Repair-It

This is funny to watch. The end talks about how the 84 was getting a manual gear box option - that never happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haj4NtoDraQ

The performance numbers now are awful for a performance car, but it seemed respected at the time. Interesting how they talk about aerodynamics on this box of a car.

The sillyness with the redneck in overalls was unexpected from such a vanilla PBS show like MotorWeek.

Also, good trap speed but lousy off the line due to tall first gear. That trap speed in a B-body would produce a 15.5-15.7 second 1/4. And I suppose same with the 2004R Montes.

Idiots.

Is that Nescarr thing when a bunch of junky amerikan cars go around a loop in circles? Wow 0-60 in more than 8.5 seconds! My 4-cylinder Camry is faster....Idiots! You have a big v8 engine that performs poorly. Why are you Yanks so proud of suck big junks? Such a joke you are

Let me tell you about the 1983 Camry...

The thread with the Monte Carlo enthusiast who denied they ever made a manual trans Monte Carlo was pretty hard to watch as non-enthusiasts proved him wrong.

I didn't realize there was ever a MT Monte.

Here's the 1978 dealer ordering guide.

I guess I was just thinking of the 80s ones when I considered that.

Well, to be clear, there was never a Monte Carlo SS from 83 to 87 that came from the factory as a manual. I have seen some modified to be manual though.

I think the problem is, people say "Monte Carlo" and are implying that the only Monte Carlo worth discussing is the SS.

You are right, the 70 to 72 are Awesome, and the 3rd Gen (78-80) aren't bad either.