Who wants a 2006 Cadillac STS V8?

[Nissan_Figaro]

I have photos and there is no listed price it is for negotiation
Problems are
Transmission stuck in limp mode and the power steering is hard
Also two flats
Also I’m not the seller
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[HFV_Junkyardin]

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi Its been probably 10 years since I've seen an STS that wasn't a pile.

[Sam Blockhan]

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi Yikes. I think this is more fit for a junkyard than another owner, unless said owner is dedicated to restoring it. STS fans are few and far between however.

[Nissan_Figaro]

@Sam-Blockhan is that better?

[drVanTraveler]

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi Another ridden hard and abandoned..
Couldn't afford to fix everything that's broken

[Nissan_Figaro]

@drVanTraveler trans is $1K-$2K and power steering is around the $200-$1K mark

[Chariotoflove]

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi
I’ll give tree fiddy if the fast food cup is thrown in.

[Nissan_Figaro]

@Chariotoflove okay so $350? Or $3.50?

[drVanTraveler]

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi said in Who wants a 2006 Cadillac STS V8?:

@drVanTraveler trans is $1K-$2K and power steering is around the $200-$1K mark

I'm assuming the "big item" on the broke list is hidden by the listed defects.

[Nissan_Figaro]

@drVanTraveler well I don’t know I’m not the seller

[Shop-Teacher]

@HFV said in Who wants a 2006 Cadillac STS V8?:

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi Its been probably 10 years since I've seen an STS that wasn't a pile.

Same here. This gen looked so good, but they aged quite badly.

[Chariotoflove]

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi said in Who wants a 2006 Cadillac STS V8?:

@Chariotoflove okay so $350? Or $3.50?

I ain’t no big spender!

[Nissan_Figaro]

@Chariotoflove so $1? I don’t know btw I’m not the seller

[Chariotoflove]

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi
Oh, I know. Because you’d know better. Honestly, this might or might not be a potential for a good deal.The tires are nothing to fix. The trans and whatever else is in there with it are a little more sketchy. I’d need to to a little more forensic conversation with the seller. That said, even parted, it would be a profit, if one were willing to do do the work.

[Nissan_Figaro]

@Chariotoflove yeah true

[WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4]

This seems like one of those scenarios that either goes one of two ways, either the issues with the car aren't that bad (might just be low on trans fluid) and you could buy it, fix it cheap and flip it (or drive it), OOOOORRR it's an absolute basket case and there are 10 times as many things wrong with it than the seller is listing.
My vote is #2 but I'm cynical and jaded.

[Chariotoflove]

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4
If #2, then you just give it to @100percentjake. He couldn’t say no to that.

[fintail]

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi nope. Not their finest hour. A V model would be fun for high rarity, but even then a risk.

I recall ages ago renting a car, I think National at ATL, and there was one of these on the EA or ES. I beelined over to it, and it was broken.

[Nissan_Figaro]

@fintail honestly I didn’t know they existed

[09GT - now boosted]

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi

RUN!!!!!!! Those Northstar V8s have that catastrophic head bolt issue. That’s a $4-5000 job.

I had the SRX version of this with the V6, and a CTS wagon too, so I’m a big fan of this platform. Great riding and handling cars, but got rid of the CTS when kid #3 arrived and the SRX after having the V6 timing chain fixed under warranty at 100,000 miles. Sold it to my brother as a car for his teenagers - still going strong.

He has an STS like this, and he’s trying to decide on the head bolt fix or dump it. It’s otherwise in great shape and he’d keep it for another 5 years.

This - not worth it for free.

[BeaterGT]

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi Maybe @Black-Villain will be interested? Parts car?

[Rusty Vandura]

@SAAB_9-3_SportCombi said in Who wants a 2006 Cadillac STS V8?:

@drVanTraveler trans is $1K-$2K and power steering is around the $200-$1K mark

I think your transmission estimate is off by at least a factor of two.

Has your sticker arrived yet?

[Black-Villain]

@BeaterGT I'm good at the moment, funnily enough I'm fixing the power steering on mine at the moment as well