When the 300hp North Star first came out, it was beating everything on the street

@CarHunterFast

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah! in the eldorado in 93 does 0-60 in 6 seconds!! is sport car performance.

@sirloin4372

2 жыл бұрын

Specially your meat!

@parfumextraitfan7453

2 жыл бұрын

I have a 2015 Avalon with Toyota’s famed 2GR V6 This Seville should (statistically) slide right by my car, even thought the L37 is 25 years old, and my car is the fastest car I’ve ever owned

The Northstar’s exhaust note will never get old.

@CarHunterFast

4 жыл бұрын

Agree!

I had a 98 sts in pearl white, loved that car. I currently have an 05 deville, 05 STS4 1sg and 69 sedan deville.

One of my favorite cars of the 90s

@Underappreciatedclassics

5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Cruz this and the Oldsmobile aurora were amazing

@starxlr7863

4 жыл бұрын

Yes definitely one of mine too. I think both the Cadillac Seville and Eldorado were two of the best cars of the 90's up until both ended in 2002 and 2004.

@starxlr7863

4 жыл бұрын

@@Underappreciatedclassics I agree the Aurora the BEST of any newer generation Oldsmobile hands down!

@Underappreciatedclassics

4 жыл бұрын

StarXLR the aurora was ahead of its time in many ways, and it still looks like a piece of artwork rolling down the road when you see one

@CarHunterFast

4 жыл бұрын

i agree!

Super sexy modern car. Definitely different than the traditional De Ville.

The headgasket failures were unacceptable.

@MrKinglauro

4 жыл бұрын

But they had astonishing regularity with their failures

@TB-wc5bm

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrKinglauro worst years 97 to 99. The head bolts were to short. Finally in 2000 GM installed longer head bolts. I have a 96 sts bought it in 99 never had a head gasket failure. When my mechanic puts it up on the lift its bone dry. Most northstars are wet underneath. He told me the factory worker’s must have been sober when they assembled my vehicle. LOL.

Currently have an 01 STS. Nothing done yet but gonna slap on a performance chip and a corsa exhaust. 135k miles rn. Dad bought it with 90k for $1000 in 2012. I installed a new radiator and fixed some hoses. I got a 0-60 of 5.2 seconds with turning off stability control and traction control. Have raced and beat 3 mustangs, 2 bmw's, an audi, and more. Love my car and really makes me proud to own such a smooth, powerful, and fast car.

Bought one of these around 2004. I was 20 years old and in the Navy. While all my peers had either imports or other appliance vehicle, I finances one of these cheaper than most of them were paying for theirs. It was a one owner corporate lease. 78,000 miles, yet it looked like it had never left the showroom. I loved that car. Silky smooth. And I used to blown away the ricers in southern California all the time. Meanwhile I could soak up the bumps of the Cali freeways while the ricers and their cut springs were shaken to death. Also, on freeway pulls this car would surprise most other cars that you wouldn't think would do so. 350Z? Bye bye. 90's/early2000 Mustang Cobras? bye bye. And plenty of others. I even took it to the Qualcomm 1/8 mile races. Got made fun of. But, also beat quite a few too.

@CarHunterFast

4 жыл бұрын

Was nice to read your experience of own one! thanks for you coment!

@MowerModdin

4 жыл бұрын

I must agree with your statement. I was drag racing at a local quarter mile strip and nearly had a 2004 BMW 545i, although I purchased my vehicle for $500 and fixed it relatively inexpensively

I had a 97 that was super fast and silky smooth. It would make any bump or road imperfection disappear.

@Salpeteroxid

4 жыл бұрын

Thinking of buying a 1996-2000 model, I live in Sweden so think Rust belt. Salty roads, anything I should look for?

@starxlr7863

4 жыл бұрын

@@Salpeteroxid I know salt is harsh on anything and everything, however I've seen several of these Cadillac's that have been exposed to salt and everyone of them have remained resilient and remained intact. They were built using primarily two sided galvanized metal. Mostly the typical metal parts underneath like suspension, brakes or exhaust will need replacing like usual. Deville, Seville, Eldorado throughout the 90's ad 2000's are all great choices. Stay away from the Fleetwood brougham as they fall apart and get eaten up by salt very badly!

@Salpeteroxid

4 жыл бұрын

@@starxlr7863 Thanks, I'm also considering BMW 5 series from ca 05

@starxlr7863

4 жыл бұрын

@@Salpeteroxid Very nice. I like the BMW cars as well. What model 5 series are you looking at?

@Salpeteroxid

4 жыл бұрын

@@starxlr7863 E90 or e91 or e46. I currently have a Volvo V70 -98 2.5t but its like a boat. Love that 5 cylinder engine though. What do you drive?

Had a 2000 in crimson pearl red with the black interior.. Loved that car sadly lost her to a bad accident. That baby would fly

@CarHunterFast

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment! at the point you crash she has how many miles? any problem with the northstar engine?

I love their design language back then. They lost their way.

@CarHunterFast

3 жыл бұрын

I like it to!! But to become more morden they have to change for something more agressive, but the really missy part is the comfort above anything since 2000 the mid sedans has the same Appeal luxury and performance, @hoviesgarage say that, caddilac should go back and come with true luxury cars or SUV thats ride like a dream and not a road atlanta master lap time machine. But this is us!

@2steaksandwiches665

3 жыл бұрын

@@CarHunterFast If they went back to nice cushy sedans and SUVs they would be in a lot better position. If I want a performance sedan I’m not buying a Cadillac. I think Lincoln is on the right track.

@CarHunterFast

3 жыл бұрын

i totally agree with you! for us only rope for caddilac some day go back to this.....! thanks for you comment

I drove my my cadillac sts 00 for 300000, after that i sold it to someone and he drove it till 360000 and he tore it apart for his newer sts

It wasn't the head gaskets fault...no....not at all....The head bolts were to blame....They were short,skinny,and were fine threaded.....Come on Cadillac!!!! What were you thinking!?;?!?

That engine could’ve been so good, damn they had to f*** it up smh

@CarHunterFast

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah!! I totally agree!

@TB-wc5bm

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not the engine, it was the head bolts, they weren’t long enough. In 2000 gm finally addressed the problem they installed longer head bolts. But by that time the reputation hurt Cadillacs northstar engine. Thats a shame if gm would have addressed the problem sooner they could have saved the northstar engine’s reputation. Once the horizontally opposed northstar engine was fixed, they replaced it in 2005 with a new car called sts with a longitudinal northstar engine which had its own share of issues. It’s classic of GM fix a powertrain, replace it in a few short years.

@jacksongay6848

2 жыл бұрын

I love Northstars when they run right. They are excellent motors. It’s a shame they’d dint have better head bolts from the factory. If they didn’t have head gasket issues then I think things would be very different for Cadillac now.

@TeeroyHammermill

2 жыл бұрын

@imserious2187: N* was the best Cadillac Engine since the 425. Follow the scheduled maintenance and it'll last a long time.

My grandmother had a Eldorado with that northstar and... wow! All the way to 6000rpm!

Why didn't that guy told us what to do in order not to blown the gasket

@TeeroyHammermill

2 жыл бұрын

Just change the coolant on schedule at the GM dealer. Do this and your headgasket will be fine.

@wallacegentry4085

2 жыл бұрын

@@TeeroyHammermill Nah Bucky, doesn't matter how much you do maintenance, the engine structure will fail via overheating. Watch that white or blue smoke come out of your exhaust lol It is a good looking care though, no doubt, got many compliments

@TeeroyHammermill

2 жыл бұрын

@@wallacegentry4085 I know some years had headbolts that were too short, but my 2008 model has been good. My coworker traded his 02 Deville in at 145,000mi and never had headgasket problems.

@ralphl7643

2 жыл бұрын

@@TeeroyHammermill They changed to a coarser thread on the bolts in 2004 and gasket failures all but stopped. The reputation lowered the price of all the used ones, which was good for me.

Nobody bought the car in Europe or Japan. Lived in Europe 12 years. Saw 0 of them.

@CarHunterFast

6 ай бұрын

Whell i do sow some for sale in Portugal and germany.

Richard Hammond said that this thing looked & handled like a pig....I wonder if it's true.....