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Anybody have any suggestions?
I just bought 4 wheels @ $199 ea.
Plus 4 snows "Blizak" @ $150.00 ea.
Plus 4 tire sensors @ $36 ea.
Tirerack "rules".
$1600 is small price to pay for safety!
-mike
Did you get one size for all 4 tires?
First, I've never seen a CTS Couple in the flesh, much less the V version. So let's start with the styling. The lowered prow of the coupe almost makes the regular CTS nose look a little frumpy (and most everyone likes that nose). The windshield rake is almost Corvette-ish. The missing doorhandles are something I'd love to see on other cars. One thing I hadn't thought about with the new doorhandles is that the interior has to have a switch button instead of door handles as well. There is a lever on the floor that can open the door if the switch fails for any reason.
Some have described the rear end of the car as too large a butt...sort of like a Sir-Mix-A-Lot car. Now that I've seen in it person, I disagree. Part of that opinion I think is the wider track of the car, but overall I think the rear end works. The rear deck could have easily been built as a hatchback but that doesn't seem to be a type of car you'd build in this class. The trunk is deeper than I imagined but its still a tight fit to get anything in there. One thing I hadn't noticed before is that the rear seats can fold down for longer cargo, and the passthrough hole is of decent size. You won't get the utility of the wagon, but it's better than nothing.
The interior of the car is much like previous CTS-Vs already shipping. It would have been nice to see the SRX's instrument cluster but supposedly that was axed for budget concerns. On this car, it was equipped with the midnight Sapele wood, which I wholeheartedly recommend if you ever order this car. One of the complaints of the CTS-V interior was that the piano black details were too shiny and the faux carbon fiber trim looked too cheap. The wood trim replaces the faux carbon fiber accents and it goes a long way to dressing up the interior. At only $600, it's a good investment. The wood trim has been a CTS-V option for a little while, but this is the first time I've seen it.
But the deal killer for me on this car is something specific to me which I doubt many other buyers would run into. The roof is chopped two inches to get the daring profile, but the downside is that you lose two inches of headroom. The designers got back half an inch by lowering the seat (Recaros) but with someone of my height (6'11"), it's not enough. My head poked into the sunroof cutout and without the sunroof, I'd be banging the headliner (and I certainly can't close the sunshade). This is ironic since the car shares the amazing legroom of all of the other CTS's. But at my height, I can't expect to fit in most things. This is the closest thing to a 2-door sports car I could buy, but alas, the headroom is made for shorter people.
The sunroof is a bit disappointing since it only tilts open and doesn't actually open backwards. The reason for this comes back to the shortened chopped roof. The roof panel could slide out to the exterior of the car like in some other vehicles, but that is blocked by the Onstar shark antenna. Hopefully GM will revisit this and find a new home for the antenna that can give them a more practical sunroof design. The XLR and Corvette managed to hide the Onstar antenna (I believe in the rear view mirror).
Otherwise this is a sharp vehicle that will be mistaken for no other on the road. I'm glad GM had the guts (and budget) to get it built.
Lots of people really love their CTSs, but a significant number are having "issues related to sudden excessive oil consumption and resulting engine failure.
and how is it done on the Volvo. Just via keypad somehow, without any audio capability of speaking the numbers, right?
A reason I ask is:
(it's no caddy, but on my 2011 chevy cruze no-nav, I enter them via voice-command - there's no way for the car to know how my voice speaks the numbers without me programming the name for each one audibly.)
sincerely,
CTS-V track-test-driver
I was wondering if anyone else w/a newer CTS V has had similar issues?
MNLG12
Sarah, GM Customer Service
I have been around a lot of V's in my time and I have not seen anything quite like you are describing. Hopefully your Cadillac dealership can diagnose and fix the problem (I am assuming it is still under warranty being a 2012). Keep us updated.