WOW! That thing is a rocket ship! Very impressed just not sure I can convince the wife I need a 117,000 dollar truck!

 

I drove the regular Turbo and I thought that was really fast for a SUV. I cant imagine one that iis any faster.
Now convincing the wife is definately the hard part.

 

Finally had a chance to drive my new CTS for an extended time (about 100 miles).

First impressions: great power and torque (seemingly more punch than my GT-2, but definitely not as immediate), very smooth and pleasureable ride - fast or slow, sport setting suspension a bit too stiff for real fast handling (although absolutely no bottoming on some pretty rolling topography), very good brakes (although a bit spongy under real hard braking - racing brake fluid should help), very comfortable seats (that grip ok when cornering at some higher speeds), responsive tiptronic (with slight delay) when manually shifting through the gears and when in automatic, slight body roll on hard cornering (although much, much less than one would expect from a 6,000 lb. SUV), steering input and responsiveness moderate and appropriate for the car's weight and size and pretty neutral handling with a bias to understeer. Very, very predictable handling and power. Had the car up to 135mph and over 90 mph in some sweeping turns. Driving the vehicle at the top speed was effortless, with additional power available. Didn't trigger the PSM or ABS, but did effort to try to do so.

All in all, I am very pleased with the vehicle and expect that the CTS will garner its greater than fair shair of driving time (relative to my other cars). I am going to hold off on any ECU or Cat mods until I put it on a track and see how it fares compared to the street/track cars (GT-3 and GT-2, but for the obvious); at this point, the horsepower and torque are more than sufficient and impressive.