Wife's old car (2008 Cadillac SRX)
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:21 pm
Read all about the Malibu replacement selection process and some info about the vehicle itself starting here: http://forums.kevinallenmoore.com/viewt ... =110#p4280
I'm going to continue this thread as an after purchase general thread.
I did discover a mechanical fan! And the two pusher fans. So this is a V92 tow pack vehicle, 4,250 lb rating.
A couple things here. First, no wiring harness on the top of the shock tower. Suggests no MR shocks. Top post battery?? On a GM? Also, look at the battery ground cable. I believe this is an inductive current probe, probably for the battery management system that I mentioned in the old thread. Side note, that strut tower brace looks like it would bolt right up to my CTS-V. The bar stock itself even looks identical. General engine bay. Still need to find an engine cover. Or not. Finally! The SPID. Without decoding, I can already confirm FE1 (soft ride) suspension, no F55 (MR shocks), G80 (comes with the sport package), V08 heavy duty cooling (mechanical fan code just like LT1 B-bodies), and the V92 tow pack. Cool. I need to fully decode this. Any volunteers? Looks good in the driveway. Sport package also includes a body color grill and the same style mesh that's on my CTS-V grill. Naturally, I approve of this. The sport package may have pushed me over the edge to buy this as quickly as I did. It may look even better in a darker color, however, silver I think is a great choice for a family vehicle. Honestly the 20s don't even look that big to me. They are 255/50s which means they have exactly the same width and sidewall height as the 94-96 Impala SS wheels. Which, by today's standards, is not even that low profile. These aren't, either. Just right if you ask me. The other wheel packages use a staggered 235/255 F/R setup, which means you can't rotate. The sport package wheels are 255/50 all the way around, which means you can rotate and extend the life of these expensive-ass tires. This is great. 30psi front and 32psi rear. Seems a tad low but my CTS-V is actually 30/30 (I run it higher). Maybe I'll do 32/34 or something on this. This is so odd but I found it on the roof, nestled in a groove, next to the Ultraview roof. Someone cutting some cocaine on the roof or....scraping decals? So freaking strange. Other strange things are the car appears to have gotten very dusty at some point. There's even dust/dirt on the INSIDE of the driver's side headlight housing. WTF? The nav system is still DVD based like my CTS-V. I think this is generally a good thing as it is easier to upgrade the maps. It seems to have an original disc in it. To eject it, the screen folds out. There is a menu option to do it, no physical eject button. Now this is embarrassing. My impatience/excitement got the better of me. In the passenger's seat back pocket I found not only the rear seat entertainment system remote, but a pair of OEM wireless headphones (should have 3 more but whatever). I put batteries in both and it all works fine. I think they are mono. There is no R or L and it sounded mono. Did I mention this is a BOSE 5.1 system? It even has rear speakers in the D-pillars which are forward-firing, and a center channel in the dash (my CTS-V does have a center channel). Ownership history, btw, is basically NH and then MA. The MA person bought it as a CPO, drove it the past 3 years and put 54k on it. FWIW. It actually seems fairly clean underneath so I guess it was garaged or washed more than never.
I'm going to continue this thread as an after purchase general thread.
I did discover a mechanical fan! And the two pusher fans. So this is a V92 tow pack vehicle, 4,250 lb rating.
A couple things here. First, no wiring harness on the top of the shock tower. Suggests no MR shocks. Top post battery?? On a GM? Also, look at the battery ground cable. I believe this is an inductive current probe, probably for the battery management system that I mentioned in the old thread. Side note, that strut tower brace looks like it would bolt right up to my CTS-V. The bar stock itself even looks identical. General engine bay. Still need to find an engine cover. Or not. Finally! The SPID. Without decoding, I can already confirm FE1 (soft ride) suspension, no F55 (MR shocks), G80 (comes with the sport package), V08 heavy duty cooling (mechanical fan code just like LT1 B-bodies), and the V92 tow pack. Cool. I need to fully decode this. Any volunteers? Looks good in the driveway. Sport package also includes a body color grill and the same style mesh that's on my CTS-V grill. Naturally, I approve of this. The sport package may have pushed me over the edge to buy this as quickly as I did. It may look even better in a darker color, however, silver I think is a great choice for a family vehicle. Honestly the 20s don't even look that big to me. They are 255/50s which means they have exactly the same width and sidewall height as the 94-96 Impala SS wheels. Which, by today's standards, is not even that low profile. These aren't, either. Just right if you ask me. The other wheel packages use a staggered 235/255 F/R setup, which means you can't rotate. The sport package wheels are 255/50 all the way around, which means you can rotate and extend the life of these expensive-ass tires. This is great. 30psi front and 32psi rear. Seems a tad low but my CTS-V is actually 30/30 (I run it higher). Maybe I'll do 32/34 or something on this. This is so odd but I found it on the roof, nestled in a groove, next to the Ultraview roof. Someone cutting some cocaine on the roof or....scraping decals? So freaking strange. Other strange things are the car appears to have gotten very dusty at some point. There's even dust/dirt on the INSIDE of the driver's side headlight housing. WTF? The nav system is still DVD based like my CTS-V. I think this is generally a good thing as it is easier to upgrade the maps. It seems to have an original disc in it. To eject it, the screen folds out. There is a menu option to do it, no physical eject button. Now this is embarrassing. My impatience/excitement got the better of me. In the passenger's seat back pocket I found not only the rear seat entertainment system remote, but a pair of OEM wireless headphones (should have 3 more but whatever). I put batteries in both and it all works fine. I think they are mono. There is no R or L and it sounded mono. Did I mention this is a BOSE 5.1 system? It even has rear speakers in the D-pillars which are forward-firing, and a center channel in the dash (my CTS-V does have a center channel). Ownership history, btw, is basically NH and then MA. The MA person bought it as a CPO, drove it the past 3 years and put 54k on it. FWIW. It actually seems fairly clean underneath so I guess it was garaged or washed more than never.