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And that, imho, is a huge KEY to ALL of life. I know too many people who, while they had fun in college, tend to take life way too seriously (myself included a number of years ago, anyway) ... and lose sight of how fun life CAN be......... GOOD LUCK to all of you taking finals! Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Things get complicated when you get past 18" ... Statler Brothers ... 'Class of '57'

*raises eyebrow* Is it a bad thing to want to drive all of those cars? Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I can’t stop driving" ... New Radicals ... 'Someday We'll Know'

WOW ... sure looks GREAT in red. I want to see more pics . Heh ... I was thinking the same thing.... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Hood slidin' like Bo Duke"...Dierks Bently...'What Was I Thinking?'

*nods* Given the differences of what people see in their area, I would, too. Course ... all of these anecdotal sharings just re-emphasize that "perception is reality"..... *chuckles* When I was younger ... on family road trips, I'd spend an afternoon or so making a game of Ford vs. Chevy, Chevy vs. Dodge, Dodge vs. Ford ... in counting the cars I saw on the other side of the highway.... It was weird how in one stretch of road, one make seemed to blast the other ... then just be the opposite on the next stretch of road..... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I can’t stop driving" ... New Radicals ... 'Someday We'll Know'

Ah, yes ... indeed. My bad ... and apologies. I was thinking of something else ... heh. Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Some things just glitter and shine" ... Confederate Railroad ... 'Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind'

Holy cow ... so do I! That is AWESOME! Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I'm about to put the hammer down" ... CW McCall ... 'Convoy'

Monte Carlo Yeah, I don't know how I came up with that either.... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It's hard to tell if I exist" ... Barenaked Ladies ... 'Pinch Me'

*grins* I bought the brown version of the Chevette about a week ago ... it's actually kinda cool ... hehe! Haven't seen those Caprices in a store, though ... wouldn't mind getting one of those as well.... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Got a lead foot down on my accelerator" ... Jodee Messina ... 'Bye Bye Bye'

*shudders* I can't even begin to imagine what those folks are experiencing right now........ I saw some pictures online earlier today and again on the news tonight....aye. Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Don't look now, things just got worse" ... Dog's Eye View ... 'Everything Falls Apart'

The 1977 versions were not hardtops? Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I saw an old Malibu" ... Doug Stone ... 'I Thought It Was You'

He he ... that's AWESOME! BTW, in the opening pics, a 1st Gen Monte Carlo is included ... but, I paused it at that point ... and found that the back window is a bit wider than it actually should be. ALMOST looks like it is actually another door.... Kind of like they took a FGMC ... and used the greenhouse of a 4-door Chevelle..... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I ain't ready for the junkyard yet" ... George Jones ... 'I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair'

*chuckles* AND that GM, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to bring it back as a FWD car, not RWD! Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It's not the car I want" ... George Jones ... 'The Corvette Song'

Wow ... I like that, too! Much better than the "beyond precision" slogan, imho.... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Take my way, it's the highway, that's the best" ... John Mayer ... 'Route 66'

Hmmm...don't have a pic (yet) of my '72 MC with the windows down, but it, too, is a hard top...... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I kept my heart hidden" ... Bryan White ... 'So Much For Pretending'

heart Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "What kind of love keeps breaking a heart?" ... Brooks & Dunn ... 'Long Goodbye'

Indeed! Things do change ... but that's life. We were reminiscing at dinner the other night about "old times" ... and what we used to do as kids ... and how we sometimes act like our parents now. *shudders* That made ME feel old ... he he ... and I'm only 33. Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Look at everything that's come and gone" ... Bryan Adams ... 'Summer of 69'

Wish a few companies would do this........ *nods* All too familiar........... Hrm. I like playing it safe, too, and, yeah, this is a bit off the topic of what you posted, but I sure as heck am NOT going to give up my road trips just because of my health issues. Too many people keep telling me that I shouldn't take my road trips, especially by myself, "in case something happens". But, ya know what, if it IS "my time to go" ... I don't really have any control over that..... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "You've made a fool of everyone" ... Jet ... 'Look What You've Done'

Hmmm...wonder if Nashville TN fills this bill, too? Funny thing is ... I've lived near Chicago nearly all of my life ... and HATE driving in that traffic ... and hate trying to navigate around the city. Yet, I get to TN, Nashville area in particular, and have no problem with the traffic OR navigating..... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It's kinda like Nashville, with a tan" ... Shawn Mullins ... 'Rockabye'

The rear windows in my '72 MC roll down ... but, I rarely have 'em down because I'm used to the rear windows NOT rolling down...hehe. Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Does your conscience bother you?" ... Lynyrd Skynyrd ... 'Sweet Home Alabama'

These 4 questions can be asked by many different GM enthusiasts for many different cars ... the Monte Carlo, included. I, too, haven't quite understood the "discussions" the Camaro has brought forth already, even before it starts production. *shrugs* I'd rather wait and see what actually is ... than speculate on what might be.... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Confusing what is real" ... Linkin Park ... 'Crawling'

Yeah, I can certainly understand that. Sadly, with my health concerns, a small town, unless "relatively close" to a major hospital, is a bit out of the question.... Ah, well. Hmm...one other thing I want to add ... and I'm not sure I could've written it better myself, so I quote ChevyTalk's DeeGee: "A small town is my hometown, the place I'm from, the community that made me what I am; it's called Ames, and it's in Oklahoma. Oh, and I almost forgot. A small town is where your roots and the roots of a CT member from Illinois can converge in a BBQ restaurant 50 years and many miles later." He is describing this: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/1106/DSC07591r8_jpg.html Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "The world rolls by a million miles away" ... James Taylor ... 'Our Town'

Oh NEAT! I'm glad you told me ... I'll have to swing that way someday....not sure exactly when, but someday . Some MC friends in PA took some pictures of a pizza parlor named "Monte Carlo" ... definitely post card material, too . he he! Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It's a freedom that we all want to know" ... Restless Heart ... 'Wheels'

Basically lived in Elgin IL all my life ... except for college (N Manchester IN) and a month in Nashville TN in 1996. Elgin is growing ... almost TOO rapidly.... Pretty soon, it's going to take me a half hour to an hour just to get to my older 4 MCs in Plato Center ... which, when I first put the MCs out there, was a 15 minute drive ... TOPS. Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Don’t you knock on my door, I won’t be home anymore" ... Jennifer Warnes ... 'I Know A Heartache When I See One'

*raises eyebrow and eyes pop wide open* Oh my. That is... ...well... ...unique . Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I can't stop grinning" ... Shelly West ... 'Jose Cuervo'

Oh my. What a thought THAT is ... heh. As for the B pillar ... I, too, can think of worse insults.......... Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker PICS:lego.HO.model.MCinfo.RT.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Never compromise what's right" ... Aaron Tippin ... 'You've Got To Stand For Something (Or You'll Fall For Anything)'