[V8] Something odd here

[NIck Miller]

That's rather interesting, I'll have to look into that.  It might just have
been the wheel/tire combination.  Often on these newer car with lower and
lower profile tires you get too much transmitted back into the chassis from
the road.  Going from 17" wheels with 35 series tires to 15" wheels with 55
series tires made a big difference on my Miata, with a minor loss of
sharpness on turn in only.

The cabrio is FWD only, correct?  I seem to recall this is the case, as
there was one fella going to great lengths to add in AWD to his, for what
intents and purpose, I have no idea, but that seems to be quite a task.


On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Tony and Lillie <
tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I've driven a CTS4 3.6, and a cabrio, and I'd take the Cabrio anyday. It's
> somewhat underpowered, but not terible. It is, however, automatic only :(
> But, I can fix that ;-)
>
> And, the Cabrio looks better (IMHO). The Caddy has quite a rough ride, to
> the point that my co-worker who drives a mid 90's 1-ton said it was too
> rough. I don't like cars that ride like that when I do as much driving as I
> do.
>
> Tony
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [V8] Something odd here
> >
> >There are quite a few for sale on ebay motors right now, all things
> >considered.  I think 5 right now.   I've looked at them a number of times,
> >but if you ask me they are overpriced for what they are, and underpowered.
> >I am always leary of a convertible too after owning the miata, building a
> >chassis properly is not easy when there is no roof, and unless you are
> doing
> >so from the ground up, its not easy to succeed.   I'm sure the Audi is
> >better than most, but for the same money I'd be looking at a much newer
> CTS
> >V6 manual instead.
> >
> >  I do like the look of the cabby's, however, there is one local around
> here
> >I see almost every day at school.  And those GIS seats look sharp as well.
>
>