Edmunds dealer partner, Bayway Leasing, is now offering transparent lease deals via these forums. Click here to see the latest vehicles!
Options
Popular New Cars
Popular Used Sedans
Popular Used SUVs
Popular Used Pickup Trucks
Popular Used Hatchbacks
Popular Used Minivans
Popular Used Coupes
Popular Used Wagons
Comments
2005's had this. I know it's on the 2006 DTS.
Recently, the car was demolished by a person who thought he knew how to drive. What I need to do now is find the "fair market value" of my car because my insurance said that if they can't find anything on it, they'll just go by blue book value. Blue book value is only $3500.00 which I know my car is worth more than that. I have searched the internet and called everywhere I can think of and can not find any information. The problem I am having is, it was rare for the 1979 Cadillac Coupe Deville to have both of these packages at that time. I was told that it was a fake because it was never made with both, but I called the Cadillac dealer where it was purchased and from what they say it is original. They just can't give me any more information on it.
Does anyone have any information on this? If you can help, I would greatly appreciate it. You can email me at dcross572@verizon.net
Attached are a few pictures of the car before and after. I'm not sure if they'll work, so if any one is interested in seeing them, email me and I will send them to you.
Thank you in advance for your time and help.
Luigi
I don't know if on your 1979 Cadillac it was a stock item.
I think you should 'google' for LaSalle/Cadillac online sites. These people on there have interest in older cars and could give you more guidance. I'm not even sure I've spelled LaSalle correctly. But, off to google you should go.
in that in the few minor problems I have had with my 2004 I found it hard to get timely solutions. I suspect that many car companies are like this which is of course not fair or ethical to the customer. If you do buy another brand please
post here as I always keep an open mind as to how to find the best product for money spent. Many thanks for sharing this issue with us and I hope you will eventually succeed in getting the matter resolved. If your really frustrated try writing a letter to the President of the Cadillac division or for that matter the President of General Motors. I have heard of people getting solid results with this approach. If you do write be sure to send by certified mail, return receipt requested, think that will greatly increase your chances of a timely and helpful response. Please keep us informed and best wishes for a successful outcome.
Let me warn you Caddy GMPP plans are PRICEY !!!!
Been checking on one for my 03 Deville w/41k miles
Around $2500 bucks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The price for my 04 Chevy 2500 4x4 truck (same time
and miles).............$800 bucks !!!!!!!
But in my experience (my 90 and 96 Caddies bought new
and traded with 100k plus miles) I would of wasted my
money!!!!!!!!!
Now with the trucks........GMPP would of taken a beating!!
But to be fair I heavy tow and snowplow as well as beat the snot out of them.
But yet again I don't hesitate to pound on that screamin'
Northstar either !
Thats where the Caddy gurus are !
do a search for the procedure to do a code reading.
It involves pushing 2 buttons on your heater/ac
controller in a certain sequence and the codes (if any)
will be displayed on your DIC................
This will tell you which code and what to look for.
If you post over there Scotty or one of the Caddy wrench
heads can possibly help ya !
BTW: Your 86 Caddy may have another fuse center in the trunk. May be under the back window like my 03 as well
as under the hood and under the dash..............
But not really sweating it because its still under the new car warranty. I didn't notice any leaks, exaust smoke, or
interior window fogging. I figured a bad head gasket from
some of the horror stories I note at other Caddy forums.
Local Caddy dealer was quite helpful and had it in and out in 1 day. The cause of the coolant/antifreeze loss was a
waterpump seal (not the pump). This the first and only issue with this car in under 4 years and 45k miles............. :shades:
Someone I know with an older (1999) DeVille had not noticed the water pump failing, and so when the engine got hot, that was the problem. He had it towed in after the engine got hot. After that the coolant level gradually dropped, and coolant was added. Then a several months later it needed more.... The head gasket had failed, probably due to the engine getting hot, but may also have been faulty anyway. The coolant leak had go on long enough so the engine was total loss.
in case............
They appraised my 03 Deville 45k miles base w/ bose, roof, bun warmers,chromies at a generous $10,000 trade !!!!!
OUCH!!!!!!!! But I figured the lowball since I note 06
DTS ex rentals w/25k miles are fetching $24k at another
Caddy dealer..........
Heck...I am getting $21,500 trade for my 04 Chevy 2500
x-cab 4x4 20k miles on the purchase of a new 07 one.
The truck msrp $33k new..the caddy $47k
I paid far less with my GM employee deal. But the
difference in which one held its value better is nothing new to me.
$48,500 for a car that would be 2 years old when you get it off the lot?
$48,500 for a 2006 when you can find tons of rental/lease returns with 18,000 miles for $20,000 and even less?
Why, why, why would you want to do this?
$20k, 05 Deville $19,995, 06 DTS (base)$24,xxx @ at Crest
Caddy. 06 DTS sez loaded out $28k 22k miles @ Stafford
auto group Auburn NY. 05 DHS $19,995 Wilber-Duck GM dealer
Oneida NY............
Thats all the big Caddies in todays paper:
http://www.syracuse.com
would carry in addition to the original warranty an added warranty under the certified program. I am on the west coast where prices are for some reason a little higher than for Cadillac on the east coast. There are more used Cadillacs available in the east and at lower prices.
would carry in addition to the original warranty an added warranty under the certified program. I am on the west coast where prices are for some reason a little higher than for Cadillac on the east coast. There are more used Cadillacs available in the east and at lower prices.
Since this wasn't a Caddy dealer, you couldn't have gotten a certified warranty. I would think Caddy dealers out there are going with a certified warranty for one like these for about $22,000.
And, yes, $17,000 plus 21,500 is $38,500, not $48,500. Sometimes I can't add correctly.
for cars with around 28,000 miles. It may be that the prices you saw were only being offered at the dealership and not posted on the internet. I would of course be interested in a 2006 Deville at the price range you mentioned. If you are able to find anything like this perhaps you could post name and location of dealership so if any of the forum members are interested they could follow up. Many thanks for the post in that it indicates that there are bargains out there if one shops around.
If it had been a Cadillac dealer, and he would have done a Cadillac certification for around $23,000 or so, I would have probably bought one, parked it in the driveway (Ridgeline and Corvette inside) and told to wife to drive it for 4 years or so (until certification warranty expired) and then dumped it.
Unwarrantied Northstars scare me to death. I fear for the blown headgasket or '$40 part buried $2,000 deep in the transmission' problems.
Caddy. My 90 non N-star went 125k troublefree miles
from new. My 96 N-star Deville rolled up 100k and
the only issue was those GM only electric front struts
that cost $2500 bucks so that one went bye bye for a
new 02 Deville!
But "the boss" wanted a sunroof....UGH! and I didn't want
to go thru another add on hole (from ASC) that my 90
had not to mention leak issues...............
The 02 went bye bye for the 03 with a factory hole !
You know I sat in that car for at least 50 car washes
looking for leaks before I signed the papers !
I was afraid of the paint washing off the car........
Anyhoo I know the N-star is a complicated engine but in
my experience (except for the water pump seal in my 03)
I wouldn't sweat owning it for 5 years or more even
after warranty !
Why pay that BIG cash for a "certified" car?
I would buy a current year used and get a GM extended
warranty when nearing the 4/50k mfr.warranty end period.
You can save some BIG $$$$$$ over buying new.........
started at the date and mileage WHEN PURCHASED !
When I priced one thru Black GM dealer in Pa.
http://www.warrantyoutlet.com that was
the deal. Thats why I always shopped for a GMPP near
the end of the new car warranty. It is true that the
price of the warranty increases as the car ages.
Examples of a class 4 (Deville) $0 deduct GMPP:
New or less than 12 months old/12k miles--- 3/45k $530.
used with 0- 24k miles 3/36k $ 915.
used with 24,001 to 36k miles 3/36k $1,565.
Some warranty companies coverage starts are different.
But are you gonna gamble your $$$ on a company that
might not be there or worry about coverage denile or
exclusion? Some dealers won't deal with many
brand x warranty companies.
Waiting till the end of the factory warranty seems like a good thing to do, but if the extended warranty is 3 times more expensive, then buying while the car is new is best. I have a new SRX, and while the dealer's finance guy was pushing a third party warranty, I said that I wanted to think about extending the factory warranty. At this point in time I think that I will see about a 7 year/100,000 mile extention (really a three year/50,000 mile extention).