Hey, I enjoyed your video. I'm an original 05' owner and just now rebuilding the transmission with 215K on it. Engine will be next as she's getting a little tired. I'll never sell this car and I've had numerous offers over the years. I love it! I'm a past 3 & 5 series BMW owner who got tired of there BS and stepped into this Baby and I've never regretted it. Cheers & Blessings!

I love my 05 CTS-V it only has a little over 90k and it's still extremely reliable and looks brand new as well. I love this video the content was great! All excellent advice and recommendations. Can't wait to see the next video...!!! Good job guys...!!! 👍😎✌️

Thanks for the vid. As a week old owner of a 2005 CTS this was very informative.

Just purchased one & I can't be any happier 😁

Great coverage guys, my pops ordered one in '03 after we saw them win in their debut SCCA SPEED WC race in Sebring. It was the only one in Silver/Beige/no sunroof, sadly sold the car and can't find another one like it but found a Burgundy/Beige/2006 for

I'm 21 now, picked up a V with 3 accidents and 115k miles for ~$14k 2 years ago at 19. Was a really bad impulse buy from a mom and pop dealer and I definitely got shafted. Yet I still can't decide if I fully regret it or not. There's part of me that wants to go full crazy and go through the whole car and fix everything. Save up for the creative steel diff, fix all the grounding problems and broken electrical crap, replace the shit infotainment yet find a way to retain the DIC, fix up all the wear and tear on the interior. But I'm having a lot of paint problems and a small rust issue due to the previous repairs. I hate that I love this car, because it's painfully obvious it's a giant money pit. Yet it impresses me everyday I drive it, and every little mod makes it feel even better. Really wish I had a cleaner example, because now I can't imagine having anything else. I'd love to compare notes on weird issues, I've got some suuuper fun ones 🙄

I have 232k on my 06 with the original radiator. Just got finished upgrading the weak link with 8.8 solid axle swap.

I graduated in 2004 and my best friend leased one of these our senior year and I got to drive it a ton and absolutely fell in love. Ended up buying one a few years ago and did every single mod that you did as well and it was a TON of fun. You might wanna throw an LS7 Clutch and Slave in whenever you get a chance. Ended up getting into a 16' ATS-V but holy shit that was such a great car to own. Great video man, you almost make me want one again... but the twin turbo six is wild XD

Greatest recalls left open ever on mine until I took it in for inspection at a dealer. Ended up replacing fuel pump, module, also new brake lines all around. Not bad! Thanks GM! Was 15 years old. Storage wouldn't take it with open recalls while I was overseas. Right around 150K miles on mine now. Crazy the rarity of these but also the crazy high miles most have. You can't help but drive them!

I just ordered a 2012 manual recaro 43k miles. I cant wait

MN plates!! I think you pulled into my body shop for an estimate in Lakeville Farmington area. One week later I went out and bought one 😂 love mine so far!!

I know many cars are going turbo but you can’t beat a NA V8’s sound. Your CTSV sounds great and it looks great. Performance in spades. Thanks for making this video on your experience with your ride.

looks like you got a lemon, own a base CTS with the 2.8 V6 paired to a 6 speed manual been nothing but a blessing, love the car to death

Hmmm these cars looks very interesting and maybe would like to drive one day, dispite that I'm not a Cadillac guy but I would try a CTS V for the fun of it

Great car for under 14k one of the most reliable cars ive owned never left me stranded taken it everywhere around the u.s 5/5

Hailed on once here. Thousands of miles. NEXT TO NO FAULURES FROM 90-110K. only an alterntor/alternator wire issue and general maintenance. BUY IT. If your reading this just do it.

Picked my 06 up couple months ago put cam heads headers and upgraded the clutch now im goin thru the infamous clutch "spacer/shim" dilemma 🤣🤣 gotta love the t56 in the first gen V all in all i love the car just not that part🤣

Love your video. I just bought 6 weeks ago a 2005 with 72,000 miles. Great car. Put a Creative Steel shifter in it first off. Previous owner had installed a K&N intake and a stainless Borla cat back exhaust. Love it. Very under rated car. Lots of car for the money. They are 20+ years old afterall but very current in some ways. If you are a fan of early Gen III motors the LS6 is the one to have.

I could tell you had a short shifter because there wasn't enough time to make a sandwich between shifts lol. Those mufflers sound great. Do you have any idea where to buy stock springs for a V1? Previous owner put lowering springs on and it bottoms out all the time on normal roads... Good info in this video, Thanks (Subscribed)

Nice. I've had my 2007 V1 for nine years. I've done front shocks; all brake pads; front rotors; two water pumps; three radiators; evap solenoid; signal stalk; plugs and wires; oil pressure sensor; coolant sensor; and starter motor - all in my driveway or alley, but for the starter motor. These cars are so easy to work on and so much fun to daily. I might supercharge it one day but I'll likely go for a crate engine so as to stay N.A.

I think its you guys, lol. I own one and have owned one for 3 years. Mine has been amazing. That being said, my cons, the rear end is dog sh*t, the steering wheel is big and shifter is slopy.

You’re in MN? I’m in SE MN. Once I have my flex fuel sensor and my 6th port aux fueling and zl1 pump in my ats 2.0t we should line up! I was going to install it this weekend, but it has diff leaking. Should be covered by shops warranty so it’s hopefully going to shop instead of goodies installed. It will eventually have forged internals and bigger turbo making 450wheel. My car is 3300 lbs with even the parts I have it will be over 300 wheel and mid 4’s 0-60

Great video man!! So if I listened correctly, the diff brace will either stop or help the diff from exploding

Where did u get steering wheel?

I’m going to look at an ls2 o6 v1. I hear the diff and electrical problems were a little less common in 06-07. Any truth to this? Anything I should look at carefully when looking at the car? Or anything to know before committing?

I got one just like it, I got 15000 under the hood, 800 HP at the flywheel

Good video! I am going to putt the Hooker mufflers on my 06 but I am not sure if I should get rid of the stock resonator. Do you think it will drone a lot?

Im 30 now but my freind got a 06 ctsv for his first car back in high school and we had a lot of cool memorys with this car and he later got him self a sion tc and his nephew took over owning the ctsv. Fast forward to 2023 there selling the ctsv for 1500 and im really considering buying but there telling me that it runs fine but when u come to a stop the engine dies, im thinking throttle positioning sensor. Enyone have eny similar problems?

So could I just take my V to a Cadillac dealership to see if that hose was worked on? Or how could I do it

Do you have OEM shocks/struts on yours? I just bought an ‘06 and they’re all original (blown). GM has discontinued the FE4 parts and it doesn’t look like there’s many options other than going to coil-overs.

Valve cover, head and lower intake manifold gaskets are what I'm looking for where would you recommend I buy these from?

Ive bewn driving boring cars for the last 10 years. I miss having an enjoyable car.

Where’d you get that spoiler?

I want to buy it for 25000 cash.❤

under 20k... sadge

I love mine. Creative still 8.8 rear end and axel kit, solid drive shaft, kook header cat delete, hooker black heart x pipe 3 inch, monster clutch, tick performance t56 built, big cam, 150 shot, head work.. she's a beast check out my page

Okay first you started the video that it was a 2006 CTS-V then you said it was a 2004 CTS-V then you kept saying it's 20 years old if my simple arithmetic is right it's either 18 years old or 16 years old what's wrong with you guys can add subtract

btw bald dude is the type of car enthusiast that just goes along with the hype....

basically you gottapurchase the car, and then add another 5 to 10 large to your purchase price.... lol

the MERCEDES AMG IS ALOT BETTER CAR FOR THE SAME PRICE .