"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes) 01/20/2018 at 14:11 • Filed to: None

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jimz > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/20/2018 at 14:13

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obviously someone who owns the full “Champions of NASCAR” decorative plate set.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/20/2018 at 14:37

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If I see another journalist shitting on these Monte Carlos for no reason I’m gonna buy one out of spite.

LongbowMkII > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 01/20/2018 at 14:49

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Oh there’s a reason.

LongbowMkII > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/20/2018 at 14:50

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More likely, their kid(s) sold it after they died. Covers a pretty swanky funeral.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 01/20/2018 at 14:53

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“No reason”

They were so outdated and unsporty in the era and GM was just selling them as “future collectibles”, so it’s funny to see them having no collector value.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > LongbowMkII 01/20/2018 at 14:58

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I’m interested to know what it is. I’ve driven two W-Body coupes and they’re not terrible outside of the usual early-2000s GM plastic fantastic interiors.

I’d daily one.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 01/20/2018 at 15:00

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They were the last example of the personal luxury coupe, an idea which was dying at the time. I’ve driven one and its platform sister the Grand Prix GTP. Considering what they were (big, FWD things), they’re not that terrible. Good daily material.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 01/20/2018 at 15:12

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But there’s nothing luxurious about a 2002 Monte Carlo.

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/20/2018 at 15:12

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Not gonna lie, I love the way these look on the outside, too bad they suck in every other way. Need to find a way to drop the body on a vette chassis...

for Michigan > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/20/2018 at 15:15

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So ~$18K depreciation over those 15 years and 1225 miles (I bet it wasn’t picked up from the dealership with 0 miles, so we’ll just call it an even 1200). Let’s assume $500/year for registration and insurance, 70 gallons of gas to cover those 1200 miles (~17 mpg) at maybe $2/gallon average cost, and no maintenance outside of maybe an oil change or two ($120). Factoring in car washes and storage space (I’m sure that was more than $240 over 15 years), we’ll just call it an even $27K burned on this monument to “Old GM”.

Ouch.

LongbowMkII > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 01/20/2018 at 15:18

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After my mom’s 04 impala hit about 120k(~2013) just everything nonessential started falling apart. Plastics breaking, wipers had a mind of their own, HVAC issues, transmission slippage...

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/20/2018 at 18:12

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They probably purchased it with the idea that anything with Dale Earnhardt on it would go up in value after his death.