nmcgrawj
Advanced Member
Oh, and I'll agree with you on the Corvette, that is an awesome car. But the Cadillac is the worst car made in America today hands down. The suspension is so poor in it, I get sea sick everytime I ride in it. They are hidiously ugly right now. I rented a CTS about a year ago, the windshield design is so bad it's practically impossible to drive it in the rain. The water just sits on the windshield and doesn't go anywhere. The seat quality is so bad that if you have to sit in it for more than 15 minutes your butt goes absolutely numb. I swear they got the Climate Control system from the same people who built it for the jet I fly at work. It's either blowing ice chunks at you, or melting your face. I have to sit and deal with that at work, last thing I want to do is ride home with the same experience. I might get flashbacks on my commute. The stearing wheel in the Cadillac is like turning a radio knob, there is absolutely no feedback whatsoever. The car has more blindspots driving down the road than my F-150. It's simply an awful car. There is absolutely no engineering involved in it at all. I would rather drive an Aveo or a Cobalt, and that is not an exaguration. The only positive thing Cadillac has done in recent years, they finally got rid of that Northstar abomination. I remember working on that thing when I worked in a garage. Even on the biggest Cadillacs with enourmous engine compartments you couldn't get to a single thing on that engine. You burn your hands trying to get the oil filter off. And how about this for thinking things through. In order to change the starter motor, you had to pull a cylinder head. That's smarts for ya.
Kurt
So you're driving down the freeway without windshield wipers on?
I think you should seperate what is a bad design and what features you dont like. Just cause you want it to feel this way, or that way, doesnt mean everyone else does. Worst car made? Give me a break. How the hell did they sell like they have for so many years IF it was that poorly made?
You're taking it a little to the extreme to say the car has no engineering. My buddy has a 99 seville that i ride in a lot....and i've driven it. Steering is fine to me for that car....for my mustang? no. Seats? No complaints. Automatic climate control? beautiful. I've never gotten sea sick in one. CTS-V? STS-V? I'd LOVE to have one. Maybe you're just picky, but I dont know many 10 year old cars that offer the same features that his does. If you do, name them. Caddy's range in a very wide way depending on how you get them loaded. Shoot they even offer a v6 in them now. Any entry level optioned car is not going to be impressive. Compare your entry level cobalt to a fully loaded cobalt SS. Night and day. Same thing with caddy.
Fitting engines into cars is always a challenge. Out of all the people at GM you dont think they weigh their options for what is best for the car as a whole? Sure they drop the ball, but damn man they didnt drop the ball across the board Think about the people GM cares about....its not the wrench turner. If they dont think a starter will need service for say.....100k miles and the northstar offers positives....starter placement is not going to make or break it.
Its easy to say how bad a job someone did but its a bit harder to jump in their seat and to do it....effectively. Until you are an engineer and help make profitable decisions for a company, be careful how harsh you are.