I saw an old Cadillac CTS drive by me today on my way to work and i got me reminiscing about my old CTS.
2005 Cadillac CTS w/ 2.8L V6
You guys remember the matrix reloaded? i saw that movie and i fell instantly in love with that CTS
https://www.motortrend.com/features/matrix-reloaded/
Cadillac just introduced their new "arts and science" design with the release of that movie and i was enthralled. I thought the black one was super menacing looking and it was one of the few domestic cars that i liked.
This was 2005. I just graduated from Super Fuckers University and was working in West Vancouver as a Bank teller for HSBC. Busing to West Van was insane and i wanted a car. My first intuition was to buy a Lexus ES300 but once again toyota ownership slipped through my fingers due to the family being FLAT BROKE. My mom gave me 8000 bucks for a down payment and i leased the CTS for like $650 bucks a month. The caddy wasnt cheap, it was almost 40k and i was only able to afford the base model.
Should i have just taken the 8k and bought a used toyota? hell yes, but this is a 21 year old me and i was trying to get as much ass as possible. Its pretty hard to do that in a jalopy.
The goods:
- The pleather seats are very very comfortable and supportive. I did numerous long drives with the car and it always surprised me at how good it was.
- American Air conditioning was 10000x stronger than the one in my dad's old Sentra XE
- Huge trunk and decent cabin size
- I thought the interior looked really decent! compared to the Sentra that i was coming from, it felt like a spaceship
- It had huge cupholders. Big enough to shove my dingdong in it
The bad:
- Engine was dog shit. the 2.8L v6 was thirsty, noisy, and overall terrible. I raced my friends mitsu gallant and LOST. such garbage power 210hp out of that 2.8L
- The handling wasnt that great. Very low limits and i had a few moments where i was able to get the ass out (FR car) unexpectedly. Body roll was deadly and it felt like the land yachts of old
- Being the base model, i wasnt able to get the xenons and it always made me self conscious for some reason. The light projection from the halogens were so piss poor that driving at night was seriously dangerous.
- The wheels were super small and goofy looking. Once again being base model, i was always kinda embarrassed with the side profile
