{"id":6626,"date":"2010-03-17T07:08:23","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T13:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=6626"},"modified":"2010-03-17T13:31:10","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T19:31:10","slug":"cts-seat-experiment-the-loaner-cts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cts-seat-experiment-the-loaner-cts\/","title":{"rendered":"CTS Seat Experiment — The Loaner CTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Took my 2005 Cadillac CTS over to Crest Cadillac<\/a> in Plano, Texas today to see about the Service Air Bag light on from The Great Cadillac CTS Seat Experiment.<\/a> I had emailed and called ahead to make an appointment, and my Service Adviser was waiting for me when I arrived.\u00a0 We briefly discussed the situation, and then I worked with the Loaner Car desk to get the Loaner car setup and I was off.\u00a0 In and out around 20 minutes total.\u00a0 Everyone was very nice and helpful, especially since I arrived at the extended hours opening time of 7 am.\u00a0 Crest’s service hours make it super easy to drop off your Cadillac for service and still get to work on time.<\/p>\n

The Loaner CTS appears to be a 2010? Cadillac CTS 3L with 9k miles or so.\u00a0 Light platinum exterior, neutral leather (now called cashmere?) interior.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:\u00a0 the loaner car is a 2010 CTS 1SD 3.0L Luxury Model.\u00a0 So it has Luxury Level One Package, including (ARH) heavy-duty pet guard cargo net, (RYJ) retractable cargo area shade, (UA6) theft-deterrent alarm system, (U2R) audio system, and (TSQ) accent lighting, 6 disc CD player, leather upgraded seats, and bluetooth.\u00a0 The wood trim accents are also part of this package.<\/p>\n

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\nNo insignia on the rear left which I think indicates this is the 3.0L model and not the 3.6L model.<\/p>\n

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\nThese wheels are a 1000% improvement over the 08-09 base model wheels. I love these, although I suppose they are difficult to clean. Certainly worth the trouble though.<\/p>\n

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\nEngine compartment shot. No markings on the engine cover, which seems uncharacteristic. I would have expected the cover to say VVT, DI, 3L etc. Look at that strut brace! Here is a closeup:<\/p>\n

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\nThis has a very ‘aftermarket’, serious look to me with the exposed weld. I like it, but surprised to see it as the ‘stock’ piece.<\/p>\n

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\nI am a sucker for the wood trim steering wheel and shifter.<\/p>\n

Overall this CTS drives very well. I am jealous of the manual-shift option on the 6-speed automatic transmission, and it holds selected gears which is perfect.\u00a0 The 3L seems to have plenty of power for the CTS.\u00a0 This combination has gotten a lot of mixed reviews from the buff books, but I am not sure why.\u00a0 The 3L and 6-speed automatic seem to work very well together to me.<\/p>\n

Hopefully I’ll get my 2005 CTS back today; God willing and the creek don’t rise they just need to run a diagnostic to correct the airbag issue.\u00a0 I have ordered a new control panel for the driver’s door to address the new discovery that the new driver’s seat is a memory seat.\u00a0 In other words, it wants to move to the position that I select when I open the door with my remote so it is ready for driver 1 or driver 2.\u00a0 Unfortunately, my CTS does not have the position selector switch, so I have ordered one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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