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jtang84 07-13-2010 01:47 PM
Deciding whether to buy a used 1997 Cadillac Catera
 
Is the 1997 Cadillac Catera a good used car buy? Why or why not? Is the 1997 Cadillac Catera reliable? Is maintainence expensive for the 1997 Cadillac Catera? Are there any inexpensive garages that maintain the 1997 Cadillac Catera?

Kokujin 07-13-2010 02:16 PM
Don't bother. For the price get something better and more reliable. The costs of repairs is rediculous and the value blows on these.

Read the reviews
http://www.carsurvey.org/reviews/cadillac/catera/1997/

gilly 07-13-2010 02:26 PM
lol

kokanee_vtec 07-13-2010 02:29 PM
Buy yourself a nice little Honda.

donjalapeno 07-13-2010 03:07 PM
lol catera.....

sonick 07-13-2010 03:09 PM
f no.

Leopold Stotch 07-13-2010 03:21 PM
that's a horrible little car, the very few customers i've had who had one, all wish they hadn't bought one to begin with

SoulCrusher 07-13-2010 03:25 PM
I dont know whats worse-- the fact that theyre unreliable or that it looks like shit
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Jsunu 07-13-2010 03:28 PM
Weird you mentioned "1997 Cadillac Catera" 4 times in your post lol. It is almost seems like you wrote the body of the text then pasted 1997 Cadillac Catera all over it.

Also, why would you want THAT car?

EuroRepresent 07-13-2010 03:31 PM
Was looking at one back in 2008. Ended up buying a 1996 Infiniti I30. What a great and a reliable V6 engine. I suggest you get one of those!

Great68 07-13-2010 03:33 PM
All mid sized sedans of that era produced by GM were total garbage.

orange7 07-13-2010 03:36 PM
project car?

Great68 07-13-2010 03:39 PM
Hahahaha:

"In its 3.0 L form, this engine was notable for recalls of all units installed in Cadillac Cateras due to timing belt tensioner bearing failures, which could cause catatrophic damage to the engine because of its interference design."

slammer111 07-14-2010 04:08 AM
Damn, and our family almost got one of these in the 90s. :eek:

donjalapeno 07-14-2010 09:39 AM
basically a malibu with caddy badges?

orange7 07-14-2010 09:52 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Soltaaa77 (Post 7028373)
basically a malibu with caddy badges?
basically metal welded ontop of 4 wheels.

Great68 07-14-2010 09:53 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Soltaaa77 (Post 7028373)
basically a malibu with caddy badges?
No,

Basically an Opel Omega with cadillac badges (GM V Platform)

The Malibu is based off GM's N-Body platform, shared with Pontiac Grand-Ams and Oldsmobile Aleros.

jpark 07-14-2010 10:10 AM
interior is so faken ugly in these, oh and the whole car is just :facepalm:

Mugen EvOlutioN 07-14-2010 10:12 AM
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: y

twitchyzero 07-14-2010 01:01 PM
get an Impala SS instead :troll:
http://www.runwalkjog.com/connecticu...4impala907.JPG


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