Back in the middle of Jan my radiator sprung a leak and and left me without a car. I have been kind of looking for a winter beater anyway and a few days later I found one that will be a good winter car and probably my daily also since I have just rolled 100k on the wagon and the newer one only 79k. I will some pics of both and my red Mustang I took today and one a couple of days after I got my winter car.
I know there are those on here that have a great dislike for the N* and that is justified but from personal experience between my mother and me we have had Had 7 Seville's with just one N* related problem (water pump on my 94). One thing is that this is a 04 which should be the best of the bunch considering that in 2000 they upgraded the casting process of the block and lengthened the threaded portion of the head bolts and for the 04's they made the threads course for better bite.
The very first weekend I got my wagon I took it to Iowa for my sister's wedding and we got a major snow. Driving my wagon I felt like a damn pinball and almost couldn't make it to the motel my brother and I were staying at because of an incline on the way in. Later I was going to make a trip to Sam's and my brother asked me if I wanted to take the Seville which I did and I couldn't believe the difference. Between the traction control and stability system and front wheel drive (which I personally hate) it really felt like I was on dry roads.
One thing I forgot was that losing my radiator when I did saved me from being stranded in the not to distant future. I had been soaking the bottom oil cooler line for a good week before I did the repair since it was quite rusty. After I had the other three lines disconnected I tried to loosen the bottom oil cooler line and with all the force I could muster it wouldn't at all but with just the little flex it had in the rad it started leaking oil. It was so bad that I was able to give the line a decent tug and it came off. Since I have had the car that is one thing that has bothered me and I was sure that changing just the line was not an option since I was sure that the bottom fitting would never come loose. Knowing that I have had both the radiator and oil lines here just a few days after the rad failure figuring that I would take it to a local shop and have it done for a couple hundred. But since I had the Caddi I just waited for good enough weather to do it myself.
For those of you that have done the oil cooler line replacement what did you do concerning the low oil level wire?
I just cut mine since I am fairly certain it didn't work on mine I let it get a little over a quart low last winter and it never came on, all the other cars I have had would stat at a little less than a quart low mostly when parking on an angle.