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Yesterday evening, my Wife, the Fairest Sandra the Red, took delivery of our ATS-V at Bunnin Cadillac. I "was allowed" :chuckle: to drive it only if I took her out to dinner. Can't argue with that. The run down to Brophy Brothers Resturant and Clam Bar, an iconic eatery at Santa Barbara Harbor...

FINALLY! Almost two months after it was built, my ATS-V shipped out of the rail yard in Charlotte MI on the 15th and arrived at Bunnin Cadillac at 4:30 this morning. It's gotta go though PDI and then I have to get my financing worked out. We pick it up on Thursday.:rocker: Here are some pics:

Talked to my dealer yesterday. My car? Still sitting in Michigan. :frown:

:sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping: (snork, sigh) Holy crap. What a dream. Danica Patrick in a bikini was driving my ATS-V around Road America while I road shotgun and shot it on video.:chuckle: What....wait. My car...is still at the rail yard? Rats! :mad: Ok. I'm going back...

There has been a nationwide sort age of rail cars for months. It's been widely covered in the business press and the shortage of cars for transporting cars has been covered in "Automotive News" a couple of times recently. That's the only reason I can think that cars are sitting in the rail yard...

Found out the other day that my car is still sitting in the rail yard at Charlotte MI. :confused:

I'm a little slow to get this posted, but five days ago I emailed Dave Caldwell, the Communications Manager for Cadillac. I asked him... Dave replied...

Finally heard something. Actually, I got news 10 days ago that the car was moved to GM Charlotte, Michigan rail yard. Obviously, it wouldn't go there if GM's intent was not to ship it. Today, the dealer gave us the car's window sticker. Tomorrow I contact them to see if the car has shipped.

With my luck, they're shipping it to California via Shanghai. :chuckle: Seriously...there must be others who place early orders for CTS-Vs who are in the same boat. I'd sure like to know why the plant is building cars but they are not being shipped.

:frown: Still no word from Cadillac on my ATS-V order. According to my dealer, Bunnin Cadillac in Santa Barbara CA, the car is still only listed as having been produced, but there has been no word from Cadillac as to it being shipped. I read in Automotive News back in the Spring that car...

In reading that book some more, I learned that both the ATS-V and the CTS-V have "Engine Sound Enhancement" which is described as natural engine sounds amplified into the cabin though the sound system to enhance the performance driving experience." It doesn't say whether this is available only...

There has been no reference to a bypass exhaust system in either press info or any of the mainstream road test stories published to date. That said, I have a copy of the "2016 Cadillac V-Series Details Book" which Cadillac makes available to dealers and it has listing for an "exhaust valve" in...

I just read Motor Trend's story on the ATS-V sedan automatic, which is the configuration I ordered. Basically MT liked the car except that the engine is too quiet. MT says... I just emailed my contact at CORSA exhaust to see if they are going to do an ATS-V system. :chuckle:

I resent my email to Dave Caldwell in re: the Car-and-Driver story and he finally emailed me back. On the CD's comments about the CUE, Caldwell says: Also, earlier in the blog, "~tc~" makes the point: Maybe that's the problem...dumb-assed media wonks not spending enough time with the system...

Right after I posted about the CD story on ATS-V vs BMW vs Mercedes, I emailed Dave Caldwell, the Communications Director at Cadillac, and asked him to comment on the negative aspects of the article. To date, he's not replied to any of my questions.

Read the three way test between the ATS-V, the M3 and the C63 in the August "Car and Driver" We didn't so so well. In the overall numbers the ATS-V finished last with 201 points compared to the M3's 207 and the Benz's 205. We finished first in the chassis and fun-to-drive categories but...

I have to start today's post by saying that I got a good laugh at these banner ads which are running at the top of the site. The one at the top of the forum directory pages said "Upgrade to a Camaro" which, of course, is totally a joke on a Caddy V-Series forum. The one at the top of this page...

Latest on my ATS-V is that its broadcast code is 3400 which, my pals at Bunnin Chevrolet/Cadillac tell me means that the ordering information has been sent to the assembly plant. All I have at this point is what a BMW M3 driver will see just before I pass him/her coming out of a turn. click...

You're right. I should not have relied on memory. Heck, I had a picture of PBC weighing my own engine Nothing like being a dumb ass, eh?

Looking at the weather you've been getting over there near OKC, you'd better be looking at putting a submarine next to that 427 Convertible.