Nice!

The car came with those when I brought it used

Damm 30s?...

@@1wayup738 yup no shaving neither just a nice little lift. Search… “Outrageus Cadillac XTS on Gold 30”s” AceWhips did a feature on it on their YT ch 👍🏽

Thats ghetto asf. Thats the problem with sedans like this, they become known as a ghetto brand and lose their prestige due to people turning them into circus clown cars with circus wheels. Stock wheels and all stock is the way to both preserve teh handling and the looks.

What stereo system is it?

@@1wayup738bang and olufsen

Yes

Thanks for watching

Great analogy re the fine wine :-). I have the V6 W211 E350 AvantGarde, nearly 20 years old and it’s always such a joy to drive-due to the design care, advanced refinement, convenience functions and loads of inbuilt safety, like the 10 air bags, etc.-plus it remains a great blend of classic and modern styling and still looks superb. When new in Australia 🇦🇺 in 2006 it cost about $140,000Au (very expensive) yet today it still drives and looks like new, yet the market value is now around $14,000, or a tenth the original price. The key to having it still drive like new is being prepared to spend, not scrimp, on regular maintenance every 6 to 12 months.

how reliable has yours been?

@@Spartansrule118 fairly reliable so far in 10 years of ownership and always enjoyable. I have it serviced 6 monthly but can now drop back to yearly. It’s had well known problems like exterior rubber deterioration, the intake manifold tumble flap, the 7-G Tronic speed sensor/ conductor plate, the thermostat and catalytic converters. It’s only done 100,000 km (60K miles) and I ‘m hoping that the dreaded balance shaft drive sprocket won’t happen at any time. I understand that this major issue doesn’t affect every M272 V6-some say up to 20%… but if it does happen I have a great mechanic, experienced in that repair-I’d rather pay up for it, even though the car is nearing 20 years old and the repair will equal the car’s value-the car is in such nice condition now that it’s cheaper for me to stay with it rather than buy something else. Before the E350 I owned a very pleasant W124 300E which I reluctantly parted with when she was age 28 years. PS: just remembered two or three issues fixed with various front end upward/ downward facing links.

@@Michael.Chapman After reading your comment I searched online and read about the balance shaft issue. The entire car needs to be dismantled, sweet jesus. Would you rather recommend some other engine, like the version in E320? Or is E350 still the better choice?

Bought mine for 19 at 80k 😢

I saw a green 2008 around 50K miles for $8,000 but someone snatched it up quickly

Lol it's a great shoe!

I will upload a driving video in the future

champaigne

Nice!

Any big reliability concerns that you had to have done? Did it ever have to go on a tow truck? Thanks

​@cookies7531 Hi! My dad owns a 2006 E350 Elegance and has had it for over 7 years now. It has driven over 210.000 km, and we've never experienced any major issues. We make sure it gets great service/maintenance. The only things that break are small stuff like tire pressure sensor, wash fluid sensor or a fog light. It has went on a tow truck once, but that was due to a flat tire. No major reliability concerns at all! Would definitely recommend. Note: it's a 2006 *facelift*, the pre-facelift tends to have more and bigger issues, at least, that's what we have read online.

Yep great cars, I prefer these over Accords

Yes

The sunroof was an option, you may find one that has

There's actually a base model below the XLT on Ford's website

XTS has slightly better styling and better materials in the interior

I went with impala to have buttons and knobs on the dash. the piano black touch dash in the cadillacs gonna need to be cleaned often.

Thanks

Remote start the car

Yea, I think they main reason was because of lowering sales numbers on those vehicles. But It may make a comeback in the near future but probable not as a midsize sedan.

Yea its crazy, but car prices are still high right now in general