Big want!

"ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability" (italianjobr53) 07/21/2020 at 13:35 • Filed to: BaT

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7.0 LS engine swapped Catera!

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ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 13:38

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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2001-cadillac-catera-2/

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 13:40

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It’s still a C atera tho

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/21/2020 at 13:45

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Which means it’s also a Commodore

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/21/2020 at 13:52

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Wrong (ish). Platform was shared, but so highly modified  that it had a different wheelbase and suspension setup, and they had no engines in common. The Catera was sold in Europe as the Opel Omega though.

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 13:57

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For a about 1/2 a second, I thought that was a Lexus IS300. The change to a mesh grill really makes the car look different.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/21/2020 at 14:00

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But this seems like expert level trolling. 

kanadanmajava1 > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 14:07

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What on earth happened to the interior ? Eww.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > kanadanmajava1 07/21/2020 at 14:11

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I’m used to an early 2000s Mini and Corvette interior, that isn't anything out of the ordinary for me!

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/21/2020 at 14:13

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I’m fine with that!

E90M3 > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 14:16

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I don’t think I’ve ever wanted an early 2000s GM product, until now. 

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/21/2020 at 14:20

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It’s gotta V8 now, so it’s Aussie as it gets, mate

onlytwowheels > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 14:34

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It may be the only Catera worth owning.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > kanadanmajava1 07/21/2020 at 14:39

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GM happened to that interior. And it wasn’t designed to be a Cadillac interior either, I’d bet that interior is identical to its Opel counter part.

Yup

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 07/21/2020 at 14:40

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If an  Is300 and J30 had a baby I’d look like this.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 07/21/2020 at 14:40

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Ivan’s Is300 and J30 had a baby I’d look like this.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 14:42

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The Caddy that zigs!

Or just sits there smoking its tires. Which is also fun. 

dogisbadob > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 14:43

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They should’ve given the Catera the 3800 instead of the shit they put in there

I like the Catera more than I should

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > dogisbadob 07/21/2020 at 14:48

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As good as the 3800 is, you cannot argue with a big LS

dogisbadob > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 14:51

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Yeah, the LS is good too :o)

In Aust ralia, they offered the 3800 both NA and su percharged, with the LS1 for the top model. They should’ve done the same here.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > dogisbadob 07/21/2020 at 14:52

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Oooh thats would've been a nice choice of options...

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > kanadanmajava1 07/21/2020 at 14:58

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Front impact and too cheap for airbag

Ash78, voting early and often > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 15:27

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I didn’t even realize until just now that the Catera/Omega was RWD.

How does this car not already belong to Tim Allen?

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 15:59

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I owned a late model GTO so I should know this, but aren’t they on basically the same chassis? (they widened it for the GTO maybe? I can’t remember )

If so, there should be a ton of upgrades you can do to the Cateras, including the big V8s.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/21/2020 at 16:01

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*C_ nt

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 07/21/2020 at 16:01

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Same!

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 16:26

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I’d Zig The Shit out of that...

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/21/2020 at 16:29

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Full send Zig

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 16:29

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In a strange sidenote to how fukty-uppy Cadillac is these days... I actually tried...

www.catera.com

You’d think the dumbasses would at least re-direct that stale old address to this... at minimum...

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/21/2020 at 16:30

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I have no clue....I had forgotten the Catera exists until I saw this one

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 16:41

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My pot dealer in high school had one. Nice guy......

QCGoose > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/21/2020 at 17:42

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Yes, shared platform (I’m sure modified in some way(s) for the GTO).

Nauraushaun > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/21/2020 at 18:29

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I reckon so. Given how much this looks like a VT/VX Commmodore which the GTO is also based on.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 23:08

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It was

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/21/2020 at 23:13

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I was just discussing this the other day with my friends, how Australia is the best country for sporty, manual sedans and wagons...

pip bip - choose Corrour > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 07/21/2020 at 23:15

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We use to be, sadly everything is going suv and auto these days like everywhere else 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/21/2020 at 23:16

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MultiplaOrgasms > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/22/2020 at 16:47

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The Australian Commodore V-Body is considerably different from the European Omega V-Body. Basically the Commodore is a continuation of the slightly larger european Opel Senator.

Opel were considering to mass produce an LS1-powered Omega and had actually built about 30 pre-production cars in 2000 but dropped it officially because the transmission repeatedly suffered from problems  after sustained high-speed (Autobahn) driving.

MultiplaOrgasms > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/22/2020 at 16:50

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Wrong. About 30 Euro Cateras were built with the LS1/4L60E combo. They were all kept by Opel.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > MultiplaOrgasms 07/22/2020 at 18:46

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Yeah, I did a little digging on the old GTO forum I used to frequent and came across basically the same answer. I think there was maybe 3 or 4 parts that were (are?) interchangeable , but it’s basically an entirely different car.