Finally! I got one!
 

I recently traded in a g8 gxp and my h3 on a Cadillac ats. Almost immediately regretted it, the caddy is a great car, jut not for me right now. I need a little drama in my drive I think.

After weeks of searching, I ended up getting a deal I couldn't pass up and hopped in the car yesterday and drove 8 hours each way to pick this up. Made for a VERY long day, especially in the rain the whole way. But it was worth it.


Went back and forth between this one and a centennial edition, but as much as I loved the interior in the centennial, this car was the best bang for the buck. I was really worried about the red interior, but ended up liking it a lot better in person. And I love the overall look of this one.

New 2012 3LT M6
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Last pic of the caddy, I will miss that one for sure (but not for long)
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All tucked in at about 3:30am last night/this morning
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Can't wait for the rain to go away and really get to enjoy this thing.
Thanks for looking!

very nice

Awesome! :rock:

Congratulations!
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Nice new ride. Congrats I know you are on cloud nine:thumbs:

Lisa

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Super stoked really.

Couple small things I noticed today after the drive home, I'm sure the dealer will take care of, just not as simple since I'm a couple states away.

But I've wanted a vette forever and I finally had the opportunity so I went for it.

nice. Dont forget to wave.

Pretty sweet.

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Much better! :thumbs:

Very nice, but you already knew that. Congrats!

Don't forget to remove the dealer sticker ! And their "I bought my car at (insert dealer name)" license plate frame. :rofl: Happy motoring :woohoo:

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We are twins! Only difference is my wheels are black and mines a 2013. Love the red interior....that's the favorite part of mine!

wow. nice color combo. congrats!

Thats a great looking car and I love the red interior. Nice looker!

Beautiful Vette!

Congratulations :cheers:

Congratulations on your new Vette. :cheers: That is an outstanding color combination.

You choose wisely. Awesome looking Vette.:thumbs:

Congrats!!!!

Great looking Vette! Congrats!

Really sharp. Congrats. :cheers:

One of the best combos for sure. Blade silver always looks great. Congrats!

:cheers:Enjoy!

:cheers: Wow, that is a beauty, love the color combo, congratulations and enjoy it.

Already done!
You just convinced me that I like black wheels better, thanks I kinda figured I would. Also convinced me to keep the red stripes in the process (mine are messed up, and was thinking of going grey)

Thanks everyone else! I'm excited to say the least.

I bought mine used too, so I had no choice, but I do love the red stripe/black wheel combo!

Awesome!! Drive it in good health...

Congrats!

As someone who just traded in a vehicle I loved on a Corvette and thought I would miss it... you're not going to miss the Caddy at all. You'll be too busy wishing you were in the vette to care about the old car.

You may miss the G8GXP and H3 though, but only when you don't want to ddrive the vette (rain, snow, 4 people, etc.)

Congrats on bringing home a beauty.

Mine is new, however since it was a 12 I got a hella deal, so I'm just lucky I loved this color combo.

you never forget your first
 

great looking car, congrats & welcome to the forum.

Nice! New is the best! The original owner of mine titled it in June of 2012....I bought it in Jan for 53k....drive in good health!

Great car. You must have one huge car expense account. The three prior to the vette would put me in the poor house. Your right though... got to have a vette ( or 2 ).

Awesome! Love that interior.

Dude, I bet you were smiling the whole 8hrs back!!!
Save the wave!

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at least you ended up getting something worthy of that GXP trade ;)

The h3 / g8 combo was the worst. Mostly from the h3. Gas and insurance was insane.

Mostly, it rained the whole way back, and I was exhausted.

Today is the first day since January I haven't really wanted that car back.. Weird eh?

Congrats! :cheers:

You should be able to regain your sleeping habits by June. Haha! Awesome car!

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congrats!!!! Buying a Vette is like being a kid in a candy store!!!!! gotta have it all!

Looks like a great choice! Hope you didnt take to much of a hit on the ats though.

Close enough, if not better than I was going into the caddy.

Like I said, hella deal.

I think she's a keeper..

It's a beauty!! Great looking car.

nice car, welcome to the GS family..:rock:

Thanks everyone.

Congrats to you. See you have the glass top. Hope you like yours as much as I like mine. I have the painted as well.

That's correct, I wish it was a dual roof car, but not upset about the one I have either. I like it a lot more than I thought I would actually

Forgot to mention, I do have an appointment with a local dealer on Tuesday, the darn thing vibrates something weird above 70 mph or so. Hopefully they don't give me any issue since I didn't buy the car there ( I was well into my trip home before I noticed it )

Unfortunately the fender stripes are junk too, the dealer must not have known what they were doing when they put them on. I contacted the original dealer about that as I assume since they are dealer installed that isn't going to be a warranty issue. ( it was raining when I picked the car up and didn't notice how bad they were bubbled) hopefully the dealer returns my email.

Congrats on the new addition. Question though, we traded in my wifes Ford explorer that was riddled with issues for a Cadillac SRX and she loves it. Was there anything you didn't like about the ATS?

could be air pressure incorrect, bad spot in tire, wheels not balanced right etc...

Loved the car, just a little "tame" for me... I need a little drama in my drive if that makes sense. In all reality it's a fantastic car. And is light years ahead of anything else I've owned as far as quality.

Air pressure was a little low. i filled all 4 tires up, so it did get better compared to the drive home. However it's still there. Figured I'd rather get It looked at now while the miles are low, than try and explain its been there the whole time when there are a couple thousand miles on the car.

Did you buy used? Previous owner may have hit something or one of the wheel weights could have fell off. I'd take them into get balanced and see if that improves the ride some. Happened in my truck.

No it's a new one..

That does mean it sat for a long time on that lot being a 2012. Could be flat spots? Adding air helped, but didn't solve it. Either way I'd rather be safe than sorry.
It also has Goodyears, I haven't read great things about them.

I'm more worried that I'll have trouble about the stripes than the vibration.

Take it over to the dealer and see what they say. Should be warranty work.

welcome to me 2 weeks ago lol...enjoy the new ride. 3LT smart man...we think a like. :)

Going in on Tuesday. :thumbs:

Vibration seems to be getting better with time? Maybe the tires really were flat spotted from sitting..

I asked the original dealer to get me new stripes and send them to me. Waiting to see if they are going to.

Really nice!

Nice score!:thumbs: Just wait for the sunshine and you'll really be sprung!:cheers: Congratulations and enjoy!:cheers:

Thanks guys! Can't wait for a few nice days in a row, I wanna crack the top off

After a small hassle (dealer didn't want to touch my car even though I explained the issue when I made the appt) the dealer ended up road force balancing my tires ( good thing for these forums, I gave him the tsb to pull) good thing too, three of the 4 were way off, two were 30 and 38 lbs off! Had to rotate the tires on the wheels to get them to an acceptable level.

Vibration is all but gone now thankfully. They are ordering me new stripes too so that's good.