nice and those red and white stripes look sweet. DO IT

 

Congrats on the new DD

 

Congrats on the car! I had a 92 Grand Am back then.

 

I know Taz had a dud Grand Am of this era. Sadly, you make 100 widgets one is bound to be bad. I've never heard of a Grand Am going up in flames unless the owner had something screwed up.
This is 90% the same as the 3100 I've enjoyed and romped on for years. The difference, newer and they widened the cylinders and air intake. To be honest, i used to HATE the 3100/3400 engines and vowed to not have anything to do with them once my '94 Grand Am was done. But after how well the 3100's have treated me and my wife, those are TOUGH engines!! AND they LAST!! Just take care of them. This GAGT should be the same. I know I will make a friend sad, he wanted my '94 to get 250K on it before I got rid of it. Leprechaun93, just take car of her, regular oil changes, pay attention to signs of LIM failure, outside of that, your 3100 should do well!!
BTW - We sold my wife's '94 Grand Am in January of 2010 with 170K and still running GREAT!

I can't express how true it is. The Monte was the NEWEST car I have ever bought and I love getting her out in the spring, it's refreshing (I miss doing that with the Camaro). I actually looked at an '03 Monte a couple months ago, it was too trashed to be worth my while. That and I really did not want to have a car similar to what I'm parking (kinda takes away from that "new car" feel in spring IMO).

Sorry, the stripes were a suggestion Space was making to me. This GAGT is ALL black.

Only mods I have planned:
- K&N drop in air filter
- Swap the L67 coils from the '94 to the '02
- Upgrade to the factory MP3 radio
- Remove the aftermarket keyless entry (that doesn't seem to work). I may go remote start since I have a SPARE laying around (may just need to get the Passlock bypass)

Repairs/Maintenance:
- Change plugs and wires
- Replace missing prop rod
- Replace missing driver side fender skirt
- Fix passenger side door/fender rub
- Re-scan codes (believe it has a oil sensor that needs replaced)
- Replace blown out signal bulb
- Attempt to resurface OR replace the fogged up front headlights
- CLEAN THE CRAP OUT OF THIS THING!

 

Sounds good, thats what i try to do anyway, keep on top of maintenance and pay attention to anything that might be going wrong. Good luck with the new GAGT

 

I have a 99 Monte Z34 forsale, you need 1 of them?