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I've moved on to Toyota/Lexus and it's been the best decision I ever made, car-wise.
I used to drive domestic brand cars, I made the same move years ago. Haven't looked back, just got another vehicle. I looked for 5 min at other makes and just circled back to Toyota, 3 cars over 400k miles nothing but routing maintenance. At least OP has a chevy can't be as bad as the Ford I owned.
I'm going to be blunt here, a Cadillac is not really a car you need to worry about "certifying". If anything, I think you're buying one a few years too new. Wait for some depreciation to set in and you'll feel like you're getting a good deal. Don't be worried about not finding a low-mileage one. I can still find 1999-2001 Cadillac Catera's with 50-60k on the clock for $2000 all day long.
Certification used to mean something to me, but I once went to look at a used car, and the dealer told me that while it was not certified, it met the criteria, and they could "declare" it CPO for $1500. Sarcasm or not, that broke any remaining faith I had in the designation.
I am looking at a 2017 certified preowned XT5 with 47,000 miles. Warranty left would be about 48 months and 53,000 miles. The price would be $30,000 unless I can get it for less. Trade in on my traverse is about $15,000. My car is starting to give me problems. What do you guys think. I haven't bought a used car in probably 30 years.
The XT5 is a great, well designed and highly appointed vehicle, Tramp . . .
However, my only concern would be why anyone would sell / trade it after only two years. What level of maintenance and/or care did the vehicle receive during those 47k miles which definitely does not qualify as "low mileage?"
The XT5 is a great, well designed and highly appointed vehicle, Tramp . . .
However, my only concern would be why anyone would sell / trade it after only two years. What level of maintenance and/or care did the vehicle receive during those 47k miles which definitely does not qualify as "low mileage?"
I started wondering about that tonight also. With that much warranty left, you would think if there was nothing wrong with the car, why would they get rid of it unless they trade a car in every 2 years. But also, maybe there is a problem with the car. Thanks for your thoughts.
Generally speaking, Cadillacs have terrible reliability. They're remarkably consistent too with the poor reliability- that's been true for 40 years- ever since they came out with that monumentally stupid 4100 V8. Lots of things have changed since then, but somehow Cadillac is able to not improve
They're about on par with Dodge/Chrysler.
That's true statistically, but we have a 2013 ATS and it's been virtually trouble-free over the years. We really love the car and it drives like a dream.
Caddies have terrible resale value though. $30K seems awfully high.
Of course not *all* Cadillacs are garbage. Just most of them . And people have noticed, hence the low resale value.
I mean, it's a GM and carries all the problems that that entails. Then add on a pile of unnecessary electronics and often some unique (read 'weird, unreliable, expensive') Cadillac engineering in the drivetrain.
Some of them are as perfectly kinda ok as any GM. But millions of them are/were absolute garbage.
Boy, I sure could find better vehicles for $30k. Heck, there are any number of highly reliable vehicles you could buy brand new for that.
I have dealt with a small number of high dollar luxury cars after they got old and my advice is to run away. There's so much gadgetry, and the lack of significant production volume means design and manufacturing problems never have to get really sorted.
I started wondering about that tonight also. With that much warranty left, you would think if there was nothing wrong with the car, why would they get rid of it unless they trade a car in every 2 years. But also, maybe there is a problem with the car. Thanks for your thoughts.
I trade my vehicles every three years. Nothing wrong with them, I just get bored and want something else.
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Basically a rebadged Traverse, with doodads.
I wouldn't say that. While they ride on the same platform, the bodywork and interior are completely different on the XT5 and it is also a little smaller than the Traverse. It's closer in size to the new Blazer.
I am looking at a 2017 certified preowned XT5 with 47,000 miles. Warranty left would be about 48 months and 53,000 miles. The price would be $30,000 unless I can get it for less. Trade in on my traverse is about $15,000. My car is starting to give me problems. What do you guys think. I haven't bought a used car in probably 30 years.
What was the original sticker price on that car? If it is pretty loaded and the MSRP was over $50K then maybe it's not such a bad deal but those XT5's start around $40K new so I'd want a lot more of a discount for that many miles. (I know people don't pay MSRP, but knowing that number tells you how much content is/isn't on the vehicle.)
As far as used warranties go, Cadillac has one of, if not the best CPO warranty programs out there because they extend the full bumper to bumper warranty, not just give you an extended "limited" powertrain warranty like many others.
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