Did a trans swap

[blmlozz]

well, the black car had to go. The auto sucked, plain and simple. It was boring to drive. so, 1.5 months later after placing a special order here she is

6MT
No sunroof (helmet headroom)
all options sans wood trim (I like the standard trim more than I thought I would)
2 piece GM performance rotors
No PDI plastic prep removal (so *all* the plastic stuff was still on there) It was like christmas.

Opulent Blue exterior color. Black diamond was just too much mantiance, and I liked the blue or it was a close to monte carlo blue in the F10 M5 as I could get

on to the pics!

 

[CarbonSteel]

Nice!

 

[01rangerxl]

Beautiful! The great thing about no PDI is no swirl marks in that awesome paint!

I like the custom plates, but too bad VA makes you put a front plate on that nice bumper.

 

[Hokiefyd]

Beautiful car you have there.

Yes, it is a shame that Virginia requires the front plate.

 

[spasm3]

That thing looks mean!! love the wheels! You have a nice car!

 

[eljefino]

Noone makes an honest blue car anymore. Nice choice. Now get a pic of you smoking 'em.

 

[simple_gifts]

That is a nice looking car.

 

[4D-56]

Shes a beauty....and a beast!

 

[Smokescreen]

Wicked. 0-60 in 3.9sec, 550+ HP/TQ Simply Wicked.

 

[ls1mike]

I hate you...yet love you at the same time...
That car is sex.
Enjoy!

 

[Colt45ws]

Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
Beautiful car you have there.

Yes, it is a shame that Virginia requires the front plate.

So does Washington, but I dont run a front plate.

 

[FirstNissan]

Beautiful car. As far as being an M5 eater, is it? I saw the M5 on top gear, Clarkson had tremendous things to say about its power and handling.

 

[AVB]

Back when I worked at a Caddy dealer we did 148mph with 4 people in a 04CTS V on a pdi run. I was told the XLR did 167.

But back on topic, like they said nice car man.

 

[beast3300]

Dead sexy car!

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: AVB
Back when I worked at a Caddy dealer we did 148mph with 4 people in a 04CTS V on a pdi run. I was told the XLR did 167.

But back on topic, like they said nice car man.


I've done 160+ on a pass

 

[dave1251]

Great looking car. I hope it brings you many many miles of spirited but safe driving.

 

[silverrat]

Don't corner too hard in it, the airbags may deploy.

 

[GMBoy]

Atleast put the plate in the factory provided spot in the center, off the side looks awful..did you drill into that nice bumper?? There is also a power "hidden"plate system that is neat. Texas requires a front plate as well, but I don't run one on my CTS as the fine is cheap anyhow.

But NICE car! I like the color. We have 2 CTS V's in company service right now. A Black diamond (that ugly 70's looking metal flake color) coupe and a white diamond sedan. The coupe is a manual and the sedan is auto. I've driven both and according to magazine reports the auto is actually faster than the manual (I guess driver skills come to play) 0-60 and 1/4 mile. But the top speed goes to the manual. The manual is much more fun though and the auto is slow to downshift I noticed.

 

[dwcopple]

Enlighten me on the rotors please...The one on the left looks better to me.

 

[97tbird]

Nice car...normally not a big fan of blue, but THAT blue is great!

(I'd still rather have an M5, though