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General Car Chat / Re: Cadillac Catera - "The Caddy That Zigs" Commercial

« on: 20 November 2014, 16:56:41 »

...and what sort of ducks do you guys have over there anyway?  The body is ok, but the feet and beek...?  Looks like a parts bin special!


....oh I see.

It looked quite a fast Catera, btw

Blame the "Ducks" on the French. Cadillac was named for Antoine Laumet (aka Antoine De Lamothe-Cadillac), the founder of Detroit, Michigan. It seems he created his own family crest, borrowing from a family friend's crest. Whoever drew the original crest didn't seem to know the Merlettes are sparrows and not ducks. I suspect a few bottles of wine might have played a part. On the left we have the family friend's crest, in the middle Antoine's, and on the right is the Cadillac Motor company's version. After the Ziggy fiasco Cadillac shot the ducks from their crest.

R.I.P. Ziggy.

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General Car Chat / Cadillac Catera - "The Caddy That Zigs" Commercial

« on: 19 November 2014, 04:32:18 »

Looky what I found. Cadillac actually expected people to buy Cateras with commercials like this? It wasn't even the worst one. It's a wonder they sold any. The buyers influenced by it must have been morons.

http://vimeo.com/10828950

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Omega General Help / Re: Alloy wheels...

« on: 18 November 2014, 23:42:27 »

I found a site that sorts cars by bolt pattern. It turned up some interesting info. You'll have to check the model years, offset, hub diameter, wheel width & diammeter, but its a good lead. To find the additional info go to the site and click on the cars.
http://www.wheel-size.com/pcd/5x110/

Rims with this bolt pattern may fit the following vehicles:

Alfa Romeo (5)
 159
 8C
 Brera
 Giulietta
 Spider

Cadillac (2)
 BLS
 Catera

Chevrolet (5)
 Cobalt
 HHR
 HHR SS
 Malibu
 Malibu Classic

Dodge (1)
 Dart

Fiat (1)
 Croma

Opel (10)
 Astra
 Calibra
 Corsa
 Meriva
 Omega
 Senator
 Signum
 Speedster
 Vectra
 Zafira

Pontiac (4)
 G5
 G6
 G6 GXP
 Solstice

Saab (3)
 9-3
 9-5
 900

Saturn (4)
 Aura
 L-Series
 LW
 Sky

Subaru (1)
 Traviq



 

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Omega General Help / Re: Alloy wheels...

« on: 18 November 2014, 22:35:23 »

I made a chart for Catera owners but you might find it helpful.

http://cateraowners.forumotion.com/t66-catera-wheels

Aside from the American cars it includes Vaux/Opel and Saab with offsets and hub diameters.

PS: Opel Speedster wheels - 5x110 bolt pattern, 65.1 hub dia. offset N/A

UPDATE: Speedster/Sky wheels have a 35mm offset.

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Omega General Help / Re: Alloy wheels...

« on: 18 November 2014, 21:05:47 »

I made a chart for Catera owners but you might find it helpful.

http://cateraowners.forumotion.com/t66-catera-wheels

Aside from the American cars it includes Vaux/Opel and Saab with offsets and hub diameters.

PS: Opel Speedster wheels - 5x110 bolt pattern, 65.1 hub dia. offset N/A

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Omega General Help / Re: American Cousin

« on: 11 November 2014, 17:53:52 »

the centre arm rest that houses the facelift Catera cup holders is a different design to the Omega equivalent. Therefore, you need the entire centre armrest in order to fit facelift cup holders, or you'll need to heavily butcher your Omega's centre arm rest in the hope of getting them to fit. The other consideration is that they eject at an angle designed for a left hooker

Funny how we take the little things for granted. I didn't think about the difference in the armrests though it was mentioned that your cupholder was underneath the rest so naturally it wouldn't accomodate the Catera mechanism. And the fact that ours slides out at an angle to the right, well I had not even considered that. A common problem with the FL Catera cupholders is their unwillingness to stay latched. Former owner Ivan Rossinskiy made a video detailing the fix. Even if the one you aquired is in good working order the video might help in converting your armrest to accept our cupholder mechanism. Good Luck.
http://youtu.be/amiAOyJ5oT0

I have assembled a list of other Maintenance & Repair Videos you might find useful. Feel free to link to this page or create a similar list on your site using the YouTube urls I've collected.
http://cateraowners.forumotion.com/t480-maintenance-repair-videos#1533

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Omega General Help / Re: American Cousin

« on: 10 November 2014, 20:44:34 »

Tea on the move usually comes from a flask, and the plastic cup doesn't fit in the cup holder as the handle gets in the way! 

That's why the picnic table, deck chair and tartan blanket are safely tucked in the boot next to the crank sensor and HBV.

What......no crumpets? 

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Omega General Help / Re: American Cousin

« on: 10 November 2014, 20:42:32 »

WAIT!! Coffee?? I thought all you chaps drank Tea. 

You've got to love stereotypes

Jolly Good, Smashing, Pip Pip, Cheerio, and All That Rot.
(just getting some stereotypes out of my system  )

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Omega General Help / Re: American Cousin

« on: 10 November 2014, 20:23:05 »

We do drink tea out of choice but sadly the cup holders are two small to accommodate the tea pot, sugar cube bowl, tea strainer, china cup and saucer.

So we have to resort to poor quality coffee in a paper cup 

  

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Omega General Help / Re: American Cousin

« on: 10 November 2014, 17:16:28 »

WAIT!! Coffee?? I thought all you chaps drank Tea. 

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Omega General Help / Re: American Cousin

« on: 08 November 2014, 22:04:43 »

Ours is built into the center armrest. It's a two-holer though this shot shows it only opened to the first. It's a crappy design with a detent that when it fails will not lock the cupholder tray in the retracted position. Mine hasn't closed in 4 years.Not a big deal as I always have a water bottle or two in them but it bothers me to know it won't stay retracted if I wanted it to.

Not my car (again) but it's a FL Catera Sport like mine.


Too bad mine isn't as clean as this one.

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Omega General Help / Re: American Cousin

« on: 08 November 2014, 21:27:25 »

The Catera has a good twin cup holder though. I got one off American eBay.

Not my car but I have the same cupholders:


I assumed you meant the rears because I think the fronts were the same whether Catera or Omega. Thing is, not all Catera's had rear cupholders, just like not all had heated rear seats, the power rear windowshade, or powersunroof.

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Omega General Help / Re: Damned shaker!

« on: 08 November 2014, 17:03:38 »

From underneath? Probably not as much in the way.

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Omega General Help / Re: Damned shaker!

« on: 07 November 2014, 15:32:46 »

What about a broken right motor mount? It could explain the shakes stopping when turning left. The engine's mass would shift to the right, pressing down on that mount and not allow the shakes to be felt. Doesn't explain the part about the wet though. That's all I can come up with. Sorry.

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Omega General Help / Re: American Cousin

« on: 06 November 2014, 20:45:10 »

Amen Nitro!