{"id":7028,"date":"2010-04-10T17:08:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T23:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=7028"},"modified":"2011-05-08T12:07:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T17:07:50","slug":"2010-cadillac-cts-v-test-drive-saturday-with-texas-jim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/2010-cadillac-cts-v-test-drive-saturday-with-texas-jim\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 Cadillac CTS-V Test Drive – Saturday with Texas Jim"},"content":{"rendered":"

The story so far: I picked up a 2010 Cadillac CTS-V<\/a> from Crest Cadillac<\/a> in Plano to test drive this weekend.<\/p>\n

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This afternoon I drove out and met up with Texas Jim<\/a> to look at the CTS-V and discuss.\u00a0 Jim drives a 2006 Cadillac DTS Performance Sedan, and I wanted to let him size up the Recaro Sport Seats in this CTS-V to see how they would suit.\u00a0 We took the CTS-V out for a bit of a stretch, then had a nice chat.<\/p>\n

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Jim reports that the seats worked just fine for him, although we did not have time to try a 12-15 hour cross-country trip as is his habit.\u00a0 I got a couple of shots of the cars together.<\/p>\n

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CTS-V and DTS Performance Sedan<\/p><\/div>\n

Driving Impressions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Driving the 2010 Cadillac CTS-V is a like having Charlie Lau or Ted Williams personally coach you in batting.\u00a0 The CTS-V is absolutely competent and poised, and incredibly strong.\u00a0 It has been perfect in every situation I put it through, whether it was squirting through traffic, idling in drive-through lane at Boston Market, or navigating there and back again for a random meet up spot to be announced after we get there.<\/p>\n

There are almost no supercharger sounds from within the CTS-V, but it makes a variety of delightful burbles and growls as it surges forward when requested.<\/p>\n

The wheel-hop that fairly or not plagued the 1st Generation CTS-V is definitely solved in this CTS-V.<\/p>\n

I was concerned about the city\/highway MPG rating for the CTS-V but now I am convinced that every gallon that passes through this amazing super car dies happy, having satisfied its purpose in life.<\/p>\n

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\nMandatory Gripe: The outside rear view mirrors are more narrow and taller than the mirrors on the 1st Gen CTS. I suspect they are more aerodynamic, but they will take some getting used to before I am comfortable with the narrow aspect.<\/p>\n

My Host for this test drive is Crest Cadillac<\/a> of Plano, Texas.\u00a0 They are located <\/a>at 2701 North Central Expressway, Plano, Texas.\u00a0 You can contact them by phone Toll-free at 1-866-697-9144 or locally at (972)578-7511, or on Twitter <\/a>or Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

FTC Disclosure:\u00a0 Jim paid for our soft-drinks for our after drive chat.\u00a0 Thanks Jim!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The story so far: I picked up a 2010 Cadillac CTS-V from Crest Cadillac in Plano to test drive this weekend. This afternoon I drove out and met up with Texas Jim to look at the CTS-V and discuss.\u00a0 Jim … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,6,189],"tags":[538,565],"class_list":["post-7028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cts-v-cadillac-models","category-site-info-news","category-test-info","tag-crest-cadillac","tag-cts-v-test-drive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028","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\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7028"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7048,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028\/revisions\/7048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}