Hi, its Barovelli out in Monterey California, home of Laguna Seca, Cannery Row and me!

While searching for a car with comfort & soul, I became attracted to the Monte Carlo. Nothing special at first, but am liking every new day with this car. It's a 2006 LT with just about every imaginable doo dad available.



As with other used cars I've bought, I turn to enthusiast sites on the web to gain and share knowledge. Excuse me while I seek out the answers to:

Why wont the CD changer load?
Where to get a remote clicker, it came without.
Will the remote clicker solve the goofy door lock behavior - shut door and get 3 beeps and it unlocks itself. Also the chime goes off when the door is open and there's no key in the lock?
What aftermarket muffler sounds good on a 3.5?
Why no stylish Monte Carlo logos to be found on it?

 

welcome, very nice looking monte LT you have, congrats

 

 

Here's the Firebird. Now that I have a nice comfortable Monte, my son drives the Firebird. I can recommend www.firebirdnation.com as a great forum for Firebird owners.

I've worked in Cable TV for 30+ years, many titles from technician to supervisor & manager. The changes keep the job fresh. Some changes are not so cool, like not having a company car anymore. So I searched for a commuter - which led me to the Monte.

Cosmetic plans are to fix a few of it's previous owners dents & scratches, replace the rear bumper that was torn by the plate and try to give it a subtle difference so it does not look like a rental car. Tempted to change the block letters on the trunk lid to the previous generation stylish script. Same for the interior - I always associated non-SS Montes with some wood burl in the cabin. Mine looks well OK, but gee - there are no hints anywhere that you are riding in a classic American coupe called "Monte Carlo".

Mechanical plans are to eek out some more fuel economy. My commute can be up to 900 miles a week, so keeping it tuned and giving it some breathing room are in the plan.

Gawd I love the sunroof.

 

New question - should the console cupholder have some kind of liner?

 

Welcome to the site.

 

Welcome to the forum!

 

heyy! welcome to the forum!

 

Thanks for all the welcomes.

Douche Day. One pass with a soak-n-suck, touch ups with an Oxy-Clean pen and a once over with Blue Coral upholstery cleaner and the inside now looks presentable. Last owner had a baby seat in the right rear and you could tell.

Add to the shopping list - two seatback release *****. One totally missing, other cracked and found rolling around.

Went searching trying to decode the service parts ID numbers and found this site:

http://www.compnine.com/vid.php

It gave up volumes of information. Guess what? I have remote start...

 

Welcome.