I test drove a CTSV

DCNISMO · 12-02-2012, 08:56 PM

Wow, that's addicting power. After that the Nismo felt pretty slow. It was an 09 with only 22 k miles, recaro seats and open sky sun roof. They offered me 29k for my Nismo. I may just go buy the monster. I played with the magnetic ride and the traction control. They are independent, You can set sport suspension with regular or minimal TC or turn it off. Handling it's pretty good given the weight and size. Has nav, XM, Bluetooth, heated seats...
Best part? With simple mods you can make really obscene power. Intake, pulley, belt, idler, and tune for 1k or so adds 100 HP and lots of torque.

bigsix · 12-02-2012, 09:29 PM

It's always a special sighting when a CTS-V passes by. Kind of like Corvette drivers, they're usually going along pretty slow.

So, is the engine the dominating part of the driving experience ? ? ?

Recently riding in an ATS 4 3.6, the handling stood out to me .

DCNISMO · 12-03-2012, 07:24 AM

Yes, that supercharged 6.2 liter just pulled and pulled. I did not have a chance to drive on any real twisty roads, but what I did drive on the handling was good, given the size and weight of the car. It was very comparable to driving a German performance sedan. No rattles or wind noise, very planted and stable, no nervous feeling in the back and no wheel hop. All those things happened in the previous generation. That one felt like a big engine was stuffed in the car as an afterthought. This latest version felt like it was designed from the start to have the big powerful engine and its all integrated together. Only issue on this one is the basic warranty is over and its not certified. Checking the V sites, I have not found any big issues or items going bad on them though. So looks like minimal warranty repairs so far.

Red__Zed · 12-03-2012, 08:04 AM

They are insane cars. I would love to put one on my 3 year roadmap

SS_Firehawk · 12-03-2012, 08:05 AM

I would love to have a CTS-V Wagon as a daily. Maybe for the Wife lol. I told her she can have one if she gets it in manual and Recaro's. She agreed... My bank account doesn't

DCNISMO · 12-03-2012, 05:17 PM

I just brought it home this evening. It's a monster but very smooth and quiet. Dynamatt not needed. I'll post pics later. I paid 44k for it and bought a warranty from GM. I got 29k on the Nismo for trade. So I'm happy.

W.O.W. 370Z · 12-03-2012, 05:39 PM

Congrats. I am selling Z for a CTS V sedan.

Interested to see how my TT Z compares to the V as a daily.

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DJ-of-E · 12-03-2012, 05:58 PM

You will like the V more than TT Z. Despite its weight, Cadillac did a darn good job on its suspension. I've driven one with a CTS-V group at Willow Springs and its cornering is no joke. Even put doubts when I had my 370z.

Z-Girl 12 · 12-03-2012, 07:00 PM

I wanna see it! I wanna see it! Congrats! I love that car...shockingly with its sharp edges! I saw a balck one driving past me on 75N headed into Atlanta. All that stood out to me were these huge calipers that were gold or something and the insane exhaust pipe housing. All I could do was drool and putter on in mym lil Z.

DCNISMO · 12-03-2012, 08:57 PM

Mine is black with black interior. I just finished the home link transmitter pairing and the bluetooth pairing. I'm reading through the manual now, it's got all kinds of things to set. The seat, steering column, and other presets. They come with silver brake calipers but if you got updated brakes the calipers are red or yellow. I have tons to learn about it. It's actually very docile till you wake it up, so driving home in DC was no problem. The clutch has a much better feel than the Z did. I'll upload the crappy cell pic in a bit. Here are two pics....

SS_Firehawk · 12-04-2012, 12:30 AM

Lucky man. CG's

Ackrite · 12-04-2012, 12:32 AM

Congratulations. I would love to have one of them. Now go out and tint that b***h

Trips · 12-04-2012, 12:35 AM

Congrats!!!

Boost_lee · 12-04-2012, 12:40 AM

nice! I'd love a coupe or wagon in the future

zmojo · 12-04-2012, 01:06 PM

Good Luck with it, most of the new corvette owners and caddy based vettes tend to trade them at about 20-30K, because that is when the problems start to appear on them. If you have time to buy an extra bumper to bumper waranty then you should take, you will probably need it.

If I were you and wanted a bigger car, I would have went with a loaded maxima or a loaded altima.

12-02-2012, 08:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
DCNISMO Track Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: washington dc Posts: 995 Drives: Nismo Z Rep Power: 178	I test drove a CTSV Wow, that's addicting power. After that the Nismo felt pretty slow. It was an 09 with only 22 k miles, recaro seats and open sky sun roof. They offered me 29k for my Nismo. I may just go buy the monster. I played with the magnetic ride and the traction control. They are independent, You can set sport suspension with regular or minimal TC or turn it off. Handling it's pretty good given the weight and size. Has nav, XM, Bluetooth, heated seats... Best part? With simple mods you can make really obscene power. Intake, pulley, belt, idler, and tune for 1k or so adds 100 HP and lots of torque. Z-Girl 12 likes this.

12-03-2012, 08:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
SS_Firehawk Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,142 Drives: 13' Magma Red Nismo Rep Power: 7335	I would love to have a CTS-V Wagon as a daily. Maybe for the Wife lol. I told her she can have one if she gets it in manual and Recaro's. She agreed... My bank account doesn't __________________ Old Car:GTM TSC'd 550whp / 410lbft tq @ 11.88PSI New Car: Under Construction

12-03-2012, 05:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
DCNISMO Track Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: washington dc Posts: 995 Drives: Nismo Z Rep Power: 178	I just brought it home this evening. It's a monster but very smooth and quiet. Dynamatt not needed. I'll post pics later. I paid 44k for it and bought a warranty from GM. I got 29k on the Nismo for trade. So I'm happy. RoshDawg likes this. Last edited by DCNISMO; 12-03-2012 at 05:30 PM.

12-03-2012, 05:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
W.O.W. 370Z A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Miami Posts: 1,757 Drives: 2010 Touring Sport Z Rep Power: 19	Congrats. I am selling Z for a CTS V sedan. Interested to see how my TT Z compares to the V as a daily. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2 Last edited by W.O.W. 370Z; 12-03-2012 at 05:41 PM.

12-03-2012, 05:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
DJ-of-E Track Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Garden Grove, CA Posts: 676 Drives: 00 Toyota Celica 040 Rep Power: 15	You will like the V more than TT Z. Despite its weight, Cadillac did a darn good job on its suspension. I've driven one with a CTS-V group at Willow Springs and its cornering is no joke. Even put doubts when I had my 370z. __________________

12-02-2012, 09:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
bigsix A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Thailand Posts: 2,227 Drives: Honda City/Mazda 2 Rep Power: 19	It's always a special sighting when a CTS-V passes by. Kind of like Corvette drivers, they're usually going along pretty slow. So, is the engine the dominating part of the driving experience ? ? ? Recently riding in an ATS 4 3.6, the handling stood out to me .

12-03-2012, 07:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
DCNISMO Track Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: washington dc Posts: 995 Drives: Nismo Z Rep Power: 178	Yes, that supercharged 6.2 liter just pulled and pulled. I did not have a chance to drive on any real twisty roads, but what I did drive on the handling was good, given the size and weight of the car. It was very comparable to driving a German performance sedan. No rattles or wind noise, very planted and stable, no nervous feeling in the back and no wheel hop. All those things happened in the previous generation. That one felt like a big engine was stuffed in the car as an afterthought. This latest version felt like it was designed from the start to have the big powerful engine and its all integrated together. Only issue on this one is the basic warranty is over and its not certified. Checking the V sites, I have not found any big issues or items going bad on them though. So looks like minimal warranty repairs so far.

12-03-2012, 08:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
Red__Zed A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: window seat Posts: 28,940 Drives: Mostly on two wheels Rep Power: 120	They are insane cars. I would love to put one on my 3 year roadmap

12-03-2012, 07:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
Z-Girl 12 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 4,105 Drives: Spirited Rep Power: 11716	I wanna see it! I wanna see it! Congrats! I love that car...shockingly with its sharp edges! I saw a balck one driving past me on 75N headed into Atlanta. All that stood out to me were these huge calipers that were gold or something and the insane exhaust pipe housing. All I could do was drool and putter on in mym lil Z. __________________ 2012 Z-SOLD 2014 Nismo #565 Fast Intentions CBE/HFC/Swift/SPC/RJM/H&R-15/20mm/Z1 CAI/Headers/Intake Manifold w/Uprev Tune 328.31whp/263.64tq

12-03-2012, 08:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
DCNISMO Track Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: washington dc Posts: 995 Drives: Nismo Z Rep Power: 178	Mine is black with black interior. I just finished the home link transmitter pairing and the bluetooth pairing. I'm reading through the manual now, it's got all kinds of things to set. The seat, steering column, and other presets. They come with silver brake calipers but if you got updated brakes the calipers are red or yellow. I have tons to learn about it. It's actually very docile till you wake it up, so driving home in DC was no problem. The clutch has a much better feel than the Z did. I'll upload the crappy cell pic in a bit. Here are two pics.... m4a1mustang, RoshDawg, Ackrite and 1 others like this. Last edited by DCNISMO; 12-03-2012 at 09:39 PM.

12-04-2012, 12:30 AM	#11 (permalink)
SS_Firehawk Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,142 Drives: 13' Magma Red Nismo Rep Power: 7335	Lucky man. CG's __________________ Old Car:GTM TSC'd 550whp / 410lbft tq @ 11.88PSI New Car: Under Construction

12-04-2012, 12:32 AM	#12 (permalink)
Ackrite Base Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: fontana, ca Posts: 190 Drives: '12 White Nismo Z Rep Power: 13	Congratulations. I would love to have one of them. Now go out and tint that b***h

12-04-2012, 12:35 AM	#13 (permalink)
Trips Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Disneyland, Ca Posts: 8,730 Drives: 🔰 Rep Power: 10	Congrats!!!

12-04-2012, 12:40 AM	#14 (permalink)
Boost_lee A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SATX Posts: 2,813 Drives: 09 370Z TT 6MT Rep Power: 29	nice! I'd love a coupe or wagon in the future __________________ My TT Z

12-04-2012, 01:06 PM	#15 (permalink)
zmojo Base Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: southwest Posts: 23 Drives: 2013 copper orange Rep Power: 12	Good Luck with it, most of the new corvette owners and caddy based vettes tend to trade them at about 20-30K, because that is when the problems start to appear on them. If you have time to buy an extra bumper to bumper waranty then you should take, you will probably need it. If I were you and wanted a bigger car, I would have went with a loaded maxima or a loaded altima.

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