1992 Cadillac Seville

Sedan

8 Cylinder

Automatic

1g6ks53b9nu824997

Gasoline

Air Conditioning

If you think you have seen this listing before, you might have. No one has come to see this car and changed their minds. I am sure that anyone seeing this car will love it if this is the kind of car you want. The story is that I had a bidder who claimed he entered the wrong amount and backed out and the subsequent winning bidder did not finish the transaction. The winning bidder said he had bought another car because he did not know he became the top bidder by default. OK, I will accept this explanation and I am trying to relist for no money without screwing up that guy's buyer's rating. I am not sure that this is possible, but I am trying to do it that way. SO PLEASE BID ONLY IF YOU INTEND TO BUY A CAR, NOT BID TO PASS TIME OR TO WIN AND THINK ABOUT BUYING. The only other issue is that my dad has been diagnosed with terminal stage IV pancreatic cancer and he is in Florida and I am in Ohio. In the past three weeks, I have had to go down there twice and might need to do it again. So, depending on the timing of that, I need to have the buyer be a little flexible about pickup of the car after the auction. I will do everything in y power to be accomodating but please note that my dad's situation takes precedence over this auction. 1992 Cadillac Seville - seriously, one of the best looking 1992 Sevilles you will find! I bought this in south Florida this winter. It is low mileage (68,000), leather, and absolutely clean and straight. The body simply can't be much better. The paint still is glossy and the fabric top is great. This is one of those Florida Edition models that the Cadillac dealers in the wealthier sections of Florida put together. So, where it normally says "Cadillac" on the trunk this car has "Coral" in gold Cadillac script. There is also a nicely kept fabric roof as part of this package. My mother had the Oldsmobile version of this Florida interpretation on her 1993 Oldsmobile Regency when she lived in Naples. I have taken pictures of the underside of the door edges just to show you how clean this car comes to you. No rust at all. The engine is strong and gets surprisingly good mileage (I got over 20 coming back to Ohio) and the transmission shifts perfectly.It does not drive like an 18 year old car at all. The pictures will tell you more than any words can. I fell for this car by its appearence and was happy to find it. I did work at cleaning up the engine compartment and had to work with the air conditioner a bit. I only sell cars with full disclosure. I do not like surprises from my sellers and so I provide full disclosure when I sell. I believe this is a great car and the new owner will be thrilled but I want to tell you of the experience I had in my time with the car. I bought it on the east side of Florida and drove it over to a convention in Fort Myers and back to Fort Lauderdale to pick up our daughter who flew in to enjoy a few days before we headed north. We drove back over to Naples and the car was excellent. I decided to have the oil changed before heading north and the change place talked me into a coolant flush. The car overheated in Georgia and the coolant level was down a bit so I added anitfreeze and some radiator seal and continued driving home without incident. After I got here, I did some research and spent some time with a mechanic who told me that these cars with the aluminum engine have some thermal expansion issues with the block and the heads and sometimes the head gaskets leak and allow coolant into the exhaust and exhaust into the coolant. I don't know if this happened or not; I do know that it overheated and the coolant level was down. Anyway, when researching this I found that Cadillac specifies some coolant pellets and these were not done with my coolant change in Florida. Check out these facts on the Cadillac owner forum. The mechanic retorked the head bolts and reflushed the system and refilled it and I have driven it for another 2,000 miles and its been fine. I have driven it on the highway and in city traffic. Cadillac uses a very high temperature thermostat to help with emission control (per my mechanic) and so there is little room between the proper engineered operating temperature and too hot. In the time since we did our thing, it has been close to 90-100F daily here in Toledo and so this should be a pretty tough test of the actions taken. The actions taken seem to have been effective. If this had not fixed the issues, we would have replaced the head gasket for a final fix but there are no symptoms or issues at this time. It seems silly to tear into this engine to replace this gasket when there are no current issues. I hope these action has resolved the problem permanently and I hope the new owner never has an issue. But, it is an 18 year old car and all mechanical things can break over time. Again, it has been fine and I have driven it for a couple of thousand miles and it seems fine. This engine is pre NorthStar and per my mechanic, the early NorthStar engines were the worst for these issues. These pre-NorthStar engines are not as prone to head gasket issues and these engines are sought after as replacements to failed engines. Obviously, this disclosure can hurt my ability to get top money for this car. Again, there is nothing currently wrong and the fix done seems to have worked. But, playing around with these cars and buying them and selling them is a hobby and not a business. I am not interested in being a dishonest seller; money is too expensive if you must take advantage of someone else to get more money. So, bid based on what I have told you with your eyes wide open as to where the car is right now in terms of this problem and what it might be in the future. This problem or another problem might arise in the future on a car this age sold without warranty. If the head gasket someday fails, the parts are cheap but the labor is steeper on a side-mount engine. So obviously someone who could do this work, if it is ever needed, would be far ahead here. There was also a small leak in the air conditioning unit that seems to have sealed with tightening a fitting on the return line and we added refrigerant with leak guard. I have spent many words describing something that I believe is a fixed problem. This takes the spotlight off of what this car is and that is one of the best and cleanest Sevilles you will find. This car should do nothing but appreciate in value from this point. These were beautiful cars and so much prettier and more powerful than their predecessors. The description coming from the serial number denotes the car has a sunroof. This is wrong, it does not have a sunroof. Let's get back to the car. The leather is like new. There is a stitching pull on the top of the back seat that really is not noticable and a little wear on the driver's bolster. All else is fine. The car has a no-smoking Cadillac plate on the dash and it seems to have never been smoked in. The windows and the glass are perfect and the body is an A+. Transmission and all accessories are an A+. There is a sticker for the seat inflatable bolsters on the center console that has curled with heat. I was told this is easy to buy from a Cadillac dealer but I have not looked into it. The dash is great with no cracks. The reostat for the headlights is inconsistant when the automatic headlights first come on but it settles down shortly. These are little niggly things but again, my policy is no surprises for my buyers. I have done the hard part; I found this in Florida and brought it up north where perfect body 1992 Sevilles are rare. I have a need to divest of toys and build cash due to a financial issue within our family. I am running a no reserve auction. My first idea was to start at 1/3 of what I have in this car, but I have later thought that people like a ridiculously low initial bid to have some fun. I thought I bought it right and I thought I would be keeping it. This is an opportunity for a buyer. Car is located in the southwest Toledo, Ohio area. Look at the pictures! It is a great looking car! OK, have fun and good luck in your bidding! Bid early and often! This is an auction to buy a great car. It is not an auction to win for fun and just winning the right to decide if you want to buy a car. Please, bid only if you intend to keep up your end of the bargain and complete the transaction. Figure out how far from Toledo you are and make sure that you want to make that trip before you make that bid. Car is for sale locally as well and so it might get sold and removed from the auction. I will not do this in the final 24 hours of the auction. Have fun; bid what you can afford and God Bless!