[Dezmo]

So last month I get an invite from Cadillac to try out the CTS-V at Rd Atl.

"whats that?" I said. "you want me to drive your 556hp, $70,000 car at a racetrack that I have extensive experience at? Well, OK."

Needless to say it was more of a marketing seminar with a few test laps thrown in, but I still had a good time, and they were nice enough to provide an onboard vid:

 

[duckdawg]

so tell the truth, it looks loike a pig with a decent motor, but between gas off and gas on , some serious lag?...

still cool as hell to get to bash around in someone else's ride...

 

[drsus]

I like this car, that "pig" still goes round the Nürburgring faster than the E63 and the M5. It is a tad slower than the unreleased 2012 M5 though, that one was 3 seconds faster than the 2009 CTS-v...so still holds its ground agains the BRAND NEW M5

 

[twowheelcossack]

Cuttin' some good apexes there Dezmo, Road Atlanta is such a great track too.

I'm still jealous though. :/

 

[Jami6989]

so tell the truth, it looks loike a pig with a decent motor, but between gas off and gas on , some serious lag?...

still cool as hell to get to bash around in someone else's ride...

You can't have immediate throttle reaction? All those midlife crisis owners will soil their depends.

 

[duckdawg]

damn, that rug really tied the room together...

 

[SifuGR]

(...the dude abides)

Mr.Dez, your navigator was a bit nervous there...
notice how his hands were all fidgity during the ride, then at the end he yawned.

Were there just 3 of yall on the track?
(and so, you lapped those guys in that short time) NICE!!:clapper

 

[Superhawk69]

I have to ask...

He said don't shut the car off and right at the end, it appears you did...

Yes / NO?


Looked like a lot of fun... too bad you had some elderly on the track with you!

 

[Dezmo]

(Were there just 3 of yall on the track?

There were 5 cars on the track, I was in the 3rd car, So I passed both in front of me and was just catching #5 at the end of my run.

Superhawk: I reached for the key purely out of habit, but the instructor stopped me in time.

not to brag, but I think with no cones and no instructor telling me to brake early, I could have gone a lot faster. Ive seen 155mph indicated in T9 on my GSXR, I know the big caddy could prob carry 160+ thru there if you got the perfect drive off T7. The magnetic fluid suspension is pretty neat stuff, notice how flat it cornered for a 4200lb beast (granted the suspension was in sport mode)

 

[robfromsc]

You could have gone faster if dude dint have such a GUT! Geeebus!

 

[rickroush03]

nice run but geez i would've asked that dude to shut the f up!

and were you really "pushing" it? it looked like it had more through the turns.

 

[Turbo329]

That's pretty cool. I've never been on the track with a car.

 

[XFBO]

Cool vid, thanks for sharing. The motor sounded sweet as hell for a stock car, I could only imagine how awesome that car can get with some minor changes. I've been a fan of this latest design too!