{"id":14693,"date":"2013-03-16T10:24:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T15:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=14693"},"modified":"2013-03-16T10:42:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T15:42:23","slug":"breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast, Cadillac CTS-V pickup on Saturday, and He&#8217;s off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I met Jim this morning for breakfast at The Egg &amp; I.\u00a0 We had a nice visit and a good repast.<\/p>\n<p>We arrived at Boardwalk Porsche in good time and the car was ready to roll, tags on and keys in hand.\u00a0 Jim pulled it out into the sun for photos.<\/p>\n<p>Click on a photo to zoom in and start slide show mode.\u00a0 Click the X to return to the blog post.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14693 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0336-jpg-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0336.JPG-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0336.JPG-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0336.JPG-2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14707'>\n\t\t\t\tBreakfast at The Egg &#038; I\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0340-jpg-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0340.JPG-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14696\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0340.JPG-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0340.JPG-2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14696'>\n\t\t\t\tJim driving the new V out of the Dealer\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0341-jpg-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0341.JPG-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14697\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0341.JPG-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0341.JPG-2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14697'>\n\t\t\t\tTight turn\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0342-jpg-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0342.JPG-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14698\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0342.JPG-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0342.JPG-2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14698'>\n\t\t\t\tmore tight turning\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/20130316_085041\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130316_085041-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14709\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130316_085041-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130316_085041-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14709'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst interior shot with Recaro Seats\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0343-jpg-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0343.JPG-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14699\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0343.JPG-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0343.JPG-2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14699'>\n\t\t\t\tChris Williamson of Boardwalk Porsche and Jim (holding keys)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/20130316_091405\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130316_091405-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14708\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130316_091405-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130316_091405-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14708'>\n\t\t\t\tBruce fixing one pushpin missing from an underside air deflector\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0350\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0350-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14706\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0350-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0350-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14706'>\n\t\t\t\tJim&#8217;s CTS-V on the road\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0349\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0349-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14705\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0349-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0349-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14705'>\n\t\t\t\tAnother shot of Jim&#8217;s CTS-V on the road shot\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0348\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0348-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14704\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0348-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0348-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14704'>\n\t\t\t\tSTS-V and CTS-V side by side front\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0347\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0347-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14703\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0347-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0347-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14703'>\n\t\t\t\tSTS-V and CTS-V rear\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0346\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0346-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14702\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0346-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0346-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14702'>\n\t\t\t\tCTS-V and STS-V quarter\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0345\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0345-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14701\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0345-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0345-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14701'>\n\t\t\t\tSTS-V and CTS-V front quarter\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/img_0344\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0344-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0344-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0344-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14700'>\n\t\t\t\tSTS-V and CTS-V front right\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Next we took a quick confirmation test drive &#8212; all systems go.<\/p>\n<p>There was a minor issue from the pre-purchase inspection at <a title=\"Crest Cadillac\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crestcars.com\" target=\"_blank\">Crest Cadillac<\/a> that one or more plastic push-pin rivets was missing from the underside air deflector.\u00a0 I brought a few with me and pushed one back into the only place we found open.\u00a0 I gave Jim some extras.<\/p>\n<p>Jim and I paraded up the road to his hotel where he plans to pack-up, checkout, and put the navigation system on New Jersey and head East.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully we&#8217;ll get updates along the way as he progresses.\u00a0 I asked him to remember to mention which state he is in if we need to send bail.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I met Jim this morning for breakfast at The Egg &amp; I.\u00a0 We had a nice visit and a good repast. We arrived at Boardwalk Porsche in good time and the car was ready to roll, tags on and keys &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/breakfast-jims-cts-v-pickup-on-saturday-and-were-off\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,144,6,523,564,251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cadillac-news","category-cts-v-cadillac-models","category-site-info-news","category-sts-v-cadillac-models","category-test-drive","category-trip-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14693"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14721,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14693\/revisions\/14721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}