Commuting technques in your Cadillac ATS

[Pilgrim]

For those who want to add pizazz to their morning commute, a study in technique...



Incidentally, I think I've found why some of my YouTube links wouldn't show as a window in the post.  Some of them begin with an https and they don't show.  If I delete the "s" from the URL, it renders as a window.

[ack1961]

...and probably didn't spill a drop of his latte'.

[rahock]

My toy car is a 99 Miata with an add on supercharger and nitrous kit. I like driving in the twisties, but I'm an old school guy and drifting just violates that school of thought. I like to kick the tail end out a little on curves, but this drifting thing is spooky to me . I feel a hole lot better when the tail end remains planted a bit more .
Rick

[chromium]

Shewt... I wish I was behind that guy on the freeway!  Most of the Caddys in front of me are doing twenty under the speed limit 

[Denis]

Sounds like a TIE Fighter sliding around those turns!

[gearHed289]

Good time! Can't say I've seen a Caddy do THAT! My friend Randy used to be chief steward of Formula Drift, but I never made it to an event. Never tried it in my Mustang, but I have been on the twisties a couple of times (Road America and Autobahn - Joliet, IL), and let me tell you - you have NO idea how HEAVY your car is until you take it out and whip it around a road course. I need tires.... 

[Pilgrim]

Caddy has done a fantastic job of changing its image in the last decade.  Love the styling, and I'm intrigued by the power.  However, even at age 63 I still find myself tempted to think of it as an old guy's car.  I hope they're succeeding in impressing their new image on 30-somethings, which is where they want to move their market.

I'm starting to break the stereotype, though...I'd love to drive a good used example of the newer Caddy models, just to see what they're like.

[nofi]

this...

http://www.thetorquereport.com/2010/10/2011_cadillac_cts-v_wagon_pack.html

..ain't your grandpa's caddy!

[rahock]

this...

http://www.thetorquereport.com/2010/10/2011_cadillac_cts-v_wagon_pack.html

..ain't your grandpa's caddy!

I bought a Lincoln MKX two years ago and when I was shopping on line I also was looking at Caddys STX. I accidently came up with some of the stats on the Caddy wagon and just about fudged my undies . I thought I was looking at the STX. This wagon will run with anything on the road .
Rick

[Pilgrim]

this...

http://www.thetorquereport.com/2010/10/2011_cadillac_cts-v_wagon_pack.html

..ain't your grandpa's caddy!

Did you ever think there'd be a day when you could get Recaro seats and a six-speed stick in a Caddy wagon?  Dang!!!

[Dave W]

I won't buy GM. Period. Too many bad experiences before the bailout, no way afterward. I don't care how good the reviews are. Never.

[Barklessdog]

this...

http://www.thetorquereport.com/2010/10/2011_cadillac_cts-v_wagon_pack.html

..ain't your grandpa's caddy!

My boss drives one. What's not to love?
Best bass rig hauler ever!
Dodge Power Wagon with a hemi comes to mind

[Barklessdog]

I won't buy GM. Period. Too many bad experiences before the bailout, no way afterward. I don't care how good the reviews are. Never.

Agreed one the most unreliable cars I owned was a Chevy Lumina company car. Had to be towed every other week!

[Pilgrim]

I won't buy GM. Period. Too many bad experiences before the bailout, no way afterward. I don't care how good the reviews are. Never.

I agree they totally screwed the pooch on styling and almost every other aspect of desirable passenger cars for decades. Chevy hasn't made a car that appeals to me other than the Vette since about 1980. However, I think that underneath that, they still had some solid drivetrains and I have always liked their truck and SUV stuff.  I believe that GM is improving, and cars like the Caddy and the new Camaro and the SS (similar to the Impala but a different model) give me hope.

Our '99 Blazer was kind of an "appliance" - nothing interesting or exciting about it - but it was trouble-free, dependable, had good power and gave us 150K good miles before having a problem with the 4WD that I wasn't interested in fixing, so I traded it.

[Dave W]

Now it's a matter of principle with me, I couldn't care less about how good their current lineup may be. The stockholders' and bondholders' legal rights were wiped out and given to the unions. It was a deliberate subversion of the legal process.