Well, it was all fun while the timing belt lasted.
Unfortunately for me, as I was just some 30 minutes into a little road trip a few weeks ago, my 1995 Brickyard 400 Pace Car Edition Z34 suddenly stalled out on the interstate.
I did manage to coast over to the shoulder safely, and (remarkably!) came to a stop right in front of a weigh station.

After calling for a tow and getting myself back into town, two different shops gave me the diagnosis of a broken engine timing belt. (I thought it might have been the fuel pump that failed.)
The odometer was just over 95,000 miles; so not even 100k on the car yet. The timing belt was probably the original one, and I was aware that Chevy recommended it to be checked at 60,000 miles. I did have it checked around 86-88k, but my (good) mechanic didn't see any glaring signs of wear at the time. Admittedly, I suppose I should've had it changed regardless...

Anyway, since the belt's inevitable failure also led to a few bent valves, no shop wanted to rebuild or replace the fairly rare, 25-year-old LQ1 DOHC engine... and neither did I, knowing the multi-thousand-dollar price tag for the job.
But good luck followed the bad, and I shortly stumbled across a local car collector that showed some serious interest in the '95 Pace Car, even with its dead engine. He's much more well-connected in sales and repairs than I'll ever be, and we in fact arranged a partial trade, so the '95's title is signed over to him now, and I have a much newer (but much different) used car to get around in.

When I think of my Monte, I know I sure was not ready to part ways with it, and I'm gonna miss it. It was a cool car, something special. Still, at least that slick white coupe wasn't wrecked or vandalized, and it's probably not going to end up in a you-pull-it yard either. In fact, in its new hands, it has a real chance of powering up and hitting the road again sometime in the future, and that's the silver lining.

 

Hopefully you will see it around, all fixed up and rolling.

 

Well what did you get now? Surely not a Hugo? Lol That's a shame that happened, How many miles were on it?

 

Shame. Sorry for your loss. : (

 

okay I found it on craigslist in Omaha.

https://omaha.craigslist.org/ctd/d/o...155011523.html

 

Seller listed it at different prices.

 

There is a new LQ1 available for one grand at a certain auction site.