After 2 years i'm almost there

[no moa]

I have spent the better part of 2 years searching for a CTS-V. The prices have come down considerably with the economy as it is. And i haven't been able find the color/interior combo i wanted, when i did find one it was usually sold within a day of me calling,1 was sold out from under me, so i had my dealer friend searching, i had alarms on Auto trader, cars.com, all of it.

I decided 3 weeks ago, my 40'th bday is coming up, and i wanted a midlife crisis mobile, so we dug our heels in, i called everyone i knew in the car business, "this is what i want, find it please" i told them.

In 3 weeks we searched, we called on 6 cars that were close or matched the requirement. It had to be 2006 Stealth Grey or 2007 Thunder Grey. Must have ebony interior, 6 speed, nav, etc, etc.

I saved as much $ as i could, I sold off most of my stuff,
ATV which was 5 years old, had 100 miles on it.
95 impala ss, guy is coming today
02 Crown vic (waiting for the title, which is taking for ever)
Bunch of parts
Took some stuff to scrap, still have about 4 loads left.

It all boiled down to Payment, could i get enough of a Downpayment with trade in and such to be in the brackett i could afford, we did all the paperwork hype to see what i could do, and other than the rate was a little high, i got the terms and duration i wanted.

So the search was in high gear, (I'm an impatient guy) 2 days ago i found almost exactly what i wanted.

2006 Cadillac CTS-V
LS2 400hp
6 speed
30U (Stealth Grey)
Ebony interior
Nav
Magnaflow cat back
Tinted windows
Spoiler
Brushed alum dash kit
CIA

Here is the best part.

25,500 original miles.
1 owner (71 years young)

The car is mint, i'm so inlove with it. I talked with the gentleman for an hour, he said he wasn't going to sell it to no kid, it was way to much car for some young punk. He said i was more than fit to own his car even though i was irish. lol
The price was right in the ballpark for that car, i made 2 offers at first. Shot down hard. I called again yesterday, made one finally offer, me begging on phone, and before i stopped talking he said done deal. I'm so stoked!!

What a awesome guy, worked for GM as a tool and die maker for years. Man of his word, just old skool type guy, loving life and enjoying everyminute of it, so at this point my dealer and his dealer are working out the detail and the paperwork.


So at this point plans are We are going down next week by train to pick it up. Its 500 miles away, but i think it will make a nice trip, we are going to try to make it down and back in 20 hours (hence the train, sleepy, sleepy) so i don't miss 2 whole days of work. Just need to find the detail of getting from the train to the dealers. Hopefully he can pick us up from the train station.

Here is the ad photos, can't wait to see it in person. I need to name her now! lol