Cadillac Catera?

[dasoupdude]

My madre is looking for a new car, currently has a 96 corolla dx in great condition. I suggested a catera, opinions?









































Fun facts: rwd, led signals.

[S13Joe]

Someone went to town with the armorall. Looks really nice though, nice and simple interior... I really like the door panels for some reason. How much are they asking?

[dasoupdude]

We didn't really find the car yet per se.' that was all just an example. But I think the one right there goes for about 3 - 4 thousand.

[Jesda]

They are awful cars to maintain and service. Fun to drive. When Catera owners joined the Cadillac forum I used to subtly suggest pushing their cars into a lake. I play nice now.

They're rebadged Opel Omegas with expensive hard-to-find parts in the US market.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Why do you hate your mother?

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Those cars are SOOOOOOO ugly! Especially when the headlights oxidize and turn a putrid shade of yellow. And did I mention they're ugly?

There's much better out there.

[ZOMG.SR20]

ummm Maxima, QX4, Q45?

[Pento240sx]

+1 for RWD, but it is still kind of ugly and hard to maintain. I say maybe a J30 or Q45 if she wants luxury that is the right car, plus they are really reliable.

BTW: What anime is that you have in your Signature?

[LeroyBrown]

not to sound like a a**. but cateras are the ugliest cars that cadilac has made.

[Koshin]

honestly, those cars are junk...

[Bmore-coupe]

not to sound like a a**. but cateras are the ugliest cars that cadilac has made.

+1

[Jesda]

not to sound like a a**. but cateras are the ugliest cars that cadilac has made.

No.

[Bmore-coupe]

No.

I still stand by my previous statement

[AZ89two4Tsx]

It's a tie.

[alms24sebring]

there arent many of these but thats probly for a reason. Its just a STUPID design under the hood, they way they put stuff together... hard as S to work on... and fairly expensive parts. you can do way better

[Loki]

That's not a car, it's a mobile bike ramp.

[dasoupdude]

Why do you hate your mother?

I turned out to be real ugly.

They're rebadged Opel Omegas with expensive hard-to-find parts in the US market.

Aha, now i know. I always thought they were like Malibus or something, but then I saw the totally not FF layout.

ummm Maxima, QX4, Q45?

No V8's, no SUV's. Maxima..thats a possibility.











Millenia S: woo hooray for superchargers.

[dasoupdude]

not to sound like a a**. but cateras are the ugliest cars that cadilac has made.

until your turn it into an omega.

[NSR_s30]

Plain ol' junk my friend.

[skydragoness]

Why do you hate your mother?

I don't know much about Cadillacs, but I've read enough magazines, CR reviews and seen enough on flatbed tow-trucks to confirm that Cateras are pieces of s***. Did you just go by looks alone? Read reviews and research man!

[IanS]

They are awful cars to maintain and service. Fun to drive. When Catera owners joined the Cadillac forum I used to subtly suggest pushing their cars into a lake. I play nice now.

They're rebadged Opel Omegas with expensive hard-to-find parts in the US market.

II couldn't have said it better myself.

Every time a Catera rolls into the shop I feel my paycheck get bigger. Those things become rolling money pits if not extremely well maintained, even the simplest repairs quickly become expensive jobs.

I suggest looking at the long list of recalls and TSB's associated with them.

[dasoupdude]

I'm in love with a piece of Sh*t

The more i hear about the rampant remarks the more im starting to like it, and I've already read about the cons and problems with it.

Jesda, i never knew you were a moderator on the caddy forums. http://www.cadillacforums.com/....html

[Jesda]

Jesda, i never knew you were a moderator on the caddy forums. http://www.cadillacforums.com/....html

Whats funny is that I joined that site in 2003 and didn't buy a Caddy until 2007.

The early Cateras had a nasty oil cooler problem that caused oil and coolant to mix. The cars were basically throwaways at 100,000 miles. The 2000 and later models were mechanically quite reliable, and their engines were carried over to the 2003 CTS (but no later).

I'd buy a 2000+ Catera if it was like... I don't know... $2000.

[Mr1der]

I think I'd get an older CTS first.

[dasoupdude]

I think I'd get an older CTS first.

looks weird,

id change my mind if it was a

[MinisterofDOOM]

When I delivered pizza years back, there was another driver who drove his mom's Catera. He though it was THE s***. I loved pissing him off by calling it an Opel. Having owned a REAL Caddy shortly before that, I was pretty unimpressed and quick to compare the two. An older driver working there drove a blue bustleback Seville that I also often pointed out as being superior to the Ome...Catera.

Yeah, base-model first-gen CTSs can look pretty cheap in the wrong color. The horrible grille is partially responsible for that. GM's idiotic devotion to daytime running lights is also to blame.

The 2000 and later models were mechanically quite reliable, and their engines were carried over to the 2003 CTS (but no later).

Wasn't that motor a source of common complaints from press and owners alike in the early CTS? It wasn't really a Cadillac-caliber motor...raspy and not particularly smooth. Unless it was a different early CTS motor that I'm thinking of.

[Jesda]

Wasn't that motor a source of common complaints from press and owners alike in the early CTS? It wasn't really a Cadillac-caliber motor...raspy and not particularly smooth. Unless it was a different early CTS motor that I'm thinking of.

It was definitely weaksauce, but they'll run forever. What I don't understand is why GM offered the little 2.8 later on.

[Chaotic_Warlord]

Why not just get your mom one of these...

2000 Infiniti I30Did a search on autotrader in your area and found this one, looks good.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/...false

[DrifterXRPS13]

My girls mom had one and i told her to get rid of it asap before it started getting retarded....sure enough about a week later something went wrong with it and she just sold it outright and got an accord.

[blakexcore]

get her a kouki s14 le