Carroll Custom Cadillac – Restoration and Performance in a Rural Setting

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Today I had a lovely visit with Tim Carroll at Carroll Custom Cadillac in Pilot Point, Texas.   Tim is a master craftsman busy restoring and improving Cadillac automobiles both old and new in a beautiful country-side environment.

And what are Carroll Custom Cadillac up to in Pilot Point, Texas?  Cadillacs.

This first gallery is a 1949 Cadillac Limo under complete restoration.  Carroll Custom Cadillac is doing a frame-off paint and restoration, down to the individual bolt and fastener.  The 331 engine is out of the car getting overhauled one building over.

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Modern era Cadillac also have a warm place next to the hearth here as well.  There were several Cadillac Northstar engines in work.

Carroll Cadillac offers a permanent fix to any head gasket or head bolt issues with the Northstar — engine studs with a lifetime warranty.

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This Cadillac was in from China to have a new intake, exhaust, hood induction, and computer tuning.  International import and restoration is an interesting highlight at Carroll Custom Cadillac, and recommends the quality work and assured success.  It would be very hard for international Customers to bring their Cadillac back around for a minor fix after it gets shipped overseas!

This Cadillac Coupe de-Ville  was in from Europe for an update and refresh.  The Owner left personal notices in a variety of languages attached the inside of the windows requesting shippers take special care of the vehicle to ensure it arrived safely.

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Tim’s brother continues the family business in Ridgefield, WA, but Tim is planning additional square footage and expanded services here in Texas.  The shops for now are ‘by-invitation-only’, so please call head or email Carroll Custom Cadillac with your specific needs.  First topic is usually to schedule your Cadillac repair so that it arrives at the shop with the Team ready to address it, and is in and out and back on the road as soon as possible.

Overall I enjoyed my visit with Tim and the Carroll Custom Cadillac shops, and look forward to checking in on him again another day.  Now I definitely know where I would bring a Cadillac restoration job!!

Cadillac SRX Marches to another great sales month 3/2014

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In March the SRX continued to shine for Cadillac and again blew through 5K units sold, up 23.6%.  SRX is on pace to eclipse CTS and ATS sales combined.

Newly redesigned CTS sales were up 4.6%, but ATS sales were down 16.9%.  Another signal that ATS is not resonating with its target market.

Surprisingly XTS sales were off 30.5% to just over 2K units sold.  This suggests that CTS is grabbing some XTS sales?

Another 81 ELR’s found new homes, for a total of 181 in 2014.  So the trend so far is 6 in Dec, 41 in Jan, 58 in Feb, 81 in March.  All headed in the right direction.

Escalade sales were down across the board.  Fuel prices are steady during this period, so not sure if this reflect the lackluster response for the new GM Truck lines or an Escalade specific issue.

  March (Calendar Year-to-Date)
January – March
  2014 2013 %Change Volume   2014 2013 %Change Volume  
ATS 2,982 3,587 -16.9   7,318 9,750 -24.9  
CTS 2,918 2,791 4.6   7,659 7,862 -2.6  
DTS 0 0 ***.*   0 3 ***.*  
ELR 81 0 ***.*   180 0 ***.*  
Escalade 743 987 -24.7   2,223 2,690 -17.4  
Escalade ESV 508 746 -31.9   1,383 1,846 -25.1  
Escalade EXT 8 211 -96.2   42 574 -92.7  
SRX 5,399 4,368 23.6   14,903 12,856 15.9  
XTS 2,126 3,061 -30.5   5,880 7,130 -17.5  
Cadillac Total* 14,765 15,751 -6.3   39,588 42,712 -7.3  

Summary

GM Cadillac notes: Deliveries of the Cadillac SRX were up 37 percent. In addition, the CTS family was up 11 percent on the strength of the new 2014 CTS sedan, which is the 2014 Motor Trend Car of the Year.

Cadillac Cruising – the 300 mile tour

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I currently drive a 2008 Cadillac STS-V with 4.4L Supercharged V8. I thoroughly enjoy owning it. The current EPA rating for this model is 13 mpg city, 19 mpg highway. That equates to 6.7 gallons per 100 miles. So for my frequent 300 mile jaunts, 20.1 gals would be needed without refueling the 18 gal tank. See the issue?

A new Cadillac ELR can manage that with full charge 37 miles and full 9 gal tank for 303 miles or 340 miles total.

A new ATS 2l Turbo, at 21/31 mpg or 4.2 gal / 100 miles can also do 300 miles in 12.6 gal of its 17 gal tank and arrive with fuel left over.

The other interesting contender is the new CTS Vsport wih 420 hp 3.6L twin turbo. At 16/24 mpg or 5.6 gal/ 100 miles it can go 300 miles for 16.8 gals out of its 19(!) gal tank, also arriving with fuel left over.

Read more from EPA: EPA comparison

What do you think? What is the best Cadillac to enjoy for a 300 mile tour?.