I have a friend with a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado. Even though it was well taken care of and has had the engine, transmission and drivetrain overhauled, it's not exactly the most reliable car. The issue is that these came with a LOT of luxury features, and in his experience these are constantly having issues. The worst part is that during that period the "ingenious" idea was to simply hide all of the gauges and instead have a big bank of "Idiot lights" that are supposed to come on if there is an issue. That system is an intricate system of sensors and it's hardly reliable. In fact early on the car overheated because the sensor for that light failed and he was totally unaware that the thermostat had failed. That and yeah - the huge engines in these things just guzzle gas. In that he's lucky to get 9 MPG on the freeway.
6th Apr 2020, 18:24
I have a friend with a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado. Even though it was well taken care of and has had the engine, transmission and drivetrain overhauled, it's not exactly the most reliable car. The issue is that these came with a LOT of luxury features, and in his experience these are constantly having issues. The worst part is that during that period the "ingenious" idea was to simply hide all of the gauges and instead have a big bank of "Idiot lights" that are supposed to come on if there is an issue. That system is an intricate system of sensors and it's hardly reliable. In fact early on the car overheated because the sensor for that light failed and he was totally unaware that the thermostat had failed. That and yeah - the huge engines in these things just guzzle gas. In that he's lucky to get 9 MPG on the freeway.