Glad to have this resource for a new to me vehicle I purchased for my 18 yr old son. Thanks!!!

 

Congrats on the new car! Be aware of the transmission and gasket issues. The LIM and head gaskets are somewhat prone to go bad along with the transmissions.

Proper maintenance can usually extend the lives of these things. I'm at about 130k on my LS without an issue, knock on wood

Enjoy the car!

 

Welcome to the forum!!

 

Thanks. 110K miles and well maintained by original owner who is a neighbor. Very clean.

 

Son was very happy to see this surprise in the driveway!

 

Keep up with maintnance and obviously do prematnative (miss spelled that one) maintnance it might out due my 700k+ 03 LS, though I highly doubt cause we all know an 18yo is gonna push this car to its limit 90% of the time he drives it.

Ps. Welcome to the forum old man.

 

Welcome to the Forum..

 

Welcome to the forum. You are a good father to get your son a 6th gen Monte.

 

Very nice! Welcome to the site

 

Looks pretty similar to what I have in my signature

Feel free to PM me and get my number if you want, I'm always down to help expand some of my knowledge with Monte Carlo's and the 3400 engine itself to you or your son if you'd like.