monte70car Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Hello monte family, Yes I have been hiding. A lot of changes have taken place since 2018. Sold the pro-street 72 Monte in 2020 to pay for a vet bill for a dog. July of the same year got raid of the 70 Monte as it was just sitting and not having the money or time to make changes felt it was best and didn’t want to be the person saying I’ll finish it one day and it never come. Me and the girlfriend took our 2014 z71 double cab pickup and traded it in for a 2021 Tahoe z71. The Tahoe was good the payment on it was really bad compared to the the pickups. After a year of owning the Tahoe we took a visit to Carmax who paid off the Tahoe and gave us $3k over the payoff. So we took a chance with a Carmax car and got ourselves a 2014 Benz clk550. It was an okay car front end sounded like it had an issue but we took it back to Carmax who let us swap it out for a 2016 Camaro ss redline which also had issue (transmission would hunt and pick for a gear). Carmax again let use swap out the Camaro. At this point it was the last swap we could do so it was either you like what you get or all well. We left their lot with a 2017 z71 crew cab which 48 hours of owning it, it comes up with a check engine light. Took it to Carmax who really couldn’t service the truck and sent it to a local Chevy dealership around the corner from us for them to have to replace fuel injectors which took a week. Went down to Carmax to see if they could do something as we were without the truck and there wasn’t, so she stopped at the Chevy dealership and came home with a 2022 Camaro ss. We did the double car payment for a while but just couldn’t do it anymore. So we started the car hunt as we had funds for a down payment. Now I’m still a GM person just don’t wear a bow tie anymore. We came across a 2020 Cadillac CT6 premium luxury with under 30k miles and the dealership was whiling to take both the pickup with just over 50k miles and the Camaro with it 1300 miles on a traded. we are nearing the repairs being done in our townhouse due to a major water leak ($40k worth of damages). And I thought I would check in with my old Monte family as some of you I see on Facebook and some I don’t. But I am alive and kicking. My mom still has the Nomad and the El Camino. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Great to hear from you Rob, I'm glad your getting it all together. Houses can get real expensive real quickly especially with water damage. Good luck with everything. Don't be a stranger around here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Good to see you here Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Peters Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 ERT, good to see you hanging here again. What a pain in the kiester you had with Carmax. Looks like a good place to stay away from. rob (the original one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
502ci Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Howdy Rob. Man that is a lot of car issues and CarMax doesn't sound as good as they make it out to be. Anyways welcome back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris shipley Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 21 hours ago, cny first gen 71 said: Great to hear from you Rob, I'm glad your getting it all together. Houses can get real expensive real quickly especially with water damage. Good luck with everything. Don't be a stranger around here! Good luck with everything. God bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 I just penned a country song based off your post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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