After your Monte Carlo
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,308
From: Kentucky
I have a two year lease on a C300 4Matic Mecedes. It is a fun car to drive and handles great.
Not sure what my next daily driver will be. I would like to get a pace car or a Dale Jr car to go along with my Earnhardt Sr.
Not sure what my next daily driver will be. I would like to get a pace car or a Dale Jr car to go along with my Earnhardt Sr.
Chrysler 300c SRT8 Mopar 12 edition
If i was getting a new car i'd be considering this highly
If i was getting a new car i'd be considering this highly
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 12,601
From: Mentor, Ohio
I want my next "baby" to be my first "baby". I want to have the '84 Camaro back together and kicking my Monte's butt!! In the meantime, I'm not sure what will be next....
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 340
From: Portland, Oregon
After you decide to park: I would have liked to have bought a 2005 Monte Carlo Supercharged SS OR 2007 Monte Carlo SS to replace my '76 as a daily driver. But since I can't afford a new(er) car, I have to settle for a "Craigslister."
In my first attempt at parking my Monte in November, 2006, I purchased a base-model 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix for $440. It had a Buick 3.8-liter V6, 2-barrel carburetor, the "prone to failure" 3-speed TH-200 automatic which had no reverse, bench seat, column shift, idiot light gauges, non-working stereo, no muffler and 14-inch Pontiac Rally II wheels. I totaled it in December, 2006 on a trip to Chico, CA.
In my second attempt at parking my Monte in February, 2010, I purchased a 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix LE for $890. It is a car fully loaded with options. 305 V8, 200-4R automatic, 14-inch aluminum Turbine wheels, bucket seats, floor console, tilt wheel, cruise control (doesn't work), power windows (driver's switch for passenger window broken), power door locks, power driver seat, AM/FM/Cassette stereo with power antenna (cassette player does not work), rear window defogger, A/C (converted to R-134 and needs to be recharged), and rally gauges with tach. It does need, however, new headliner, to have the seats and sun visors recovered, a new third brake light assembly, new rear seat shelf carpet, new carpeting because it is moldy (and has since been removed) and now a new console because I broke it during my attempt at taking it out in order to replace the carpet. In May, 2010, I was forced to park it and place the Monte back into daily driver duty because the Grand Prix's 305 decided to spin a bearing and develop a bad knock. Long story short, I bought a replacement 305 from a club member, had it rebuilt, swapped engines, it failed on start up and I'm still waiting to get it back from the builder. The Monte continues to be my driver. I just assume sell the Grand Prix since it is starting to turn into a project car, which I didn't want to have happen. The Monte is project enough.
After you wreck: Depends on how bad the wreck is. I wrecked and repaired her in June, 2001. But if she were totaled, then I'd find another second gen. Monte Carlo to replace it with.
Last edited by 76MonteMan; Jul 25, 2012 at 09:06 PM.
