2009 Cts

Quickening · 11-06-2008, 10:42 AM

My sister has been checking out cars, for what seems forever to me as I always get dragged into the conversations. She couldn't decide if she wanted a sedan or a crossover. She currently has a 97 Ford F-150 but she is graduating college so my dad decided to give her an upgrade.

They test drove the Enclave, she felt like she was 35 (she is 25).
Test drove the MKX, she liked the exterior a lot, but the interior was too boxy, boring for her.
Test drove RX350, liked the interior but couldn't get over the exterior.

So she ended up with a basically fully loaded 2009 CTS. Parents figured have a sedan for now, if she starts a family in the future you can always get a crossover later.

So here are the pictures, my mom butchered them trying to adjust them or something. Said they were taking late afternoon, so I'm guessing there was some massive west sun she was trying to correct for. They will do for now.

She loves it. She just has to dog proof the rear seat, haha yes her golden will be riding around in this. Makes me cringe.

Sal Collaziano · 11-06-2008, 10:58 AM

Awesome! Tell her to stop by cadillacforums.com and get on board. :p Is that diamond white? 3.6 DI or no? Do you need a front plate in Texas?

Quickening · 11-06-2008, 11:03 AM

Yeh Diamond White
3.6 DI
Panoramic Roof
Navigation
Upgraded Headlights

I'm pretty sure it has everything except the performance package...but they haven't' given me the actual print out. They are over in Houston and I'm in San Antonio.

Yes you have to have a front plate in Texas.

So now we have a 2008 Esclade ESV and 2009 CTS in the family. I'm going to have to do a little photoshoot with them come Thanksgiving.

Sal Collaziano · 11-06-2008, 12:11 PM

Very nice on the CTS then.. I wouldn't want the performance package, personally.. I don't like stiff suspensions.. So her CTS is exactly the way I'd want mine.. Have you seen her car lit up at night? Or just as it's beginning to get dark? It looks amazing in that sort of light..

GMfan1111 · 11-06-2008, 12:21 PM

Good choice the CTS has always been one of my favorite cars and put towels on the rear seats my brother does that so our dogs don't wreck the leather with their feet

MCGARRETT · 11-06-2008, 01:50 PM

Excellent, many thanks as a GM fan and I assure you that there are many over at the LGR plant that thank you as well for making an excellent choice!

gmhashope · 11-06-2008, 02:37 PM

Such a beautiful car. You couldn't really ask for a nicer graduation present.

civilzues · 11-06-2008, 03:22 PM

Crap and I am hoping for a cake when I graduate this May.

Mr. Burns · 11-06-2008, 04:08 PM

Nice ride, but why would a female college student like your sister need to drive a pickup truck? Did she start up a moving company or something?

Quickening · 11-06-2008, 04:13 PM

She got the truck back in high school and my dad told her she had to get a pickup truck, because we needed an extra work truck sometimes.

lio45 · 11-06-2008, 04:58 PM

Very nice car...

I personally think that's way too much car for a graduation present, but if your parents can easily afford it, then why not... On the other hand, I wouldn't want to drive around with such a car at her age. Screams "spoiled kid". (I could afford a very nice car but prefer my old beaters.)

Smaart Aas Saabr · 11-06-2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lio45

Very nice car...

I personally think that's way too much car for a graduation present, but if your parents can easily afford it, then why not... On the other hand, I wouldn't want to drive around with such a car at her age. Screams "spoiled kid". (I could afford a very nice car but prefer my old beaters.)

LOL in Texas everything is bigger... I remember my aunt and her husband when they had their two kids. She had a 240 SX and he had a Camaro... for extra kid space

He bought a Corrado

Or better yet my own parents... when they had me, they got rid of the very late model Fiero 2M4 and got a Mazda coupe

Here the guy is saying well if the CTS is too SMALL maybe a crossover later

91 s-10baja · 11-06-2008, 09:35 PM

as jealous as I am, I can't get over the fact that she is 25 and mommy and daddy bought her a new car? I have bought all my cars since I was 15. oh well. Still like the car.

Quickening · 11-06-2008, 09:38 PM

My dad is blowing his money to get into a different tax bracket before Obama gets in.

cyclone · 11-06-2008, 09:46 PM

I can't believe she liked the exterior of the MKX.

11-06-2008, 10:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Quickening 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Antonio, Texas Drives: 2004 Saab 9-3 Aero Posts: 6,035	2009 Cts My sister has been checking out cars, for what seems forever to me as I always get dragged into the conversations. She couldn't decide if she wanted a sedan or a crossover. She currently has a 97 Ford F-150 but she is graduating college so my dad decided to give her an upgrade. They test drove the Enclave, she felt like she was 35 (she is 25). Test drove the MKX, she liked the exterior a lot, but the interior was too boxy, boring for her. Test drove RX350, liked the interior but couldn't get over the exterior. So she ended up with a basically fully loaded 2009 CTS. Parents figured have a sedan for now, if she starts a family in the future you can always get a crossover later. So here are the pictures, my mom butchered them trying to adjust them or something. Said they were taking late afternoon, so I'm guessing there was some massive west sun she was trying to correct for. They will do for now. She loves it. She just has to dog proof the rear seat, haha yes her golden will be riding around in this. Makes me cringe. __________________ 2004 Saab 9-3 Aero Last edited by Quickening : 11-06-2008 at 09:46 PM.

11-06-2008, 10:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sal Collaziano 4.4 Liter Supercharged Northstar Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Drives: 2006 BMW 750Li, 2010 Lexus RX350 Posts: 2,843	Re: 2009 Cts Awesome! Tell her to stop by cadillacforums.com and get on board. :p Is that diamond white? 3.6 DI or no? Do you need a front plate in Texas? __________________ "Discontent is the first necessity of progress." - Thomas A. Edison __________________ Cadillac Magazine / Buick / Pontiac / Hyundai Genesis / Chevy

11-06-2008, 11:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Quickening 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Antonio, Texas Drives: 2004 Saab 9-3 Aero Posts: 6,035	Re: 2009 Cts Yeh Diamond White 3.6 DI Panoramic Roof Navigation Upgraded Headlights I'm pretty sure it has everything except the performance package...but they haven't' given me the actual print out. They are over in Houston and I'm in San Antonio. Yes you have to have a front plate in Texas. So now we have a 2008 Esclade ESV and 2009 CTS in the family. I'm going to have to do a little photoshoot with them come Thanksgiving. __________________ 2004 Saab 9-3 Aero

11-06-2008, 12:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sal Collaziano 4.4 Liter Supercharged Northstar Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Drives: 2006 BMW 750Li, 2010 Lexus RX350 Posts: 2,843	Re: 2009 Cts Very nice on the CTS then.. I wouldn't want the performance package, personally.. I don't like stiff suspensions.. So her CTS is exactly the way I'd want mine.. Have you seen her car lit up at night? Or just as it's beginning to get dark? It looks amazing in that sort of light.. __________________ "Discontent is the first necessity of progress." - Thomas A. Edison __________________ Cadillac Magazine / Buick / Pontiac / Hyundai Genesis / Chevy

11-06-2008, 12:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
GMfan1111 6.0 Liter L76 V8 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in a undisclosed bunker somewhere in the metro detroit area Drives: 2001 Chevy Malibu LS Posts: 2,284	Re: 2009 Cts Good choice the CTS has always been one of my favorite cars and put towels on the rear seats my brother does that so our dogs don't wreck the leather with their feet __________________ “The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair” "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools". - Douglas Adams - Current ride: 2001 Chevy Malibu LS (happy 99,000 miles )

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11-06-2008, 01:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
MCGARRETT 6.2 Liter LS3 V8 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,595	Re: 2009 Cts Excellent, many thanks as a GM fan and I assure you that there are many over at the LGR plant that thank you as well for making an excellent choice!

11-06-2008, 02:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
gmhashope 7.0 Liter LS7 V8 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 4,199	Re: 2009 Cts Such a beautiful car. You couldn't really ask for a nicer graduation present.

11-06-2008, 03:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
civilzues 4.4 Liter Supercharged Northstar Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,835	Re: 2009 Cts Crap and I am hoping for a cake when I graduate this May.

11-06-2008, 04:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
Mr. Burns 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 7,062	Re: 2009 Cts Nice ride, but why would a female college student like your sister need to drive a pickup truck? Did she start up a moving company or something?

11-06-2008, 04:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
Quickening 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Antonio, Texas Drives: 2004 Saab 9-3 Aero Posts: 6,035	Re: 2009 Cts She got the truck back in high school and my dad told her she had to get a pickup truck, because we needed an extra work truck sometimes. __________________ 2004 Saab 9-3 Aero

11-06-2008, 04:58 PM	#11 (permalink)
lio45 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sherbrooke, Québec Drives: fullsize Chevy pickup Posts: 6,281	Re: 2009 Cts Very nice car... I personally think that's way too much car for a graduation present, but if your parents can easily afford it, then why not... On the other hand, I wouldn't want to drive around with such a car at her age. Screams "spoiled kid". (I could afford a very nice car but prefer my old beaters.)

11-06-2008, 09:38 PM	#14 (permalink)
Quickening 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Antonio, Texas Drives: 2004 Saab 9-3 Aero Posts: 6,035	Re: 2009 Cts My dad is blowing his money to get into a different tax bracket before Obama gets in. __________________ 2004 Saab 9-3 Aero

11-06-2008, 09:46 PM	#15 (permalink)
cyclone 4.6 Liter Northstar V8 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Minnesota Drives: '08 2500HD , Pontiac G8, '59 IMPALA Posts: 1,623	Re: 2009 Cts I can't believe she liked the exterior of the MKX. __________________ 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD 2009 Pontiac G8 GT 2005 Chevrolet TrailBlazer LTZ 4WD 1959 Chevrolet Impala

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