I always thought the Catera's were FWD... And therefore no more interesting than a Camry. But your car looks sharp, you just need to find an autobahn for the complete german experience!
Pics of my 2K1 CCS w/ Euro Conversion.
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Originally Posted By: IndyIan
I always thought the Catera's were FWD... And therefore no more interesting than a Camry. But your car looks sharp, you just need to find an autobahn for the complete german experience!
I always thought they were FWD, too. Weird.
I always thought the Catera's were FWD... And therefore no more interesting than a Camry. But your car looks sharp, you just need to find an autobahn for the complete german experience!
I always thought they were FWD, too. Weird.
Well in europe these cars were the poor man's BMW... the car shares gearboxes with the bimmer and a lot of the rear suspension is identical, so it handles much like a 5 series.
The previous generation had a either a 3.0L or 4.0L Inline Turbo engines... those are often swapped in the Current body.
The previous generation had a either a 3.0L or 4.0L Inline Turbo engines... those are often swapped in the Current body.
Originally Posted By: daves87rs
How is it holding up this winter?
...now this is where you may think that I have been abducted by aliens because what I am about to say may shock you...
The car is a friggin tank in the snow, but all that is thanks to a set of new Blizzak WS-50 Tires mounted on 17x8 wheels and are 245mm wide. Also thanks to the hefty weight and the wide foot print of the tires it actually handles like a 4WD vehicle on all season tires.
I have raced a couple suburbans and tahoes on trafic stops with 1-2" packed snow on the ground and outran them every single time.
The other day I drove in a fresh 5-6" snow and to my surpise the car took that with very minimal traction control interaction... the fun part is when you disengage the traction and you come around a turn at a 30° angle, at roughly 50mph and a rooster tail that seems to stretch for ever.
On the other hand with all season tires the car is simply scary to drive even in minimal amounts of snow, I got to experience that myself and dont recommend it.
A set of snow tires does a lot for this particular car.
How is it holding up this winter?
...now this is where you may think that I have been abducted by aliens because what I am about to say may shock you...
The car is a friggin tank in the snow, but all that is thanks to a set of new Blizzak WS-50 Tires mounted on 17x8 wheels and are 245mm wide. Also thanks to the hefty weight and the wide foot print of the tires it actually handles like a 4WD vehicle on all season tires.
I have raced a couple suburbans and tahoes on trafic stops with 1-2" packed snow on the ground and outran them every single time.
The other day I drove in a fresh 5-6" snow and to my surpise the car took that with very minimal traction control interaction... the fun part is when you disengage the traction and you come around a turn at a 30° angle, at roughly 50mph and a rooster tail that seems to stretch for ever.
On the other hand with all season tires the car is simply scary to drive even in minimal amounts of snow, I got to experience that myself and dont recommend it.
A set of snow tires does a lot for this particular car.
RWD > FWD
yes, even in snow
yes, even in snow
Beautiful! I've driven both LHD versions (badged as Opel Omegas) and RHD versions (badged as Vauxhall Omegas). Although never driven the automatic version, I loved the manual version with the 2.5L V6. These were also used as police patrol units in the UK.
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