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Hatterasguy · #6 02-13-2010, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TylerH860

The Northstars do like to go Supernova, don't they?

From what I understand, most of ones that blew up did it early (less than 100k). There are a bunch of high mileage ones out there.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/searchresults.jsp?lastStartYear=1981&num_records=25&search_lang=en&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&search_type=both&distance=500&address=67206&marketZipError=false&style_flag=1&make=CAD&model=SEV&make2=CAD&model2=STS&make3=&start_year=1994&end_year=2000&min_price=&max_price=&seller_type=b&transmission=&engine=&drive=&doors=&fuel=&max_mileage=100001&color=&keywordsrep=&keywordsfyc=&keywords_display=&sort_type=mileageDESC&body_code=0&certified=&advanced=y&highlightFirstMakeModel=&showZipError=n&default_sort=mileageDESC&awsp=false&systime=&rdm=1266012749209

There's an interesting aftermarket company dedicated to these engines. Go figure.

http://www.northstarperformance.com/gethere.php

GM never did figure out how to seal an intake manifold and the rest of the car is just a joke. They did use a good transmission though.

I'd recomend trying to sell it on Ebay for $3,500 ASAP.

The last Caddy that anyone that I know owned was my aunts, I think it was a 1996 CTS or something with the Northjoke in it. It blew up about five years ago and someone bought it from her for $1,500 as a project. She started buying Acura RL's after that and never looked back.

OTOH the new Caddys are pretty nice.