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Re: Average mileage [ctsguy2] by pao
Mar 18, 2009 (4:46 am)
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Replying to: ctsguy2 (Mar 17, 2009 9:53 am)

non DI RWD and over 11K on mine within 6 months...not one problem....sound, quiet.....fully loaded with FE2 less AWD and DI engine......sorry to hear about your problems....my interior is solid with no creaking at all......so there are some out there that are doing grerat.....
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Re: Average mileage [pao] by temj12
Mar 19, 2009 (11:48 pm)
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Replying to: pao (Mar 18, 2009 4:46 am)

I was just told by a dealer that, out of 100 cars produced, 33 of them have problems. That is considered a good rating in production. It does not sound good to me. He was a Honda dealer and you know how good they are supposed to be.
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Re: Average mileage [temj12] by pao
Mar 23, 2009 (3:30 am)
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Replying to: temj12 (Mar 19, 2009 11:48 pm)

who at the dealership?...salesman, service manager....wondering where he got his "fact" from....
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Re: Average mileage [richw5] by waffleman
Mar 23, 2009 (8:52 am)
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Replying to: richw5 (Mar 17, 2009 7:57 am)

I have owned a number of cars in my life - and I've never noticed a huge change in gas mileage over time. A fraction of an MPG, maybe - but not more.
 
I did notice this past week that my MPG increased by 0.3 MPG - perhaps due to change gasoline (no more winter blend?).
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Re: Average mileage [temj12] by waffleman
Mar 23, 2009 (8:59 am)
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Replying to: temj12 (Mar 19, 2009 11:48 pm)

33% cars have a defect?
 
When - as the near the end of the assembly line or as they get on the truck to the dealer?
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Re: Average mileage [waffleman] by richw5
Mar 23, 2009 (12:17 pm)
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Replying to: waffleman (Mar 23, 2009 8:52 am)

The mileage gain I got (on the CTS) was at least 1 mpg as the engine "broke in", at about 10 K miles, not a time factor. The same was true of my Trailblazer. It got much better mileage as it approached 10K miles.
 
An engine needs a break-in period for the rings and valves to set themselves. During that period, most drivers will notice an increase in the average MPG, optimizing at 8 to 10 K miles.
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Re: Average mileage [pao] by temj12
Mar 23, 2009 (4:25 pm)
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Replying to: pao (Mar 23, 2009 3:30 am)

Someone in the know at the dealership. I don't know where he got the info. He just said that when a manufacturer produces 100 cars and, no more than 33 have problems, they consider that good. At that point, we were just talking about problems coming off the line with production.
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MPG by temj12
Mar 23, 2009 (4:34 pm)
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I had 1,000 miles on my CTS with the 3.6 RWD. I drove from Nashville to Detroit over the weekend. Running from 85 to 90, I got 19.8 on roads that that are hilly. Driving a consistent 80 in Ohio, which is level highway for the most part, I got 24.8.
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Warranty for 2009 CTS by temj12
Mar 31, 2009 (10:13 am)
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I just read in our local paper, The Tennessean, this morning that the government will only back the warranties for GM from March 30 forward. There was a column with questions of what if's and one of the questions was: Will the government back warranties before March 30? The answer was no. This is, of course, if GM goes bankrupt. I bought my CTS in January, therefore I assume I will have no more warranty if GM goes bankrupt. If that is true, wow what a lousy buy on my part. That should make for happy Cadillac purchasers; a way to keep goodwill toward their flagship make.
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Re: Warranty for 2009 CTS [temj12] by srushing
Mar 31, 2009 (10:26 am)
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Replying to: temj12 (Mar 31, 2009 10:13 am)

I've heard similar things but no dates like you saw. I screwed myself a little bit too in that I bought 12/31/2008 so I can't even benefit from Obama's new tax break that lets me deduct the sales tax. And now I'll probably also not qualify for the warranty either. That does truly suck that those of us that bought before all the sanctions get left out in the cold IF GM goes under.
 
So what if we buy an extended warranty through a 3rd party? Would that cover it?

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