April 10th, 6:25p.m., I was waiting at an intersection, the light turned green and gave me the arrow. I pulled out into the intersection turning left when a 2007 Pontiac G5 smashed right into the front left fender of my car, traveling at 50mph.

I have no pictures of the car, I don't think I want to take any. It's totaled, going to the graveyard they said. Myself and my passengers as well as the driver of the Pontiac escaped unscathed, but both cars are totaled. I cried at the scene, I couldn't believe this had happened to me. I just had a $200 tint job completed on the car that very morning, and had done several cosmetic appearance upgrades over the last week.

I've spent the whole night looking for another Monte Carlo, preferably a 2004-2005 Supercharged SS, but they are so rare, and none are in the Florida vicinity. I broadened my search and found a 2002 Camaro Z28 with 17,000 miles for $12,000 from a private owner. If all goes as I hope, I should be able to buy the Camaro, I'll see how bank loans work with private sellers.

It was a 2003 N/A SS high-sport, 66,000 miles, good, not quite excellent, condition. The insurance company will call me Monday to talk me through everything I need. What do you think I should get out of my car? I had full coverage insurance, the other guy also had full coverage through USAA, the accident report indicates he is the driver at fault.

 

The important thing is that everyone came out ok. Sorry to hear about the car, though. USAA is a great Ins co. so you'll be good to go in no time.

 

omg! i am sooo sorry! was the person not paying attention, texting or what! that totally sucks though for sure & i cant say sorry enough =( good luck on finding another monte. hopefully ur insurance company gives u a good deal & all. feel bad bcuz i shouldve warned you about pensacola drivers & how nuts they are =(

 

That sucks bigtime, just be glad you werent in a hurry or it woulda been worse. IM sorry to see that happen to such a great person and monte. Hope it all works out.

 

 

Im sorry to hear about your car, I would have cried too, you have a beautiful monte and for one person not to be paying attention at that particular point just ruins everything, Once again sorry for your loss its a sad day in the monte world

 

To clarify on the other driver, he was a student at the neighboring navy base, on his way home. He told me the sun was setting right behind the light, and he couldn't see it was red. He was right, the sun was right behind the light, making the color of the light difficult to see, but it's impossible to miss a car in the middle of the intersection, as mine was.

The thing that upsets me the most is he didn't turn left, turn right, or even stop. He went straight through, 50mph or more, it's as if he wasn't even watching the road. I can only hope the police or insurance agents also find this out, and check the black box for excessive speeding.

Myself and my passengers were not injured medically, we had bruises at worst, so I don't think we will be able to sue the driver at fault for any money. The Kelly blue book value for the '03 SS with all my options, in excellent condition is $9,950, I have many pictures to verify the car's condition prior to the crash, as well as receipts for brand new tires and a brand new tint job placed on the car within the last month. I still owe $6,594.28 on my Monte.I just keep looking at all the cars out there, something domestic, preferably GM. We'll see what happens. I mentioned I found a gently used '02 Camaro Z28, and a newly used '06 Monte Carlo SS, if either of those pull through, I may stay on this forum with a much newer Monte Carlo, or I may be joining the Camaro forum. Either way, neither of these magnificent V8 cars will fill the void that I still have from losing my 3800, my favorite engine.

 

 

hay quartermain regal auto motive has acouple in there used car lot with low miles like 20-30k on them but they are not the ss models but they do have the 3800 in them. just wanted to let you know but sorry to here what happened. regal is in polk county in lakeland. i forgot the price that they are askin for on the 6th gen monte's but they are really clean and one is dark blue and the other is like a pearl type of color

 

Dang, sure sucks to wreck a good car. Its cool you walked away. Good luck on finding a new ride.