I'm very excited about buying my Great Grandmas White 1992 Cadillac Brougham D'Elegance. What I'm not excited about is the work and cost of returning the car back to a stock look.
The power windows, antenna, and grille all need to be replaced. The Hub Cap locks don't have their keys, one Hub Cap is missing, and the tires need to be replaced.
Also the AC works but the fan won't turn off so it drains the battery. That also needs to be fixed.
Oh and the CD player doesn't work anymore...but the tape deck does.
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Parking that thing is going to suck.
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"safety features" lol those cadillacs have small A pillars and huge windows so you can actually see.
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@dizmo When you're a car made of steel, people tend to be pretty good at not hitting you.
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@DrMacintosh That doesn't stop your face from eating the steering wheel in a crash.
@Blademaster91 Sure, that helps with added lacerations in a crash!
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@dizmo The Cadillac uses the crumple zones of other cars to obliterate them and reduce your experienced G-Forces.
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That Cadillac probably weighs more than my mother's Highlander or my F-150.
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Those cadillacs are indestructible in a front or side collision, but the roof is rather weak and quite dangerous in rollovers (speaking from experience here). I'm amazed its financially viable in cali by gas price alone, but for such a pretty old Cadillac I'd say its worth it so long as you aren't on the tap water and ramen diet because of it.
Anyways, parts should be cheap as considering it's a GM vehicle. Also being a 90's GM product the following things can/will fail:
Window regulators
Blower motors (fixable, the resistor for speed control is built in to the fan and tends to fry)
Dash cluster (Not always, I think you're lucky here)
Power antenna (grease dries up and adds friction, frying the motor)
Worst vehicle I had for "can and will fail" was a 96 Landrover Discovery. Every switch was packed with a grease that was meant to keep moisture and rust away, which is normal. What's not so normal is that the grease deteriorates and ruins the switches! Every single switch, including the windshield wiper and turning signal stalks, will fail. There was never an updated part made, so you just keep buying them. And no, you can't open them up and clean them.