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I'm with Tuna. With winter tires on the car, it should do pretty well or at least better than does your Mustang.

I'm still waiting for a solution to the noise/vibraton problem our ATS-V coupe has but I'm optimistic that soon the problem is going to be resolved. I will argue with the GM Rep for my area or GM Technical Assistance if they even hint that, my dealer, Bunnin Cadillac has not done its best with...

Certainly possible, but IMO, unlikely because the noise occurs mainly when the car is going straight, not when there's any differentiation between axles in a turn. My gut feeling has been either something in the driveline out of balance or maybe a bearing in the RDU or the diff is bad. My...

I'm still working with the Cadillac dealer to solve the noise and vibration problem I have with "Pearl" our ATS-V 4-door. I'd kind getting a little frustrated with slow progress, but at least it's "progress". A couple of weeks ago, I took the top driveline tech. at Bunnin Chevrolet-Cadillac for...

A couple of weeks ago, my Wife's ATS-V Sedan, "Pearl", just turned over 10,000-miles. In honor of that, after 10K-mi and six months of enjoyment, it's time for some ownership impressions Let's begin with the instrument panel. The ATS-V IP has gotten mixed reviews from the mainstream road test...

OK. So ATS, CT6, CTS, Escalade, SRX and XTS for MY16 have heated seats. XT5 for MY17 has heated AND ventilated seats. Recommendation: If you you typically eat large quantities of baked beans or chile and beans, buy a 17 XT5.:chuckle:

A lot of engine swaps for that car are "possible". I think you have to define what the meaning of the word "can" might be. Sure, you "can" but it would require spending thousands of dollars to do it and would mean a wholesale renovation of the car's underhood area to accomodate the LSA. It...

Heck Alex, the parking sensor will work if the car's upside down. I'd leave it alone. That way you'll have parking warnings no matter what direction is "up". :chuckle:

Hey there Michael....welcome to the V-Net. Cool STS-V you have with a few mods.

Have the CUE 2.5 upgrade installed, however, my Wife drives the car every day and I haven't had a chance to take a look and see what's different. Interestingly (and perhaps unfortunately) where was no addendum issued to the CUE Owner's Manual to explain the update. Sheesh. Cadillac is really...

I got word late last week that the parts for the CUE 2.5 upgrade arrived at my Cadillac dealer. Finally!:biggrin: Next week, I'll set up a time to get the car in there to have the work done. I'm also gong to take the dealer's ace noise and vibes tech for a ride to see what he says about that...

A week or so ago, I had an email converstation with a combustion engineer at GM Global Propulsion Systems and he told me that, with direct-injected engines, be they 4, 6, or 8 cyls, rich on start-up is one strategy they use to get quick cat light off. Last weekend was time to change the engine...

Turns out the exhaust smoke I'm seeing on start up is normal. I found a GM service bulletin about just that issue on GDI engines, including the LF4. The engine runs quite rich right after a cold start to help accelerate cat light off.

Got a scare yesterday morning. I was out in the driveway talking to my Wife, the Fairest Sandra the Red, just as she was leaving to put half-a-day in at her sidejob of doing title work at a Harley dealer, when she started the car and puffs of oil smoke came out of the exhaust. I thought...

This kind of stuff is why Rob gets paid the exhorbitant salary he gets. :rocker:

Well....haven't done much with the BMW Buster of late. My Wife, the Fairest Sandra the Red, drives it to work every day along with driving it to her two-days-a-month weekend sidejob. We have near 7000 miles on the car at this point. While we are having a few rough spots in the ownership...

The bulletin I saw applied only to ATS-Vs built before a specific VIN. The regular ATS was not mentioned, however, there was an instruction in the bulletin about how to identify which version of CUE is installed. What you do is: check for the "Projection" icon on the CUE Home Screen. If that...

Next week, we're going to have the BMW Buster into Bunnin Cadillac, again, so they can finish up (I hope) diagnosing my vibration problem. Also, I found out that last Thursday, Cadillac issued an update to the CUE. It's v2.5 and included Apple Car Play. Supposedly, this update requires parts of...

I did not. I'm just going to accept what GM states in the ATS-V Service Data: they're called "generators".

An "alternator" is, indeed, a generator. It has three-phase generator with a "rectifier bridge" built in which produces a DC output. GM terminology is "generator". Read factory service information, you'll see.