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Old Aug 2, 2011 | 08:46 AM
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damn bro. im trying to sell my 2004 intimidator. i love it and all but im tired of making payments on a car i didnt do full research on. im tryna turn all my money to my 87 ttop monte ss. GM lost it awhile back. old school chevy over new school any day
 
Old Aug 2, 2011 | 06:53 PM
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Unfortunately, the trans thing is common, and has been for years on all the LS4 cars. They should've had the 4t80 stock like the Bonneville GXP's.

The belt/pulley thing sucks- but at close to 100k miles, and 6 years old, I can't say I'm particularly shocked- small things like that will likely keep popping up.

As for the radio- glad you got that fixed- fuses don't always 'look' blown when they go bad, easiest way to check is with a multimeter for continuity across the exposed terminals on the top (even easier if your multimeter has a beep function). I've seen numerous fuses either bad, or lightly blown that look fine during a quick visual check. I would have to wonder what caused the fuse to blow in the first place though.


Since you're having all those issues with the car, and don't seem happy with it- have you ever considered selling it for something else?
 
Old Aug 3, 2011 | 09:13 AM
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i have a 07 lt that had a bunch of things go wrong after all have been fixed it has been running fine but i do check every thing closely and do a early maintenence. the only thing i have to say is enjoy it when it is running. it is a vehicle it will have some thing go wrong in a fluke but cant blame it when i got mine i went top and bottom and had every thing fixed right away. i had a water pump power steering pump heads and gasket replaced. they all were under warrenty and recalls i cant be mad it is possible that it was just a big bad timming to go bad like what happend to me i still making payments on it but i am not mad because of the enjoyment and the complements i get from some corvette and commaro guys saying i wish chevy still made monye's i would have gotten one
 
Old Aug 3, 2011 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by bwill314
I've owned it since July 13th 2007.
HOLY CRAP.

That's the same exact date I got my 1974 Monte Carlo.

I got it with 60,341 miles. It now has 70,000.
 
Old Aug 7, 2011 | 12:35 PM
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Six years old and 87,000 miles.....normal wear and tear. Those repairs are far cheaper than dropping 35K on a competitive product + intrest.
 
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