trinacriabob

We had other variants of these cars, but I wish I could have back either 1. A 76 or 77 Cutlass Salon coupe with a 260 c.i. Rocket V8 2. A 81 or 82 Cutlass Supreme Brougham coupe with a 260 c.i. Rocket V8 Just today, I was on an engine list website pertaining to GM and it praised this little engine for its smoothness and longevity.

frostbite

northern exposure

Absolutely on all of these counts.While I didn't have the base engine, I don't think the difference would be that big in everyday driving...and I'll take the extra MPG. Shift indicator - could have an indicator, but need not be illuminated. remember, it's in the instrument panel Spoiler - yes, ditch it, I like the clean trunk look Wood - even faux, better than the silver applique Two tone of the tan or gray - right you are, the base Malibu even does this. There is no excuse. I think that the black bits stuff crap is offensive. A tan interior needs a tan steering wheel and a tan dashboard. Period. Above it was posted that the Monte Carlo does not pretend to be anything else. Correct. There is no other car occupying that niche. Now, I like it but I don't love it. I think that, given a pencil, I would make some changes that could improve it. Have you imagined it WITHOUT the fender creases? I would still be a Monte Carlo but look a helluva lot better. Also, I wish the "knight" emblem would appear SOMEWHERE on the car.

San Francisco

Yep. Put that ladder away, PB.

great machines

Hilarious! The "white trash" label is because of the NASCAR association, right? Sorry, I had forgotten The O.C. did a review, but his focused more on the engine. He doesn't like the car itself very much, either. (Come to think of it, I too got a little bit of vibration at idle...but it was intermittent). Remember, the Monte is a throwback to the late 70s Cutlass Supreme, mid 80s Toronado/Riviera type of packaging at a budget price. It's not a bad car, really, it's just not up to date with everything else we compare it to. That's true.

So then, you're spanking and not patting!

Crap, how can I forget Toronto and the Windsor area - a boatload of C&Gers in those parts!

Right, right, for the over 35 crowd, it's probably more of a sputter...quick patting yourself on the back unnecessarily, PB.

Out of control !!! That's exactly what's happened - List the places: Long Island (3), Boston (2), Iowa (1), So Cal (handful), Central PA (1), SD (1), FL (3), NC flats (1), NC hilly (1 - and no pun intended by hilly, that JUST occurred to me) and on and on...apologize for any omissions

I've heard the high school (locker room type) jokes about getting the ruler out. Do high school age/college age types also have references to distance ... if you know what I mean? You know, like "contest style?" I can almost imagine someone came up with that one too. People's imaginations run amok when it comes to anything sexual.

RUDE!

" WALK ON, CHILD "

When you know people's personal foibles, in great detail, better than you do those of your close friends.

Did you notice his name? Philip Winikoff - sounds like Philip Wackinoff Also, does he come on with the tag line: "For you and only for you...." (some of the NY/Northeasterners will get it).

self defense

I was thinking about this ALL ALONG! Well, blame it on the 18 or 19 year old that started it, not me!

Yeah, Ceiling Cat looks pretty startled ... or turned on!

Glass block

Redneck Law

Doesn't Ocn live near there? Back to the thread!

Brad Pitt is on the list? Good. I can't stand him. The media packages and force feeds us so many celebrities. Brad Pitt is one of them. The litmus test: would anybody pay any attention to him if he were walking through a shopping mall? Probably not. I told my cousins in Italy he looks more like a gas station jockey than a serious actor. Equal time for the women we are force fed -- Julia Roberts? Paid enough to fund the operations of all the public housing in Atlanta on an annual basis (she comes from one of its suburbs)...that's what we should make her do with all the money she earns. She reminds me of a chick who would have gone to a public high school on the West Side of L.A., smoking cigarettes with her other vapid friends outside of an ice skating rink, waiting outside to go to Bob's Big Boy and smoke some more (that's like a Denny's). Another one is Tom Cruise. He looks like he's frozen in immediate post-pubescence. How am I to take him seriously as a slick law grad in "The Firm" or as a doctor in "Eyes Wide Shut?" He's a joke as well. Is he on the list?

Chargerino, Why aren't you EVER dressed correctly for bad weather? I want to know where your parents are? LOL. Unbelievable. You're making up for all the snow you DIDN'T see in Las Vegas.