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Old Jun 6, 2011 | 01:16 AM
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Old Jun 6, 2011 | 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by lougreen03
welcome to the site. What's wrong with the old Monte? Also the new one looks pretty nice.
Funny you ask, as I was pulling into my driveway last night I do believe it has finally kicked the bucket. Car won't start and if it attempts to, it'll knock pretty hard then quit. It started misfiring in cylinders 3 and I think it was 2 or 6 about 3 weeks ago. Tried the plugs and wires and didn't work but did narrow it down to which cylinders. The car was beaten alive by my mother (yep, a hand-me-down after the old z34's transmission took a dump). She was horrible about regular maintenance and drove it into the ground on the highway. I knew what I was getting into with it but babied it for the last 4 years. After I get the new Z34, FRIDAY, I'll take it to the shop and see what they say. Get it fixed up a bit and sell it off. Make about 1500 off it.

Originally Posted by milrlyt
Welcome sir! Your 95 looks just like my first Monte, MN plate (and rust spots) and all! In that Monte, I conquered a completely iced-over hill in ten minutes. They are surprisingly durable in those nasty winters.
Oh man, they're a treat in the winter. We had a couple of really good snow falls this last year. Not once have I ever gotten stuck in the snow. Absolutely a blast to tromp around in fresh powder. Back in the day my brother and I used to blow through the piles left by snow plows for s&g with my old Lumina.
 
Old Jun 6, 2011 | 10:32 AM
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Yep, FWD be damned. Those old Montes were mechanically made for MN weather. Doing donuts in the parking lot wasn't too bad either.
 
Old Jun 9, 2011 | 10:49 PM
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elprento are you from iowa? i swear that gold monte carlo was at west side auto in waukon iowa? my hometown lol i now live in fayette iowa but just wondered bro?
 
Old Jun 9, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Monte04LS
elprento are you from iowa? i swear that gold monte carlo was at west side auto in waukon iowa? my hometown lol i now live in fayette iowa but just wondered bro?
Ha! Yep. Going to pick it up tomorrow morning. I actually used to live near Fayette in Oelwein and Maynerd. Small world, eh?
 
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