He always wants me to drive whenever we take a trip in his car. He's very much a Caddy loyalist, so to keep him happy I always remark how nice his car drives and rides whenever I drive it. Actually, I would rather drive my little Nissan Altima if the road is curvy, but of course his Caddy does ride much better on rough roads and it's power is impressive.
The bad part of going anywhere in his car is that my when we get home my wife is always dissatisfied with our little plebian Altima with it's cloth upholstery and manually adjusted seats. My retirement income level doesn't even come close to allowing me to own a late model Caddy, but even if it did I wouldn't be driving one unless there were no Lexus or Infinity available.
I once got a free upgrade to an an Infinity Q45 from a car rental agency and drove it on a fairly long road trip. Wow, what a car. Not only did it have every luxury feature imaginable it handled curves much better than any other big sedan I have ever driven, and the darn thing would pin me to the back of the seat whenever I punched the go pedal. I have not driven the big Lexus, but from what I have read it's at least the equal of the Q45.
No, I don't sell Nissan or Toyota products or own any of their stock, I just like the cars and the fact that they seem to run forever with very little maintenance cost.
Depending on where you live, look for a private party selling a used Caddy. I got my '02 SDV (mentioned above) in 2002 for $4300 with 80K miles on it, put on a good set of tires, and have spent very little on maintenance since. It's in outstanding shape. I say "depending on where you live," since some regions have better offerings than others. New England is excellent. New Jersey sucks.
I was a huge Nissan fan for years, until I leased an Infiniti QX4 for three years. Buggiest vehicle I ever had, and I'm STILL butting heads with Infiniti Financial, more than a year after I turned the thing in. Nightmare experience, and my final experience with the company.
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