August 30th, 2008 - 10 Years Ago Today

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08-30-2018, 05:55 AM

The_Maniac

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August 30th, 2008 - 10 Years Ago Today

August 30th, 2008

10 years ago on this day a guy from Buffalo, NY met with me in Erie, PA and I bought and brought home a blue and silver 2004 Chevy Monte Carlo with 52K miles. I never knew the impact this event was going to have for me over the coming years.

Since I bought it, it has never been driven in winter snow and has approximately 87K miles on it. Because of this car, I have done some car related mods I never thought I would do, gone to some fun events I never thought of going to and best of all, met a lot of great people!

Originally bought to eventually replace my '94 Grand Am and that Grand Am lasted longer than I expected and this Monte became something I did not want to see destroyed with winter beating on it.

Attached are some pics from the day it came home to present.

08-30-2018, 07:12 AM

JuniorCar

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Happy Anniversary! 10 sure is a big one. Thanks for sharing the pics like so many others over the years

08-30-2018, 08:12 AM

ChibiBlackSheep

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A great day indeed! Can't believe it's been a decade already!!

08-30-2018, 08:12 AM

drivernumber3

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That's pretty kool to have those historical shots, I don't think I can do that with all the Photo's of stuff I take when I fist got mine I failed to do that, but I will have to look.
Most of my stuff was related to the look a like shows that I did. But I was always blessed with someone elses car in that.

08-30-2018, 11:00 AM

JuniorCar

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I just noticed that my MCForum 10 year anniversary happened earlier this month and I forgot to celebrate. I got a new little badge thingy! Remarkably, my forum join date was 8/8/08. I didn't plan that

Chibi's is up next month

08-30-2018, 01:28 PM

ChibiBlackSheep

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Originally Posted by JuniorCar

Chibi's is up next month

And I joined looking for information on my transmission that was going out on my stock car... and look at it now

08-30-2018, 03:41 PM

The_Maniac

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Thanks everyone! I just found this to be a neat milestone.

Talking about join dates, I did not join here until about 2 years AFTER I bought my Monte. It was not until 1-2 years after I bought it I began looking for advice. And I spent more time on an Impala forum, primarily because back then MCF.com was super slow for me to access and the Impala forum wasn't slow and I was getting my answers. Chibi was also on there and pushed me to go where Monte owners belong lol. Been a good time!

08-31-2018, 07:32 AM

drivernumber3

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trying to get some participation

The Photo Contest voting is up and needs some attention by the members here.
Okay I am again putting up these links to let you all vote on the pics you like.

The folks that took these shots did a great job so help out and participate.

check these 3 links to get there.
https://montecarloforum.com/forum/of...l-theme-60120/

https://montecarloforum.com/forum/of...d-theme-60117/

https://montecarloforum.com/forum/of...-course-60122/