YO!!!
#1
10-04-2006, 06:36 PM
YO!!!
What's up people? How's everyone doing? A little background:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...SevilleSTS.jpg
I use to own a 96 Seville STS. I bought it back in 2002 and unloaded it in in 2004. I'm an electrical engineer and I first started back in 2000. I thought I was a baller for a while and I was really pushing it with the car payments along with insurance. I think I payed $200 a month for Insurance on her, but I wasnt a great driver back in my teen years. So yeah, thats where I payed for my mistakes. I bought the car with 75,000 miles which was another mistake. I was the type of kid that had ADD and couldnt get enough of driving. Needless to say I put about 50k on it in 2 years. The car never leaked and I had the trans rebuilt at about 80k miles. I'll admit I ran her very hard. She was fast for a tank. I ran a 14.6 @ 98mph in the 1/4 ALL STOCK. Rumor has it that was the fastest year they made the STS. (Least amount of Torque Management?) I started to heard a funny whine noise coming from the trans while it was in park. It was faint but I hear that kinda stuff. I took it to a Cadillac trans specialist that one of my co-workers recommended and he said my torque converter was going bad. I honestly didn't believe him, but I payed the $200 co-payments and he some how was able to get my warranty company to pay for a $3500 job. Give or take.
I got tired of the Caddi, but I still loved it. It came down to changing the brakes and rotors (front & Rear) At the time I was a noob and didnt know how to take the rear brakes off. You need a cube to do it. I'm sure your all familiar with it. I dont know I was young and wanted something a little more interesting. I wound up trading it in for 1 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. I decided to make it a Daily Driver Race Car. I dumped about $4k Into it. It ran a 14.5 stock. By the time I retuned and Intercooled it with a whole bunch of other stuff. It now runs a 12.9 -13.0 @ 104 mph with a 2.1 60'. Now I cant wait to get rid of this dam thing. I'm so tired of modding and tuning. I want luxury again.
In the next year or so I will be searching for a Seville or Deville. Depending a bunch of stuff. Right now I will be studying
Mike
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...SevilleSTS.jpg
I use to own a 96 Seville STS. I bought it back in 2002 and unloaded it in in 2004. I'm an electrical engineer and I first started back in 2000. I thought I was a baller for a while and I was really pushing it with the car payments along with insurance. I think I payed $200 a month for Insurance on her, but I wasnt a great driver back in my teen years. So yeah, thats where I payed for my mistakes. I bought the car with 75,000 miles which was another mistake. I was the type of kid that had ADD and couldnt get enough of driving. Needless to say I put about 50k on it in 2 years. The car never leaked and I had the trans rebuilt at about 80k miles. I'll admit I ran her very hard. She was fast for a tank. I ran a 14.6 @ 98mph in the 1/4 ALL STOCK. Rumor has it that was the fastest year they made the STS. (Least amount of Torque Management?) I started to heard a funny whine noise coming from the trans while it was in park. It was faint but I hear that kinda stuff. I took it to a Cadillac trans specialist that one of my co-workers recommended and he said my torque converter was going bad. I honestly didn't believe him, but I payed the $200 co-payments and he some how was able to get my warranty company to pay for a $3500 job. Give or take.
I got tired of the Caddi, but I still loved it. It came down to changing the brakes and rotors (front & Rear) At the time I was a noob and didnt know how to take the rear brakes off. You need a cube to do it. I'm sure your all familiar with it. I dont know I was young and wanted something a little more interesting. I wound up trading it in for 1 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. I decided to make it a Daily Driver Race Car. I dumped about $4k Into it. It ran a 14.5 stock. By the time I retuned and Intercooled it with a whole bunch of other stuff. It now runs a 12.9 -13.0 @ 104 mph with a 2.1 60'. Now I cant wait to get rid of this dam thing. I'm so tired of modding and tuning. I want luxury again.
In the next year or so I will be searching for a Seville or Deville. Depending a bunch of stuff. Right now I will be studying
Mike
#2
10-04-2006, 07:53 PM
RE: YO!!!
welcome fellow GP Modder.
Our 98 GTP has been thrashed for the past 30k miles and it's starting to nickle and dime us.
I still love the car but the 98 STS models continue to catch my eye.
Trips to the drag strip with our daily driver are a thing of the past.
If we race a again it will be with a trailered car that is purpose built.
Welcome to the board!
Our 98 GTP has been thrashed for the past 30k miles and it's starting to nickle and dime us.
I still love the car but the 98 STS models continue to catch my eye.
Trips to the drag strip with our daily driver are a thing of the past.
If we race a again it will be with a trailered car that is purpose built.
Welcome to the board!