Fun fact - Prince owned one of these. Jet black, his O{+> symbol was embossed into the seats. His friends would call it "the Batmobile". He had the sound system pimped out so well that he would play people his new songs on its sound system whilst parked in the garage of Paisley Park.
I've been told be some old Cadillac folk that manual XLR's do exist! They had to be special ordered. They would have been extremely rear as it was never advertised or offered. I drive my 2004 like I stole it 😎
I was so bummed recently I was lead yo believe one of these was for sale near me, I hustled over to look at it and possibly purchase. When I got there it was an eldorado 😅
I think I know the answer, unfortunately, but did they ever make a manual transmission for this thing? Not the -V version, which is probably insanely expensive, but the regular one?
@@ZackandWyatt Yep, you're probably right. Even as is, they've staved off depreciation pretty strongly. Definitely a collectible, and even an investment. I'm shopping for one now. I'll tell 'em zack & wyatt sent me :-D
You can use it as an manual automatic by pulling the shifter left. When it's in drive. Then you press the shifter back and forth to shift. No dumping the clutch though. It has a rear mounted transmission. For equal weight distribution. Like the Vette. It was the future car for back then. Cadillac designed this car to compete with the Mecredes SL roadsters. Some very cool design features. It still looks like a new car even today.
Northstar in 2004 was producing about as much as the 'Vette's LS and Northstar reliability was well-sorted out by then. No headbolt/head gasket issues.
I have a 2004 XLR, love it. There was a company that made standard shift flywheels for the NorthStar engine. The NorthStar engine uses a Metric bolt pattern, same as S-10 or Camaro's from the 80's. Speedway Motors has a adapter plate available. If you really think you need the Corvette manual transaxle assembly. Sixty degree V6 engines known as the GM LGX engines have the same Metric bolt pattern as a NorthStar. Might be an alternative if you have engine failure. The LGX engine has 335 HP and weighs about 360 lbs. Have fun.
Here is a TRUE STORY related to this same model car and it was on the NEWS. A 75-year-old was trapped in his 2006 Cadillac XLR in Cleveland's 70-degree heat wave in LATE August 2017 when the vehicle's key fob malfunctioned. And for nearly 14 excruciating hours, he was a prisoner in his car, he said. "It was the most horrifying experience you can imagine," he said Monday in a phone interview with The Washington Post. "I accepted, at some point, that this is how I'm going to die Pyros said he rarely drives his Cadillac, but with winter weather just around the corner, he thought he should run the engine and perhaps drive it in the neighborhood. So he went out to his garage to start the car about 10 a.m. Aug. 31, then planned to walk back in the house and change clothes before taking it for a spin. He didn't take his cellphone with him, and he didn't tell anyone what he was doing. He didn't think he needed to. He tried to start the engine but nothing happened. Then, he said, he tried to open the doors and realized they wouldn't budge. THAT'S WHEN HE GOT NERVOUS!!!!!! He replaced the batteries in the fob, but it still did not work. He tried again - flipping the batteries upside down, then back around the other way. Still nothing. After about 30 minutes, he said, he was starting to sweat and having a hard time catching his breath. "It's like you're in a safe and you don't know how to get out of it," he said, noting that he was struggling to breathe as he recalled the events. Pyros said he had no tools or sharp objects in the vehicle, so he tried to punch out the window with his fist. When that didn't work, he said, he tried to kick out the glass with both of his feet. Nothing. He said he pressed his mouth to the door and screamed for help. Nothing. it was hot and Pyros was pouring sweat. Soon, the windows had fogged over. Pyros said thoughts raced through his head. During those nearly 14 agonizing hours, Pyros, who was struggling to breathe, passed out twice, he said. Each time he woke up, he said, he thought to himself, "I can't believe I'm in this situation." He was a 75-year-old man locked inside his own car, pleading, passing out and when he needed to, urinating inside his shoes. He said he prayed twice for a miracle. Still nothing. Then, at one point, he said, he accepted it, telling God, "This is the way I'm going to die." Suddenly, he said, he was calm. "I was at ease with that," he said. Although Pyros didn't know it, he said, his neighbor heard him pounding and sent him a text message. When the neighbor didn't get a response, Pyros said, the neighbor hopped the fence and noticed that Pyros's garage door was open. Pyros's car was parked there - and Pyros was locked inside. His neighbor called 911, Pyros said, and it took quite a while for firefighters to try to free him. When the firefighters could not open the door, Pyros said, they had him pop the hood and jumped the engine. "They couldn't believe I was alive," Pyros said about the first responders. Officials with the Cleveland fire department did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the incident. Pyros was treated at a hospital and released. GM said in a statement Monday that "any vehicle or key fob can lose power" and "that risk can increase as the vehicle ages." "Manufacturers provide a way to manually unlock the doors if the vehicle or fob loses power," it said. "Because this varies by make and model, drivers should review the Door Lock section of their owner’s manual so they will know what to do.In the case of the XLR, there is a door release handle located on the floor, next to each seat." Pyros said he did not know there was a door release handle and, even if he had thought to read the owner's manual, it was too steamy in the car to see it. More than a week later, Pyros said he was still struggling with what happened - waking up numerous times in the night, thinking that he is still trapped in his car. "I can't believe I'm alive," he said. When asked whether he plans to take legal action, Pyros said he does not know; he said his current goal is to warn others so that they may avoid a similar situation. "I wouldn't want my worst enemy to go through what I went through," he said. "Now I think of babies, small children dying in a car like that. You're dying a slow death." "If I can save one life," he added, "that's my goal." LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I've got a black '06 XLR-V and this vid has seriously convinced me to get a Corsa exhaust (even the V is way too quiet). Well done guys.
Fun fact - Prince owned one of these. Jet black, his O{+> symbol was embossed into the seats. His friends would call it "the Batmobile".
He had the sound system pimped out so well that he would play people his new songs on its sound system whilst parked in the garage of Paisley Park.
9:05 Wyatt flexing on the TT bois, rolled through like the CEO pulling into his personal parking spot lmao
Holy shit Keeko actually watched our video😂
@@ZackandWyatt Shocking I know.
I own a 2004, its 1 of 12 in my city of 1.5 million. Fucken love the thing. I'll drive it till it dies
I love this and I love my northstar in my dts platinum
We were so impressed by the northstar, maybe we will have a LS northstar comparison some day! Thanks for watching!
That lh2 and the lc3 hits a little different than them fwd northstars lol
I love this sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been told be some old Cadillac folk that manual XLR's do exist! They had to be special ordered. They would have been extremely rear as it was never advertised or offered. I drive my 2004 like I stole it 😎
It is a killer car⚡️
And this wasn't the V version, which is 440 HP vs. 320. I've had a 2006 for eight years now - love it! Corvette wearing a tuxedo.
We gotta do a V next!!
I was so bummed recently I was lead yo believe one of these was for sale near me, I hustled over to look at it and possibly purchase. When I got there it was an eldorado 😅
That accent at the end... Every car group needs a dude with a northern lilt.
Haha Zack’s dad is the best!
Great video, new sub. Look forward to more! Well done.
Thanks!! Lots more to come!
I think I know the answer, unfortunately, but did they ever make a manual transmission for this thing? Not the -V version, which is probably insanely expensive, but the regular one?
Nope. It would have kept 100% of its value if they did.
@@ZackandWyatt Yep, you're probably right. Even as is, they've staved off depreciation pretty strongly. Definitely a collectible, and even an investment. I'm shopping for one now. I'll tell 'em zack & wyatt sent me :-D
@@ZackandWyatt it's an auto manual transmission. It was available on all models that I know of. Just no clutch. I have 2 XLR's.
You can use it as an manual automatic by pulling the shifter left. When it's in drive. Then you press the shifter back and forth to shift. No dumping the clutch though. It has a rear mounted transmission. For equal weight distribution. Like the Vette. It was the future car for back then. Cadillac designed this car to compete with the Mecredes SL roadsters. Some very cool design features. It still looks like a new car even today.
We were shifting it like that most of the time. It’s just not satisfying like a manual.
Factory exhaust??
Corsa!!!
Caddillac lovely car
Ah, yes, the nice, woody early 2000s. :-/
Bad ass
Too bad it was a N* V8, and only offered in automatic.
Honestly I’m fine with the Northstar, just not the auto.
Northstar in 2004 was producing about as much as the 'Vette's LS and Northstar reliability was well-sorted out by then. No headbolt/head gasket issues.
I have a 2004 XLR, love it.
There was a company that made standard shift flywheels for the NorthStar engine. The NorthStar engine uses a Metric bolt pattern, same as S-10 or Camaro's from the 80's. Speedway Motors has a adapter plate available. If you really think you need the Corvette manual transaxle assembly. Sixty degree V6 engines known as the GM LGX engines have the same Metric bolt pattern as a NorthStar. Might be an alternative if you have engine failure. The LGX engine has 335 HP and weighs about 360 lbs. Have fun.
Here is a TRUE STORY related to this same model car and it was on the NEWS. A 75-year-old was trapped in his 2006 Cadillac XLR in Cleveland's 70-degree heat wave in LATE August 2017 when the vehicle's key fob malfunctioned. And for nearly 14 excruciating hours, he was a prisoner in his car, he said.
"It was the most horrifying experience you can imagine," he said Monday in a phone interview with The Washington Post. "I accepted, at some point, that this is how I'm going to die
Pyros said he rarely drives his Cadillac, but with winter weather just around the corner, he thought he should run the engine and perhaps drive it in the neighborhood. So he went out to his garage to start the car about 10 a.m. Aug. 31, then planned to walk back in the house and change clothes before taking it for a spin. He didn't take his cellphone with him, and he didn't tell anyone what he was doing. He didn't think he needed to.
He tried to start the engine but nothing happened. Then, he said, he tried to open the doors and realized they wouldn't budge.
THAT'S WHEN HE GOT NERVOUS!!!!!! He replaced the batteries in the fob, but it still did not work. He tried again - flipping the batteries upside down, then back around the other way. Still nothing. After about 30 minutes, he said, he was starting to sweat and having a hard time catching his breath.
"It's like you're in a safe and you don't know how to get out of it," he said, noting that he was struggling to breathe as he recalled the events.
Pyros said he had no tools or sharp objects in the vehicle, so he tried to punch out the window with his fist. When that didn't work, he said, he tried to kick out the glass with both of his feet. Nothing.
He said he pressed his mouth to the door and screamed for help. Nothing.
it was hot and Pyros was pouring sweat. Soon, the windows had fogged over. Pyros said thoughts raced through his head. During those nearly 14 agonizing hours, Pyros, who was struggling to breathe, passed out twice, he said. Each time he woke up, he said, he thought to himself, "I can't believe I'm in this situation." He was a 75-year-old man locked inside his own car, pleading, passing out and when he needed to, urinating inside his shoes.
He said he prayed twice for a miracle. Still nothing. Then, at one point, he said, he accepted it, telling God, "This is the way I'm going to die."
Suddenly, he said, he was calm.
"I was at ease with that," he said.
Although Pyros didn't know it, he said, his neighbor heard him pounding and sent him a text message. When the neighbor didn't get a response, Pyros said, the neighbor hopped the fence and noticed that Pyros's garage door was open. Pyros's car was parked there - and Pyros was locked inside. His neighbor called 911, Pyros said, and it took quite a while for firefighters to try to free him. When the firefighters could not open the door, Pyros said, they had him pop the hood and jumped the engine.
"They couldn't believe I was alive," Pyros said about the first responders. Officials with the Cleveland fire department did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the incident. Pyros was treated at a hospital and released.
GM said in a statement Monday that "any vehicle or key fob can lose power" and "that risk can increase as the vehicle ages."
"Manufacturers provide a way to manually unlock the doors if the vehicle or fob loses power," it said. "Because this varies by make and model, drivers should review the Door Lock section of their owner’s manual so they will know what to do.In the case of the XLR, there is a door release handle located on the floor, next to each seat."
Pyros said he did not know there was a door release handle and, even if he had thought to read the owner's manual, it was too steamy in the car to see it.
More than a week later, Pyros said he was still struggling with what happened - waking up numerous times in the night, thinking that he is still trapped in his car. "I can't believe I'm alive," he said.
When asked whether he plans to take legal action, Pyros said he does not know; he said his current goal is to warn others so that they may avoid a similar situation.
"I wouldn't want my worst enemy to go through what I went through," he said. "Now I think of babies, small children dying in a car like that. You're dying a slow death."
"If I can save one life," he added, "that's my goal."
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!