Hey everyone this is a Gooooood Story.
I good friend of mine (Highline Cady) was looking at purchasing a 2007 STS-V. We took out a customers STS-V and test beat it. Hmmmmm.
I said this car is slower than your 2003 Cadillac DHS. Last time at the track we ran a 13.5 in the DHS.
That ended that thought and he moved on to a Mustang. He was looking at a GT500 (I think), but the insurance was pretty high. He found a 2007 GT500 Clone with 3800 miles on it. hmmmmmmmmm. I told him not to buy a POS F.O.R.D. and prayed he would hold out and get a 2009 CTS-V.
He flew out to Michigan and pick this turd up. He drove from Flint to Muskegon to catch the ferry, but it was canceled do to high winds on the lake. Then he had to drive around the lake. Highline drives just a little fast. He cruise back at Mach Speed and got back to Milwaukee about Midnight.
He brought it in to me to look it over, but I turned my nose up and I was to busy. He found that the coolant was low and the drivers seat was loose.
I told him to take it to a Ford dealer. They topped off the coolant and they had to drill the seat bolt out and install a new one. This was not covered by Warranty because it has GT500 seats in the car front and rear. They did an alignment also. don't know why?
I finally had a chance to look at the car. I install a Steeda Shifter and park the car outside. The next day at lunch I took it for a test drive.
I called Highline and told him that I was driving his car and it was pinging soooooooooooooo bad that if it was a Northstar it would have blown a head gasket. It was pinging in Neutral!
I got back to the Caddy dealer and check the head gaskets with a block tester. Now the car has about 4500 miles on it.
The Car goes to another ford dealer for a week, but they said that the head gaskets were fine and it wasn't pinging.
We picked up the car and a few days later I drove it back over too the ford dealer and took the Tech for a ride. Wow it is pinging the Tech said.
Um it isn't covered under warranty.