yeah the 95-99 Monte Carlo's that were 'Lumina' based were big POS on wheels. at least the 00-07 cars were far better engineered. the 00 up Impala is a WAY better platform than the Lumina. My Monte (Monty) has almost 148 thousand miles and its a 2004. other than plugs and wires, and i think the upper radiator hose the engine has NEVER been touched or opened up to be worked on. the 3.4 3400 V8 with 180hp has MORE than enough power to move my car weather in town or on the highway. as my dad said when he owned the car before me it was not the best car in the world but it did everything RIGHT
. I personally LOVED the styling of the 00-06 cars (before they shared the same front fascia with the 07 up Impala. and even though it was a modern day car, I loved LOVED having a pull out knob to turn on the headlights like in the 70s and back cars
. I don't mind the later Montes but what I don't understand is when they redid the entire interior WHY did they relocate the ignition switch BACK to the steering column when it was on the dash to the right of it on the 00-06 cars
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