2011 Cadillac CTS V 2011 Black Manual 6spd Pano Roof Racoro Seats Upgraded Sound System Bone Stock
2011 Cadillac CTS-VVIN: 1g6dv5ep3b0139163Listing Date: 2019/09/21
Price: $XX,000.0Mileage: XX,500Location: South Saint Paul,MN,USA
If you're looking at this car you know what it is. This is a premier example of the nicest four door sport sedan out there. It has all the options you would want:Fancy Recaro fully adjustable (in a ridiculous number of ways) seats! These are the best seats I've been in. Certainly a must have option in this car.Panoramic Sunroof is really nice too. I actually thought I wouldn't like this feature, as I had issues with sun roofs in the past. This one is huge and makes the car feel really nice on the inside. I never found myself having to close the cloth screen either! This cloth screen does have a small splatter stain on it, only remembered when I closed it to make sure it worked.Upgraded optional sound system. Its got a sub woofer and many speakers in dash and doors along with noise cancellation. This all sounds great as long as you don't expect crazy volume levels from the sub.6 speed manual transmission. I don't get why anyone would buy one of these cars without this transmission. This was one of the sole reasons I went out of my way to buy this car. It is originally from Florida and I had to fly down and ship it home. The TR6060 is amazing. It shifts great, and feels perfect.Fully stock and unmolested. Most of these cars have seen hard use and lots of aftermarket parts. I wanted it to be quiet and reliable, so I left it alone. The power levels are more than enough to roast tires!Brand new set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires. These were a massive upgrade from the original old Pilot Sports I had on it when I bought the car. It wouldn't even think about hooking in first gear, let alone second... how it sticks really well, best tire available from what I can find, love them. No noise either.Fixed a number of very common problems with the car. These items will come up on any V so check they've been done on the others you're looking at.The supercharger has been replaced just a few miles ago, due to the stupid spring isolator making noise, like all LSA's do eventually. I have a solid isolator you can install if you like. I had it installed in the original blower, but i started making noise even with that.The rear differential was replaced as well, as it started making a nasty growling noise and knocking when backing up. This is a big deal on these cars, as they go out of spec and make a lot of noise. It took the better part of four months just for the part to show up, they are hard to find since the manual uses a 3.73 and the auto is a 3.23, auto being much more common. This was a $4,200 service.Both door handle switches in the front doors which very commonly fail and stop you from being able to open the doors. I also replaced the passenger latch. The door latches are actuated electronically, the door handles don't physically connect to anything.The upper control arm bushings were replaced with Creative Steel greasable poly units. These are much stiffer and another must do on these cars. It does not change he ride any noticeable amount, but it fixed the squeaking which is bound to happen with OE units, as they are soft and tear away from the outside liner. This also fixed another very common thing where the front tires drag when backing up full lock, tires scrub as the control arm bushings are too soft I think (try this if you ever do a test drive, simply back up with fully locked steering wheel). Everyone told me it was normal, and it went away 100% with the new control arm bushings. I have a set of lower control arm bushing from Creative Steel as well but didn't install them since the stock units were still in good shape.Struts had been replaced, they are known to go bad around 50-60k miles and are around $1200 alone! Bounce any cars you look at to test the control arm bushings and struts as its almost guaranteed these will both require attention before 60k miles.The overall exterior condition is a 8 of 10. Its eight years old so there are some rock chip marks in the hood, and a few dings here and there, but it looks incredible overall. The wheels are where I knock off more than one point, as they have some curb rash, as well as the chrome is pealing in a few spots. I was either going to replace them with some Forge Star wheels, or get them powder coated black, but never got around to that. The tires are almost brand new, only a few hundred miles on them, around $1400 alone. These have a replacement warranty through Discount Tire I purchased along with each tire. I also had to replace two pressure sensors, one
