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Chalk up another "I want to see it". Not that I'd be able to afford it, of course, but I'd like to take a closer look at it, anyway. Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Put off today what you can do tomorrow, sometimes you don’t do the thing" ... Diamond Rio ... 'In A Week Or 2'

Thank you, Dave, Oldsmoboi, Dsuupr, 76CT and Sixty8! LOL! And, Sixty8...I'm not sure I WANT to live that long...guess it all depends . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Looking at me now you might not know it" ... Emerson Drive ... 'Moments'

Aye ... sorry about the Buick. Sure hope it isn't totaled . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "You got to roll with the punches" ... Van Halen ... 'Jump'

Aye....76CT ... too bad we didn't meet up when I came through Montgomery. My rental for that trip was an '08 LaCrosse: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/200711/RT1...ickWmc_jpg.html I think the LaCrosse will fit the bill for your folks well. I didn't like it ... but, then again, I don't like FWD ... nor do I like leather seats ... both of which the LaCrosse I had featured. Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I've got bruises on my memory" ... Dwight Yoakam ... 'Thousand Miles From Nowhere'

*nods* I didn't realize how SLOW dialup is...until we got rid of ours ... and then I visited some friends who have dialup and tried to check just my Email. Oye! Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Now, how do you feel?" ... Dido ... 'Don't Think Of Me'

NICE, Sixty8 ... congrats!!!! Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Got a lead foot down on my accelerator" ... Jodee Messina ... 'Bye Bye Bye'

...the below Emails are what my sister sent to friends/family ... about me. Some, of which, also made it to groups/message boards.... I can hardly believe it has been 5 years..... Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "My ticker's ticking like they say it should" ... Montgomery Gentry ... 'Lucky Man'

That's the one you drove when we met up in PA a couple years or so ago, right? Simply an awesome car . As for me ... NO updates ... yet . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I need to get away from this place" ... Smashmouth ... 'All Star'

Hey 76CT ... even more of a reason why I'm sorry I missed seeing you when I drove through Montgomery AL just this past November . EXCELLENT JOB!!!! Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Someone lights the way with just a single ray of hope" ... Alabama ... 'Angels Among Us'

The last 2 years, I've hosted "CD SHOWCASE" on Friday evenings.... April 2006: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/APRIL2006RADIOSHOW.html April 2007: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/APRIL2007RADIOSHOW.html This year, MARK YOUR CALENDARS for SATURDAYs, JANUARY 19 and 26, 2008 ... "CD SHOWCASE" will be LIVE on Elgin's WRMN 1410 AM: Noon-3p pacific; 1p-4p mountain; 2p-5p central; 3p-6p eastern {AND} 6p-9p pacific; 7p-10p mountain, 8p-11p central; 9p-midnight eastern You can also listen online: www.wrmn1410.com (Click "LISTEN LIVE" at the top, right-hand corner.) Before, during and after each show, you can Email me: WRMNSHOWCASE @ AOL.COM I have added more CDs to my collection, including Emmylou Harris, Roger Miller, the Eagles, Pat Benatar and Van Halen. Who knows ... I might even play a Christmas tune or two this time...! And, yes, you will hear DIFFERENT songs from the same artists I played during the previous radio shows. Please SHARE this with others who may be interested...thank you! I look forward to playing an eclectic mix again this year to bring back some memories! And, with any luck, I may have sponsors, too.... Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It was like a lighted match had been tossed into my soul" ... Trisha Yearwood ... 'The Song Remembers When'

*chuckles* I thought about that, but decided that, no, as you noticed, this only involves people on the boards . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Finding out the hard way what freedom means" ... Baillie and the Boys ... 'Wilder Days'

*raises eyebrow* Hmmm...Oldsmoboi ... what all do you have? Any Monte Carlo or Caprice Classic or Malibu Classic ads from the 70s/80s by chance? Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "We never stop to think what we consume" ... Bellamy Brothers ... 'Kids Of The Baby Boom'

FLY! Good to see you BACK!!!! Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Things have changed since you've been gone" ... Pam Tillis ... 'Land Of The Living'

Holy cow is that cool! Nice find ... and thanks for sharing it ... I'll have to remember to take more time to look later . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Do I really feel the way I feel?" ... Marc Cohn ... 'Walking In Memphis'

As a member of various groups and message boards, I've met quite a few people during my road trips. With "small world" experiences such as this one... http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/1106/DSC07591r8_jpg.html ...I'm convinced that we are more of a community than just words on a screen on a particular message board. I'm STILL amazed at that connection ChevyTalk's DeeGee and I made that evening in Oklahoma City.... That written, I'm attempting an experiment. Last year, I started a thread asking people to state where all they have lived. For THIS experiment, I'm asking 3 additional questions: Where all did you go to school (HS and college) and when? Where all have you worked and when? If treated/being treated for a health condition, at what hospital(s) have you been/are you being treated? (and, of course) Where all have you lived and when? As people share, I will put together a list, by state, of people (I'll only use handles, not names) and where they've gone to school, worked, been treated and lived. Then, I'll post the list and see how many people are "connected" in different ways ... whether directly or indirectly. If you so choose, please participate; maybe we'll illustrate that, as I believe and have experienced, community IS a gift. My schools: Larkin HS, Elgin IL ... 1988-1992 Manchester College, N Manchester IN ... 1992-1996 My places of employment: The Courier-News newspaper, Elgin IL ... summers 1995 and 1996 Sears, Hoffman Estates IL ... December 1996-April 2005 Chase/Protective, Elgin IL ... July 2005-September 2006 Weber, Schaumburg/Palatine/Huntley IL ... October 2006-present Hospitals for surgeries/treatments: Sherman Hospital, Elgin IL ... born here Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago IL ... surgeries = November 1977, March 1987, and January 6, 2003 [5 years ago now] Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago IL ... ongoing care with cardiologist, etc. My homes: Elgin IL ... 1973-present N Manchester IN (for college) ... 1992-1996 Nashville TN ... September 1996 Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "The world rolls by a million miles away" ... James Taylor ... 'Our Town'

Hmph. Then, in that case, why on earth is Ch#$r%*et/GM (from what has been reported, anyway) killing the RWD Impala and keeping the FWD Celebrity/Lumina/impala? *shakes head* It just don't make no sense..... FWIW, Northie ... I think you should be working for GM in product planning, too.... Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Just another regret" ... All-American Rejects ... 'Dirty Little Secret'

*raises eyebrow sharply* Why? Oh ... maybe because Ch#$r%*et turned its collective backs on its enthusiasts when it decided to bring out the Ch#$r%*et Corolla/Toyota Nova in the mid-1980s ... and then continued down that path in the 90s and today. Is Ch#$r%*et in far better shape today than it has been in decades? Oh my yes. Can't argue that. But, that doesn't mean I like ... or, rather, HAVE to like ... what they've done to get there.... *shrugs* Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "You've made a fool of everyone" ... Jet ... 'Look What You've Done'

Bingo. Heh ... I wasn't sure what to think of the quote when I first read it ... then kinda liked it ... then kinda didn't. So, thought I'd "put it out there" and see what others thought. I do think it has value ... certainly an interesting conversation piece (imho, of course). But, I think if a few words were changed, I'd agree with it 100%.... Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Maybe it's best you leave me alone" ... All-American Rejects ... 'It Ends Tonight'

A day or so ago, this was the daily quote on the systems at work: I already know life is short, and I TRY to live like I know that, but sometimes things get in the way. This quote struck me as another way to "step back"...not that I'm able to always do that.... Thoughts? Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I should ask, but I won't" ... Rebecca Lynn Howard ... 'Forgive'

Hmmm....Chris, this guy sounds like someone I need to talk to . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It's a freedom that we all want to know" ... Restless Heart ... 'Wheels'

Yeah, I know I _shouldn't_ feel that way, but in some respects, I do. Tho, reading some posts from today, sounds like the RWD crowd is speaking up a bit more . Maybe I'm just a bit more vocal about all of this. But, I'm not about to change my opinions or even tone down my opinions for people to respect me. If I did, I'd be lying to myself ... and everyone else [and thus, following in Ch#$r%*et's well-established footprint in that area] ... and that wouldn't be fair, either. At least, not imho. *shrugs* But, yeah, I definitely am not a "lemming brand" fan ... not by any stretch of the imagination . he he I agree ... but, it sure hasn't helped so far...... Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Promises mean everything" ... Everclear ... 'Wonderful'

Hmmm... Except, the Nova already made a comeback ... in the mid-1980s with the Toyota Nova/Ch#$r%*et Corolla ... and that didn't last that long. I'm not sure I'd call it a success, but maybe it was.... That car was eventually renamed as part of the Geo line ... Geo Prizm. As for the Chevelle ... I would think for that to be successful it would need to be a RWD car. I'd be willing to bet you'd hear a LOT more enthusiasts speak up about that being FWD....no? Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Nobody likes to be let down" ... Jack Johnson ... 'Flake'

Well, I'm one of the brave ones, too. My daily is my '87 MC LS ... and it has been more reliable, all-year round, yes, including winter, than my former '00 Celebrity/Lumina/monte carlo LS ever was.... As for lack of features ... imo, the CL seats (more cushiony) in my '87 MC LS are a lot more comfortable than the buckets were in my Lumina. As for other things, well, I've been happy without 'em the last 4 years or so ... and was happy without 'em prior to that in my older 4 MCs. Not to mention less costs in insurance ... and, best of all, NO car payments! Sixty8 ... sounds like you have a lead on a replacement car already...? Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It's not the car I want" ... George Jones ... 'The Corvette Song'

*nods* Thanks for replying directly, VenSeattle. I can certainly understand where you are coming from ... and, even, I admit, your arguments for what you believe. Still ... what GM has done with car names over the last 20 years or so has really rubbed me the wrong way ... and it isn't likely to change, given their insistance on insulting people. Be that as it may ... I'm not sure we can completely understand which would have a more successful outcome and why. As I've read the different posts, it is obvious that each (RWD/FWD) have their own noted strengths and weaknesses ... both having staunch supporters. *shrugs* While I understand the comparison between the Dodge Charger and the Ch#$r%*et Celebrity/Lumina/impala is made for the FUTURE cars, I'm still not convinced that the two CURRENT cars should be considered direct competitors (as many seem to, anyway), given that _currently_ one is RWD and the other is FWD. One would think that each has their own buyer base without regard to size, price, etc. *sighs* But, I know ... again, that's just me. Sadly, the more I read here, the less welcomed I feel. Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Now, how do you feel?" ... Dido ... 'Don't Think Of Me'

Chris, I agree! At least one (if not 2) guys on Carnuts.us attends every week ... and comes back with LOADS of pictures for us to view. One of these days, I will get to CA ... and actually go to this. I really need to..... Anyway, hope it's OK to put a link here ... if not and it gets removed, I'll try to remember to PM it to you, Chris. [And, if it is NOT OK ... my sincerest apologies up front.] WARNING for 56K users: http://www.carnuts.us/viewtopic.php?t=2559&start=0 Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I'm about to put the hammer down" ... CW McCall ... 'Convoy'