honda. We weren’t that far from Honda’s non-union plant in Marysville - close enough that people on the north side of town had neighbors who worked at Honda.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW
03/13/2019 at 18:29

I thought they were all Iron Dukes. There was a company building high-performance Iron Dukes at one time, but I think they are defunct.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/13/2019 at 18:34

These date back to the last days when each division still had their own engines - the 2.0 (122) was a Chevy engine, the Iron Duke (151) was a Pontiac engine. Even though you could get the Duke in a Chevy and the 2.0 in a Pontiac, because GM or something :)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
03/24/2019 at 16:13

Yes, definitely, but not for more than about $400.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/24/2019 at 16:13

And only if it had serviceable tires...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
03/24/2019 at 16:14

Pretty sure part of that is safety.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > WilliamsSW
03/25/2019 at 15:59

My grandma had a huge old wagon and went one day to get a car without telling anyone, she got a blue one of those. She had a later one I think, it had cladding on the side.So maybe 87. It was like this, blue leather too, the leather smell was really strong in the car.

Kinja'd!!!

WilliamsSW > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
03/25/2019 at 16:06

I’m guessing that maybe Cadillac sprayed some extra leather scent in the car, to highlight the primary difference between the Cimarron and the Cavalier :)

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > WilliamsSW
03/25/2019 at 16:13

It was deeply dyed or painted blue, I think the smell was from that. I would get a headache from it. Ice cold AC though.