1982 Cadillac DeVille Sedan from North America - Comments

My front brake pads needed replacing.

The right rear turn signal globe was cracked and had to be sealed.

The power antenna ceased to function years ago.

The trunk shocks no longer hold the trunk lid up.

Very big and hefty car. Weight and size being the true measure of a decent car.

Has that great smooth ride you can only get with a decent American car.

Power everything, obscenely soft seats are just a few of the luxury features. That gas mileage indicator and digital thermometer are pretty handy too.

I've got to agree with your comments. Cadillacs and most imports are in two different classes. You can't directly compare a Cadillac with, say, a Honda Civic. They're not meant to compete. I've owned three Cadillacs and I wouldn't have traded them for the world, but the most mileage I got out of one was 135k, while my girlfriend's Toyota Camry is at 200k and running strong.

It's pretty narrow-minded of you to say that only a large and heavy car can be luxurious and smooth-riding. Anyone who has ever driven a Lexus, Mercedes, Infinity, or a Jaguar would tell you a completely different story. These cars have traditionally been very powerful, and very smooth-riding, while not even leaning an inch in corners, and as far as build quality is concerned: They are amongst the most reliable in the world (minus the Jaguars of course). So don't make an assumption that just because a car is big, it is great. Quite the opposite can be said about your 82 4100dfi DeVille.

I took the front grille off of my '85 Fleetwood so that I could suck up Civics and shoot'em out the exhaust.

You can get to the party quickly in yo Honda, butcha gotta wait on me anyway, cuz I got everyone with me in the Caddy.

- Jack

I have owned about 65 Cadillacs during the past 23 years. I bought my first one, a 1973 Eldorado in 1979 when I was 16. My love for Cadillacs began when I was 4 years old, when my Grandmother bought a 1962 Fleetwood Sixty Special, talk about a regal automobile! After that I was hooked and I swore I'd own a Cadillac when I grew up. Keep your Mercedes, Jaguars, and all the rest, I'll take a Cadillac any day!

HATED Caddies when I was growing up. We were a Jaguar family and those American Cars were so "vulgar".

Bought a white-on-white 1983 Coupe de Ville from Nevada 3 years ago and I'm hooked. Love the 18 feet. Love the fins. Love the hood eating up the road. Love the doors alone being longer, wider and taller than my Plymouth. Love the power everything. Love how the interior matches (something Jag could never get right). Love my trunk big enough for my two Dalmatians to jump in while I'm unloading the groceries. Love how I can take 5 people along for the ride. Love the hood ornament. Love the gobs of chrome. Love how it starts each and every day. Love the stares.

I never want the American rear-wheel-drive V-8 to die. There will never be anything as good ever in all God's creation. It has character and soul that Japan will never understand.

I am hooked. Now I need a compact front-wheel-drive car for the winter, but I can't find anything big enough to get into with a full-length fur coat. Thinking now of adding another to my Cadillac collection. A compact front-wheel-drive Eldorado!

Cadillac Chrissy.

P.S. Correction on earlier comment above - Jaguar was never a lightweight car - always a heavyweight in size and power -- and, no, Jag sedans don't lean into corners - they just plow right through them. Way too much fun to drive a hot V-12 at 130 mph straight down the highway in a tight skirt and 4-inch heels, but they're a car for mechanics not drivers.

Sorry Coventry, I'm a Cadillac Chrissy now.

I have to agree with Jack. You do have to wait on me to get to a party, because eveyine is rolling in the Caddy. I have owned 6 Cadillacs and I am only 20 years old. I don't like foreign cars because they cost so much to keep up and hard to fix. I don't really have a particular hate for foreign cars. All I'm saying is, noone can ever get me to dislike Cadillacs.

I just bought my first Cadillac. I have owned Jaguars,

Suburbans, minivans, hondas, etc. None of them come close

to the comfort of the caddy. 6'5" and 300 pounds are

easily accommodated by this caddy. Many comments I read

claimed the car was underpowered with the 4.1. Well, if you

want power, buy a mustang or firebird. As for the reliability, we shall see. My 2000 Grand Am cost GM almost

$8000.00. At least the caddy is comfortable to sit in if

it does break down in the middle of the road. It also hasn't caught on fire like the Grand Am. Could somebody please tell me the horsepower of the 4.1, I can't find it anywhere. My guess is between 220 and 250.

I also love my caddy 83 coupe. its the nicest car I have owned. And its only going to look better with the plans I have for her. Candy paint, Dayton 14x7rev, skinny whites, sallite radio, and an air ride system.42000 miles on O.D.I WON it on a Dallas Cowboys game. ALANIZ80@MSNhotmail.

The 4.1 liter engine pushed roughly only 140-160 horsepower. The later 4.5 and 4.9 liter engines the late 80's caddy's had pushed 180-and 200 respectably. The 80's engines are NOTORIOUS around shops for their underpowering...

Well the ol' eight deuce is on it's last leg. I wrote the original review shortly after obtaining the car in 2001. It gave me 2 solid years of service, but I recently blew the head gasket by pushing it up to a less than impressive 97 mph. It still runs, but obviously that will not be the case long. The HT4100 V8 is rated at 125 horses and 190 lb/ft of torque. My Deville's 0-60 is too slow to discuss with a straight face, but i'll say it was over 20 seconds, way over 20 seconds. The fuel mileage of the HT4100 is fantastic though in it's defense. But it isn't about speed, the car is about a smooth ride and a solid full size feel. Though as big as I thought the Deville was her new stablemate has humbled her. While driving the other day I realized how minuscule the hood is in comparison to my 79 Continental. Tragically I recently bought new tires for the Cadillac also, but it won't be wearing the tread out on them.

Time will tell what I think of my 82 DeVille. Many OLDS 98's, but my first caddy, hope all goes well, Love the comments. Thanks, rust is the color in michigan.

I just bought my 2nd Deville 3 weeks ago for 650.00. Amazingly enough everything electrical works now. Just took a little TLC and some general no-how. just learned how to do diagnostics also and am amazed at how easy it really was. And that to went well for me. Only 2 simple problems. Haven't driven it to much on the highway, but so far great mileage, and as others have claimed, I love the luxury and having a big car wrapped around me. My 1st Caddy was a 64 Coupe and I was hooked. Mine has 153,000 miles on it.

The 4.9 V8 wasn't put into cadillacs until 1991, Its not sluggish, I have the 4.9 in my Caddi deville (92) and I have never lost a challenge, plenty of power, loads of torque, easily passing on the highway at 85+. & pretty quick of the line.