Gxp has wider tires up front than in the rear. Sometimes its solenoids that go bad in the transmissions, other times its actual parts. When they go, the best thing to do is get one from triple edge performance. They're the go to place for these transmissions.

 

Sweet. Thanks for the tip I just wish transmissions didn't envolve such a lengthy process to pull/replace things on. Haha. Hate taking my car into the shop for things i feel like I could do myself.

 

Obviously, I'm a little biased, as you would expect most would be on a Monte Carlo site, but the styling is always where I start when looking for a car, and the Monte Carlo SS trumps all those you've listed, in my opinion. I also own a Cobalt SS, which my college kid daughter now drives, and I can tell you that although I bought the Cobalt SS brand new, it NEVER made me smile as much as that Monte Carlo SS does EVERY time I turn that key... I'm at 69,700 miles on my '07 and have no clunking in the transmission. It is absolutely the most fun car to drive I've ever owned.


All that being said, I don't race my car or really modify it at all. I tread lightly, except for when some high schooler at a red light revs his four-banger that sounds like an angry mosquito and needs to be taken down a notch or two...


It's all about personal preference, as stated earlier by BeachBumMike, so remember....YOU'RE the one that has to look at it in the driveway, so take your time and get the one you really want. You will enjoy it more that way. Good luck!

 

Hahahaha ! Thanks for the advice ! 😁

 

I own an 07 GP gxp, it's my daily driver and I really enjoy it. The tires aren't that expensive, I just got 4 for about $600. Obviously there is a range of tire prices you can put on it, I'd guess a ballpark would be $500-$800. Keep in mind if you plan to drive it in snow, you'll need to run all season tires instead of high performance summer tires. The factory re050a tires are supposed to be summer tires.

The GXP has better suspension, brakes, and wider tires up front. It also has a heads up display, and paddle shifters.

Gas mileage is pretty decent for being a big v8 with a 4 speed auto, and it has a good amount of space.

 

Ahh. I see. Considering one of these for sure ! Are these any easier on the transmission or are both the Monte and GXP pretty much similar.

 

Pretty much identical for all of the ls4/4t65 cars that I've seen. IMO the bottom line is that the transmission isn't over built enough for the LS4. It had not been previously used over 280 ft lb or so, and now suddenly it has to deal with 325 with relatively minor changes. Modded 3800 supercharged engines have been destroying these transmissions for years, it's been clear that there just wasn't much headroom there from the start.

I think they either should've put a slightly modified 4t80 in or a more heavily modified 4t65.

With that said, there is some variability in longevity. I've seen some people blow them up on a totally stock engine being relatively easy on them, and I've seen others survive with bolt ons and being beaten on, so there isn't a garauntee either way. I'd just go into it knowing that it is a possibility that you'll have to repair it at some point so you're not caught off guard if it does happen.

I will say *knock on wood* that I've had absolutely 0 issues with the transmission in my gxp, and I've owned it for the majority of the 40k miles that are currently on the car. I've been slightly above average harsh on it, been to the drag strip once - but otherwise it's just a DD, I have other cars to mess around like that in.