Jan Olsson Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Yesterday I was thinking about how much I've been driving since I bought the STS in July 2007. Let's see...34800 miles in 18 months! Sure there has been annoying things going on with the car, more than on any other Cadillac I have had. But when it comes down to a comparison with any other brand that I know of, both from personal experience such as ownership (Volvo 343, 740, 960, C202, TP21) work (Volvo 240, 740, 940, 850, V70, Mercedes, SAAB 9-3 and 9-5 and Peugeot 407), friends (Ford Focus, Mondeo, VW Golf, Passat, SAAB 9-3, 9-5, 900, BMW 3xx,5xx, Volvo 850, V70, Audi A4-A6 etc.) this car still is outstanding both in terms of reliability and in terms of inexpensive ownership. All costs included (I do all the work on the car by my self) I manage to drive with a cost of 30 SEK/10 km. A typical Volvo owner pays around 50-70 SEK/km (V50-V70) Work done this far on the car is: intermediate shaft, front motor support, e-brake cables (a trusted shop did these three things...the second time since 1992 I didn't do the work my self..ouch I'm getting really lazy) and by myself : front wheel bearings, rear ignition control module, crankshaft position sensors and the usual stuff with brake pads, front discs and oil changes. The car looks and feels as good as new just a few minor dents..7 to be exact..counted them when I bought the car but I won't have them fixed until we buy a house later this year. Last week we drove around quite a bit. A 310 mile trip avg. 50 mph and 26,1 mpg! I'm even convinced that the mpg should have been higher if I would have been driving faster The reasons for the low avg. speed are that the trip was on narrow, twisting roads and that I have bought 2 new studded tires. I always drive them slow and easy about 900 miles or so at a maximum speed of 60mph (manufacturer recommendation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodybyFisher Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I am impressed Jan! Thanks for the update, as always if I can help you with new or used parts from over here let me know, Mike Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1 >> 1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/ Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Olsson Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I am impressed Jan! Thanks for the update, as always if I can help you with new or used parts from over here let me know, Mike Thanks! You shouldn't be too impressed though, I multiplied the kilometers with 1,609 instead of dividing...must have more coffee! The real figure is about 34800 miles...not 88500 Don't tell anyone but I'm an engineer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Nunnally Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Yes, I appreciate posts to mark when things are going well. I was just thinking this week that between my 04 and current 05 CTS, I have been driving CTS's for over 75K miles now. And between the two cars I have been to the dealer 3 times, and replaced one TCM. Fairly problem free in my book. Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodybyFisher Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I am impressed Jan! Thanks for the update, as always if I can help you with new or used parts from over here let me know, Mike Thanks! You shouldn't be too impressed though, I multiplied the kilometers with 1,609 instead of dividing...must have more coffee! The real figure is about 34800 miles...not 88500 Don't tell anyone but I'm an engineer.. Hey, that is STILL a lot of mileage in a year! Hey that's why they make erasers even on engineer pencils! The other night, my 6th grade daughter had a METRIC question comparing MM, M and CM, and I was STUMPED, it went like this. What is longer 30 cm, 3000 mm, .03 m or 3 cm? I needed to get my conversion tables out.. Ill bet you can do that in your HEAD! Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1 >> 1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/ Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Olsson Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I am impressed Jan! Thanks for the update, as always if I can help you with new or used parts from over here let me know, Mike Thanks! You shouldn't be too impressed though, I multiplied the kilometers with 1,609 instead of dividing...must have more coffee! The real figure is about 34800 miles...not 88500 Don't tell anyone but I'm an engineer.. Hey, that is STILL a lot of mileage in a year! Hey that's why they make erasers even on engineer pencils! The other night, my 6th grade daughter had a METRIC question comparing MM, M and CM, and I was STUMPED, it went like this. What is longer 30 cm, 3000 mm, .03 m or 3 cm? I needed to get my conversion tables out.. Ill bet you can do that in your HEAD! Our metric system is simple when you get to know it I'm impressed that you guys over there manage to solve questions like this faster than the blink of one eye. Is the 7/16" socket the next larger size when you have a 1/4" socket in your hand and it's not quite big enough...I never learn that. Not to mention how many yards there are on a mile or the mpg calculation you are used to. After all you have pounds, we have kilos. You have yards, we have meters. You have gallons, we have liters (litres). So in a way you and I are thinking in a similar way. I've learned some important conversion factors over the years but they are still confusing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodybyFisher Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I am impressed Jan! Thanks for the update, as always if I can help you with new or used parts from over here let me know, Mike Thanks! You shouldn't be too impressed though, I multiplied the kilometers with 1,609 instead of dividing...must have more coffee! The real figure is about 34800 miles...not 88500 Don't tell anyone but I'm an engineer.. Hey, that is STILL a lot of mileage in a year! Hey that's why they make erasers even on engineer pencils! The other night, my 6th grade daughter had a METRIC question comparing MM, M and CM, and I was STUMPED, it went like this. What is longer 30 cm, 3000 mm, .03 m or 3 cm? I needed to get my conversion tables out.. Ill bet you can do that in your HEAD! Our metric system is simple when you get to know it I'm impressed that you guys over there manage to solve questions like this faster than the blink of one eye. Is the 7/16" socket the next larger size when you have a 1/4" socket in your hand and it's not quite big enough...I never learn that. Not to mention how many yards there are on a mile or the mpg calculation you are used to. After all you have pounds, we have kilos. You have yards, we have meters. You have gallons, we have liters (litres). So in a way you and I are thinking in a similar way. I've learned some important conversion factors over the years but they are still confusing That is very interesting, I guess its all relative, I can look at a bolt head and know its size in SAE. I guess its all what you are used to.. Last night I was looking at a half a gallon of milk looking for fluid ounces and all it had was the metric liter.. things are changing here but some of us are kicking and screaming As you can imagine, I have both SAE and Metric tools.. By the way, I have a terrific conversion application when I find it Ill direct you to it, I think I linked to it here. Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1 >> 1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/ Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodybyFisher Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Jan, I put this on all my computers its free. I use it all the time and I used it to solve my daughters math question the other night, hope you like it, Mike You can convert within SAE and within Metric or across the standards, its cool... http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows/ Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1 >> 1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/ Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Olsson Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Jan, I put this on all my computers its free. I use it all the time and I used it to solve my daughters math question the other night, hope you like it, Mike You can convert within SAE and within Metric or across the standards, its cool... http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows/ I downloaded that program and it is really cool! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jim Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Just to add a comment about mileage and Cadillacs. I have driven over 85,000 miles on my two 2006 DTS's. The one that burned in my garage fire had over 35,000 on it. And the one I have now has over 55,000. I have been back to the dealer a few times...just little things that were all covered under warranty. I have had no MAJOR problems AT ALL with either one of them. I LOVE MY CADILLAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeb Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 well you know that the above average miles you drive will skew your numbers. if you drove 1/2 the miles you would double your average cost/mile for parts. i was under the impression drivers in the EU drove less than US drivers. but i bet our fuel costs are still lower. we average about $1.9/gallon for 87octane now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Olsson Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 well you know that the above average miles you drive will skew your numbers. if you drove 1/2 the miles you would double your average cost/mile for parts. i was under the impression drivers in the EU drove less than US drivers. but i bet our fuel costs are still lower. we average about $1.9/gallon for 87octane now. That wouldn't double the cost/mile since the calculated cost/mile has two components. The first component is fuel, service, tires etc. That part of the cost will only vary with the driving pattern. The other part is mortage, depreciation etc. That part will increase with lower mileage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodybyFisher Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Jan, I put this on all my computers its free. I use it all the time and I used it to solve my daughters math question the other night, hope you like it, Mike You can convert within SAE and within Metric or across the standards, its cool... http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows/ I downloaded that program and it is really cool! Thanks! Hey Jan, I am glad you enjoyed it, Mike Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1 >> 1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/ Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenJ Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Yesterday I was thinking about how much I've been driving since I bought the STS in July 2007. Let's see...34800 miles in 18 months! Sure there has been annoying things going on with the car, more than on any other Cadillac I have had. But when it comes down to a comparison with any other brand that I know of, both from personal experience such as ownership (Volvo 343, 740, 960, C202, TP21) work (Volvo 240, 740, 940, 850, V70, Mercedes, SAAB 9-3 and 9-5 and Peugeot 407), friends (Ford Focus, Mondeo, VW Golf, Passat, SAAB 9-3, 9-5, 900, BMW 3xx,5xx, Volvo 850, V70, Audi A4-A6 etc.) this car still is outstanding both in terms of reliability and in terms of inexpensive ownership. All costs included (I do all the work on the car by my self) I manage to drive with a cost of 30 SEK/10 km. A typical Volvo owner pays around 50-70 SEK/km (V50-V70) Work done this far on the car is: intermediate shaft, front motor support, e-brake cables (a trusted shop did these three things...the second time since 1992 I didn't do the work my self..ouch I'm getting really lazy) and by myself : front wheel bearings, rear ignition control module, crankshaft position sensors and the usual stuff with brake pads, front discs and oil changes. The car looks and feels as good as new just a few minor dents..7 to be exact..counted them when I bought the car but I won't have them fixed until we buy a house later this year. Last week we drove around quite a bit. A 310 mile trip avg. 50 mph and 26,1 mpg! I'm even convinced that the mpg should have been higher if I would have been driving faster The reasons for the low avg. speed are that the trip was on narrow, twisting roads and that I have bought 2 new studded tires. I always drive them slow and easy about 900 miles or so at a maximum speed of 60mph (manufacturer recommendation). I put a water pump and passive struts in my '95 Eldorado. The '98 Eldorado, during my ownership, got new horns. The current '01 Eldorado recently got front wheel position sensors, a trunk release solenoid, and a front cigarette lighter socket (for the phone/laptop). I also replaced the loose escutcheon on the driver's side door handle. All three vehicles were dealer-purchased and equipped, by demand, with new brakes/battery/tires. Pretty much outside of windshield wiper blades, these cars have not required any sort of maintenance outside of the ordinary. Just GREAT cars. If you've any doubt, ask BbF; he's driven the last two. The '01 is currently at about 68K miles. EASILY the best and most maintenance-free vehicles I've ever owned. And I'm anal. Regards, Warren There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved. - Ludwig von Mises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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