Cadillac Forum - Enthusiast forums for Cadillac Owners - I bought my first two Caddys this month.

I was in the market for a car for my wife, drove a Bonneville SE, it was okay but the guy wouldn't budge on the price. On the way home we drove by this auto broker and saw a '99 STS for $4995. Hmm. We drove it, no comparison to the Bonneville. Pretty nice, not perfect but hey, I bought it for $4500. 116K, drove it for a couple of weeks and the water pump tensioner pulley disintegrated. Over $100 for the part, but very easy to fix. Oh, and the Caddy dealer wanted $45 for a belt. I had already checked at NAPA and they were under $10, so I confirmed thatthe Caddy parts guywas pricing a water pump belt, not the serpentine belt, he said yes (still don't think he knew the difference) and I told him he could keep it.

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In the process of searching for a car for my wife, I ran across a '94 SLS a guy wanted $1500 for with a bad rack & pinion. I gave him $1100 and drove it home with some effort.

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I figuredreplacing a rackwas no big deal, checked some prices, found a reman on ebay for $78 plus shipping, core & return label. Installing it was a pain. Far worse than the Grand Am I had done years earlier, but it's done now and running great. I found a set of STS wheels on craigslist for $200 and replaced those grandpa alloys it came with. Mufflers were gone too, so Iwelded on a set of Cherry Bomb turbos, $20/ea. at Autozone. It's a little rumbly, but I think I'm okay with it. It's looking fairly nice, except for the clearcoat coming off the hood. I'll deal with that later.

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I've been impressed with the STS since it was introduced, but never had the chance to get one until now. I'd rather mine was an STS, but who can argue with $1100? So now we've got his 'n hers Caddys. Never thought that would happen.

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