she floats like a butterfly...
 

Well, I had to do it this morning.
A one-eyed jack was on my tail.
So I leaned on the girl. Before I knew it
thespeedometer said 92 mph!
and one-eyed jack disappeared.

Mann, I love driving this car! [sm=Awwww.gif]

Have you hugged your Deville today?
-jasper

RE: she floats like a butterfly...
 

stings like a bee...[sm=smiley15.gif]

Any idea of what that one headlight car was? And did he even try...

RE: she floats like a butterfly...
 

92 .. you are good to run the SoCA Fwy system
that being a nice routine keep up speed.

RE: she floats like a butterfly...
 

Any idea of what that one headlight car was?

No, best I could tell it wassome kindasmall econo box.

RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo
 

A friend of mine has a 69 GTO which we all know can move out. He calls my Deville a "Muscle Car in a Tuxedo". If you check the road test archives you will see that the Deville could stand down many muscle cars of that era.

My son is 18 and I tell him that in some ways the Cadillac is too fast, I mean when you come on the merging ramps and tromp it you are passing cars already on the freeway and gaining fast on those in the slow lane, YIKES. I even have a vintage LeMans GT in the driveway and I owned many muscle cars back in the daybut the Caddy is as fast or faster than most of them. Speeding is unsafe and disrerspectful to other motorists but when it is safe to do so Isometimestop it out to the limiter which is 180 kph (about 112 mph) on mine. It is limited due to the S rated Michelin tires. The car could easilycruise at 150 kph +.

Is there any better sound than 32 valves and 4 cams, dual exhausts at WOT?

RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo
 

Katzman -

You got to dump those S rated tires...

When I got the Allante - I was pleasantly surprised to find Michelin Pilot XGT Z4s - with many, many miles of tread left.

I have liked the Michelins so far - I probably won't be driving it in the snow - so I am not too worried about their "so-so" winter performance.

This long weekend is another road trip - Denver to Taos - I certainly plan on getting off the beaten path and heading up Highway 17 out of Alamosa to Salida - miles and miles of wonderfully straight road - I have had the Allante to 125 (200+kph)- and was a little leery of going faster because I wasn't too sure how the tranny was - I now know that the tranny should easily take anything the Northstar can throw at it... So, I'll throw... ;)

RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo
 

foxpaws, maybe you can nail that pedal to the floor withone of your stilettos......send pictures.

RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo
 

you did ask ...

a dual flowmaster set up, on large pipes behind a 5.0 running through a manual 5 gear at WOT,
revving to a GROWL at 7,000 - 7,500 rpm ! ! !

may i suggest you bite down on a towel to protect your teeth from shattering...

RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo
 

fox,
at 125 mph +,
the tires can take it ( they better be higher than 28 psi) ,
the trani can take it,
the engine can take it ..
but if you flinch or sneeze, it aint gonna be pretty.

RE: Muscle Car in a Tuxedo
 

Although I won't deny that my '92 Deville has power to spare, its the regulator at 170 that kinda ticks me off. I have only been there once, it was at night, on an empty straight highway and did she ever get there fast. Problem was, I couldn't find out what she could do. I also have an '84 Z28, and I can see the comparisons to muscle cars as a good one. The Caddy gets there fast, but I have found my Z gets there just a lil faster. Probably only becase the car is a little more aerodynamic, and she has a slightly more powerful motor.