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I'm a huge fan. I still hold Zappa fests with videos and music every few years and have many friends into Frank (we grew up listening to Zappa in High School). I went to over 100 Zappa concerts back in the day and got backstage with Frank several times. He knew me by name and I visited the...

Always nice to see a Zappa reference...even in a car forum...

Agree - they are just so practical and so much easier to load up as compared to a normal sedan. My sister drives some sort of BMW 4 series liftback and I so wish our CT4 was one....alas... My first car was a 1981 Toyota Starlet - a RWD MT hatch that was just a fantastic (and quick) little car...

Yeah to bad American preferences toward SUVs took over during the last 20 years otherwise maybe Cadillac might have made a CT 4 (or ATS) wagon or hatch years ago...but that bird has flown unfortunately. And thats really too bad as I love wagons & hatchbacks and would have bought one vs a sedan...

Thanks for the response sponaugle....and wow....serious JDM style HP you've got there. Hard to imagine your dilemma deciding which to drive and having the time etc. But looks like great fun. Unlike you I'm not at all a mechanic....just a driver....and of more humble/limited means (what a garage...

Yeah I was afraid of that.....the Aero gauge must be the issue.

That looks to be a pretty interesting collection of cars you have there - atypical. I'd be interested in an itemization and some background if your up for it. And what prompted your interest in the Caddy? Congrats BTW - good choice...

Thanks for all the encouragement and advice. I recently picked up and am using a battery tender on my GTI. I'm considering one for the Caddy but still hope its not necessary. I will use the transport mode next time I know I'll be leaving the car off for an extended period. Thanks ngoni. I'm...

Well I was going to take the 4 BW out on Friday (just for errands) but after nearly a month of sitting and not being driven it was totally dead. (though I had encouraged both my wife and son who was home to drive it they failed to). So I got it jumped today and took it out for an extended drive...

I get it - my Audi was a nightmare - J was always wondering what was going to go next and I frequently got stranded and needed a tow for one thing or another. Our 2004 BMW with about 120K miles has been practically maintenance free (aside from a very occasional problem like a window regulator...

Never owned a 911...but do own and drive a 4BW and a 2004 BMW ZHP - both MT 6 speeds. We picked the ZHP up in Germany new and drove it 1200 miles before shipping it back to the states. I've always said it was the perfect car - balanced, quick, super engaging to drive. In many ways its one of the...

Thanks - well I've been through this before - 24 years ago - even more touch and go...with this surgery due to complications from the last one. During my 1st abdominal surgery - 911 occurred with planes crashing out of the sky....during this one a plane went down in the Potomac River (basically...

Well the good news is that I am alive and can look out my front window and see the car in the driveway. The bad news is that I haven't driven the car in nearly a month (and do hope it will start when i do). I was supposed to drive it to the grocery store yesterday....but ended up being hauled...

The old B5 S4 Audi (with Vredstein Wintracs) was unstoppable in snow/ice. I frequently just motored up snowy/icy hills past numerous stuck or struggling SUVs with all grip - no traction control even engaging.

It was maybe 15 years ago when in San Juan Puerto Rico visiting one of my wife's best friends and her husband when I had this experience driving his 850+ hp MK IV Supra back and forth across San Juan late at night. It still is the fastest car I've ever driven and he cajoled me to push it and...

Back in the 1980s in Hollywood I was on my bicycle at on intersection and took off when the light turned green. I had to go down to avoid being hit by this car running the red....I look up and see another car running the red right behind him - an LA cop....both cops in the car turned their heads...

GM/Cadillac really need to be commended for building and offering these cars. And for the whole V line really for the last 20+ years. The cars are purpose built with attention to detail that is commendable and speaks to folks like us who value those performance aspects these cars strive for and...

My bungee cord setup always works for securing everything from groceries to home brew kegs and related...

I agree....though I've never driven the 5....I think I get it. However, I'm tempted, just for arguments sake, to claim and make a case for the 4 being a "better" car. Though I agree with ac2024 that would be a silly argument. What constitutes "better" anyway? Is faster always better? Are the...

I feel your pain. I was concerned with EMP threats back in the day which often elicited similar response. And while I was not a Cyber guy by any means I wrote some very specific Cyber protection requirements very early on (1990s) that probably led to (perhaps) billions in spending over the last...