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Like I said in my email, the chrome package is REALLY nice and fits beautifully with the "Caddy" WD and Taupe, and then the wheels with it give the GT look vs. the other base wheels. If there's anything I think I might have liked on what I got, it might have been the 18's in chrome if offered, as that's always a perfect touch with the WD. Interested to eventually hear your thoughts on your Aura vs. G6 now, as they're so often wondered about as different versions of EP. We HAVE to do a family picture if we ever meet up for anything

My father has always been oil change man for all of the household cars, and prescribed to 2 schedules religiously. 3k for mom's cars which are used the most and always new, and the same is true for mine generally regardless. Otherwise, it's 6 months or spring and fall for his Roadmaster, Fleetwood, and everything else he's ever had, as they're driven, but not much total. The Roadie has gone, I think, 19-20k total in the last 5 years, for example. Only uses a quality dino oil, and knows the benefits of synthetic, but too pricey to be worth it to him and his uses.

Hah, yeah. I always wondered who got the job of delivering and picking up dealer swap cars, and it was interesting to learn so. They apparently have a couple of older people, guys and gals, who don't want to work typical days but are all up for a nice road trip in new cars when their phone rings. I said I could do that job part-time...sure.

Not to steal his thunder, but BREAKING NEWS: GMTruckGuy74 (aka Roger) and his wife WILL be getting a new G6 as well. We shall have cousins :AH-HA_wink: That's two, who wants to buy a third...in WD of course?

Don't know. It's supposed to be down here by mid-day tomorrow, and though she's off, my saleslady said she'd be in a little after lunch "so I could come check it out", but I'll play that by ear. No rush. As for actual delivery, could be anytime, but we said Monday this morning. That's a whole weekend, but will need prep time for the car and to get all of my papers ready and together. I started placing ads for the Caddy FINALLY at least on some forums and emailing people who were interested. I still have my blank For Sale signs, so maybe it's time to use them as well. Funny enough, when I first stopped by today to do my credit app, she told me 2 guys from out of state were in last night just passing through to look at some things after coming down from Carlisle, and were chatting about buying/wanting a Fleetwood/Brougham after the show, she thought from early 90's. Didn't have their number though, but a random happenstance, for sure. Still going the surprise route with this too, as no one but a couple at work know. At least, so far, good comments from the previous all Ford guy. Not him, but a "hot car" in the pictures I showed him. One of the girls just said "Without that big wing thing, right?" Hah. And that's coming from a Grand Am owner. The Street Package just didn't do much for their eyes. Now I'm just wondering too, how the car might be coming down. A ferry ride would actually be a big shortcut, but I guess it's up to the older lady driving. I'll see it soon enough regardless. Wondering, too, about the outcome with Roger and his wife and their G6 trials if they happened...

Well, HAD one...dad sold it to buy the '93 Fleetwood when he realized his true lack of time to fix something up to. Oh what a line of cars there has been through this household... Back to the car haulers!

I'm having an early 20's crisis...but I ended up with a Pontiac and not an, uh, Audi/Mini/VW, yet just as happily nervous. Maybe that will be the next crisis :AH-HA_wink: That said, congrats, and I like the usual forum mystery of "what is it"!

No you haven't...trust me. Check your email in the next couple of hours.

Now I'm seriously in the nervous stage. Excited but nervous. In the way of did I really just do that? And am I really going to have a car payment and higher insurance now...eek. Hopefully once I see it and take a spin, that will help, along with getting the Caddy adopted (but I've talked enough about that). This has been quite the thread guys...and it shall continue

Apparently it's coming tomorrow...ah, the best thing about dealer locates. Just like an order, but you get the car in a day or two :AH-HA_wink: Which is good and bad, but still cool.

Hah, sure. Come for a visit and ride any day, once its here. OR I could give you the set to a really great Cadillac...

I'm not sure of delivery (like I said...no rush), but was just down there again and they made a trade for the car with their own freshly delivered White Diamond/Taupe convertible. I was thinking maybe they'd take the GXP coupe, but nada. The other fun part. Who gets it or brings it down? They have a few retirees working for them who like to drive occasionally, and they arranged for an older lady to drive the convertible up to Jersey and come back down with my coupe. I laughed and said "PERFECT...slow and steady break-in".

I know, I know...it's coming, I swear. This is what happens when you start work at 7:30 in the morning get home in the evening and only have a couple of hours to deal with life's matters. It is coming TODAY, by evening/early night. Same for Roger. Pictures, specs, and all. I just don't want to have to put tacky For Sale signs in it...so anyone on a forum I know well gets first grabs. And preferably not TOO far, either, so I can even do a pleasant delivery of the beast with no surprises. When are you headed back to the states (or our favorite tax-free one) anyway?

Yes, I know..."coulda". The 2 base V6's they have coming in have MSRP's actually just about $1200 or so more than the G6 coupe I picked. The issue? Financing stinks on them and leases/SmartBuys really are crap, and they were just way too much. A great car, but still even more than I want.

Sounds good...and I REALLY like the WD/Taupe leather AND Ecotec combo. That should have a very nice price too...it isn't Malibu in overall polish, but feels just as solid and I thought as quiet. Just depends on if you also like the looks and interior. And thankfully even it's "old" radio got an Aux. jack for 2008, which is a good thing for me--having had that in the Caddy for a while now. It's the most affordable and also most sporty Epsilon now, so a good deal in red lighted glory. On the other thing...we'll continue to converse :AH-HA_wink:

Haha, BEST post EVER here Cool enough, the dealer it's coming from actually has pictures on their website: ^^That really made me anxious to even see it. I'm still getting used to the idea of white...but at least it's not Whirlpool white, it's "Caddy white". Hah. The front plate bracket sucks (Jersey...ugh), but I already said to remove that and plug the small holes like they did with my mother's Malibu. Small trade off for the "right" car.

Eee...17/26. Odd, because even the Impala 3.5L has a highway rating of 29, but after driving the car and looking at specs, I think it's likely due to the gearing. Uh-oh, not an Ecotec. But I HOPE it can do well driven lightly, which it should.

Now that I did it...I'm pulling for you. Cousins, we'll call it :AH-HA_wink:

Understandable, and I still think that at times. Well, that, and that I should have driven or tried out more things. That said...I did it. Did the GMAC app, approved, and she just called me back to say she had it all set up and they'll be bring the car over from Jersey. No turning back now. The Caddy is being SO nice today, I feel a bit bad already. Oy. I told her no rush at all, and it might have to sit, as I was thinking...but probably not long. Now. Did I REALLY just go for a G6? Apparently so, and a very nice one, I think. We shall see.

Yeah. I was yet again thinking maybe another color and maybe WD with the smaller chromes (there is one so equipped out there), but still this one car is SO perfect...I'm about not to resist, even though it is above where I thought and started out wanting to be. I really like these cars in dark shades, and it looks a bit more bloated in the WD, but so nice at the same time. I just have to get a Gap quote and also find out if keeping such a car out back is at all an issue while I re-home the Caddy, which I'm trying. Oh, and stay away from this thread and actually do those things

Probably so. That first picture is from a BPG dealer in VA, randomly. Yep, if there's anything I've learned in the past week or so, the G6 deals always work out quite nicely...GM keeps the best programs and such on this car probably to keep it selling in such volume, and now it's really nice with such long 0% financing. I've considered it, but too long. If you don't mind that...AWESOME deal as always.

I must agree...I'm still SO pleased with my trim and final color choice for my mother's, and so is she: Beautiful lines in the first place...then add in a perfect color and almost too good looking of wheels, and it's just a stunner.

Yeah, it is odd, but that's what they spec with the tan interior. At least it looks pleasant enough with the Taupe/Black...and is another thing to help me "step down" from a Cadillac full of plood, hah. Having a Malibu too, it's interior is clearly a step up in sophistication and styling, but the G6 still oddly has the best door panels of the domestic Epsilons and the only part of the G6 interior I'm not huge on is the center console lid in rubbery plastic. But at least it's all solid and wobble-free, and the car--again unexpectedly--has the same kind of solid and quiet feel as our 'Bu, maybe just not as overtly so. The red lighting is also quite a difference, but didn't bother me as much as I thought.

Great pictures...reminds me now of the huge and fully decked out (like a live-in cabin inside) closed carrier transport that came to pick up our Chevelle we sold in 2003. Just as fascinating, the regular daily car carriers you always see.

If I say yes, essentially am. Just a cleaner version with a SmartBuy...counts as financed, but for a shorter term with a balloon at the end like a lease residual, and can be turned in for another (essentially always with a Pull-Ahead offer too) for nothing. I played with the 0% idea today and that's not a bad one...but long term, and not for me.