The cars and bikes thread!

[ck1109]

Sweet!

A 2014? 6.2?
I haven't kept up with Cadillac. I think the V series wagon was introduced in 2010' how many years was the wagon in production?

Yes it's a '14 6.2 with 43k miles. This was the last year of the wagon. I was looking at manual but they are rarer than unicorns and my wife didnt agree so we went with auto.


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[Raza]

Traded in the Infiniti for a caddy station wagon




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That's the second on this forum! Which Infiniti did you have again?

[Raza]

Those are sharp! It's a pity that the station wagon has almost been completely replaced in the US by SUVs and "crossovers."

It's funny, because I, deep down, agree with you. But my next purchase will likely be an SUV; the extra height and cargo space is really quite useful.

[Raza]

Thanks! Yes, it's quite practical due to the space and the decent trunk which is what made my wife agree to this purchase.

It's also the most expensive car I've purchased so I'm definitely feeling some post-purchase heartburn!

The mileage is pretty bad on it, so we'll have to see how much I end up spending on gas every month.


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Did you get the stick or automatic?

The movie is Hit and Run; a pretty middling action comedy that's not too bad as long as you turn your brain off and just relax. But the bad guy drives a CTS-V wagon, and one of his cronies has this to say about it during the car chase:

https://youtu.be/DKqK-JqED5o?t=2m37s

It's queued up to a second or so before the quote, so it jumps right in. A little bit of foul language, but much less than I say every single morning when I have to get out of bed.

[ck1109]

That's the second on this forum! Which Infiniti did you have again?

Did you get the stick or automatic?

The movie is Hit and Run; a pretty middling action comedy that's not too bad as long as you turn your brain off and just relax. But the bad guy drives a CTS-V wagon, and one of his cronies has this to say about it during the car chase:

https://youtu.be/DKqK-JqED5o?t=2m37s

It's queued up to a second or so before the quote, so it jumps right in. A little bit of foul language, but much less than I say every single morning when I have to get out of bed.

happyscrappyheropup has the other wagon. I got some advice from him before my purchase.My infiniti was the G37 sedan. As I mentioned to boatme99, a similar wagon in manual would be ~8-10k more and hard to find. Overall, less than 2k wagons were made from what I know and less than 500 of them were manuals. Plus, my wife was also interested in driving this, so I didn't have a choice.

[Seriously]

Yes it's a '14 6.2 with 43k miles.

Quite a modest little engine then ……...



I could see from the red calipers it wasn't gonna be a 1.8 lol

[ck1109]

Quite a modest little engine then ……...



I could see from the red calipers it wasn't gonna be a 1.8 lol

Yep, 6.2L supercharged V8.

You press the gas pedal once, and then you want to do again, and again, and again. The surge of instant power + V8 rumble is intoxicating.

[geoffbot]

Nice motor! I've been thinking about cars of course. The missus would like a 4x4 even though we have no need for one or even a family.

This is affordable



But the biggest engine available is a 1.4!!

Are new cars in the States going down the tiny engine route too?

[ck1109]

Nice motor! I've been thinking about cars of course. The missus would like a 4x4 even though we have no need for one or even a family.

This is affordable



But the biggest engine available is a 1.4!!

Are new cars in the States going down the tiny engine route too?

Yep, everything mainstream is moving towards smaller engines and turbocharging. It's a more efficient way to generate power and torque.

[ck1109]

Is that suzuki a 4x4 or an awd?