[el ess A]

Wow...just wow. GM giveth, and GM taketh away.

Last month I was in PRIME condition to want to work on getting a car deal done on a new 2014 Cadillac CTS V-sport sedan for the wife (the 420 hp version). Was set to swoop in and pick one up a couple of weeks ago. Found a perfect one for MSRP of 63,XXX. With the $8K cash back and then I found out I was eligible again for GM employee pricing, it was coming in at around $49K and change before trade-in and big down payment.

However, last half of the month my mother-in-law had major issues and was/is hospitalized. No possible way for any time to make a great car deal.

SO....with one more surgery to go tomorrow, obviously I'm still not quite freed up to spend time on car deals.

Today, that same car I was going to buy last week is now $57K and change because they pretty much cut out ALL cash back incentives for Cadillacs (except SRX). For a 2014? Um, no thanks. I'm not that incentivized any longer to chase after a 2014. Good luck moving the rest of that 2014 inventory GM. Call me back when you get serious again about incentivizing me to buy yesterday's model.

Yeah, I'm a bit whiny about it, but things happen for a reason I guess. That perfect 2014 deal may have turned out to be a lemon is why things happened the way they did. I'm just venting a little. Maybe I'll spend the down payment on mods, instead.

Hopefully a lot of you have found great deals. It does seem they carried on the same Camaro cash back incentives from last month, though. But Cadillac? Maybe see you next spring on a great 2015 deal.

Perhaps it's for the best. For now.