Unique Car at the Dealership Today - RHD 1999 Curren

[Danno]

A customer brought this in as a trade on a yellow 2003 Monte Carlo SS. He was a body shop tech by trade. Retired now.
The Curren is on dealer auction, running overnight. About 100,000 miles on it.
According to the customer, this is the only one in North America.
FWD, 4 cylinder.

 

[wwillson]

this is the only one in North America

That's a great reason to buy it and not to buy it.

 

[2EHA]

shockingly high miles for an import

 

[Malo83]

Yellow Monte Carlo.

 

[01rangerxl]

Yellow Monte Carlo.

As odd as the final generation of Monte Carlo looks, may as well go all in I guess.

The SS actually has something of a following since they offered the supercharged 3.8 and then the FWD 5.3 V8. A friend of mine had a V8 SS and it was actually kind of a nice car, though it was only a few years old when he had it. He went with red.

Apparently the Curren is a Celica with styling changes that exists due to the weird Japanese dealer network (different groups of stores). Might be worth less than a similar condition Celica here, but that's assuming you could find a similar condition Celica for sale. RHD would be hard for me to get used to.

 

[bdcardinal]

We had a customer bring in a Ford GTX1. Pretty cool ride.

 

[Hall]

As odd as the final generation of Monte Carlo looks, may as well go all in I guess.

Maybe it's just me, but the drivers of Monte Carlos, especially the Dale Earnhardt editions, always seem to have something in common...

 

[JustinH]

My mom had a 2000's monte SS with the 3800 non supercharged, she says it was the best car she ever owned. It drove nice.

 

[Nick1994]

They traded that in for a Monte Carlo? Major downgrade.

 

[IndyIan]

They traded that in for a Monte Carlo? Major downgrade.

It would be different, with double the displacement and torque. I think that gen of Monte Carlo is kind of the automotive equivalent to pit viper sunglasses. Looks the right amount of stupid? Atleast its a solid car underneath.

 

[Nick1994]

It would be different, with double the displacement and torque. I think that gen of Monte Carlo is kind of the automotive equivalent to pit viper sunglasses. Looks the right amount of stupid? Atleast its a solid car underneath.

Meh, I disagree. Good power but trash vehicle.

 

[dishdude]

Maybe it's just me, but the drivers of Monte Carlos, especially the Dale Earnhardt editions, always seem to have something in common...

A mullet?

 

[GSCJR]

A co-worker asked me yesterday if I knew anyone who wanted to buy his late uncle's Rolls Royce

 

[wings&wheels]

A co-worker asked me yesterday if I knew anyone who wanted to buy his late uncle's Rolls Royce

RUN!!!


Or at least understand what you are getting in to

 

[Danno]

Thd Curren pulled $2000 on auction. The deal didn't go anywhere.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Nice Celica

 

[GSCJR]

That's too bad, Danno.

 

[atikovi]

Paging all rural mail carriers.

 

[GSCJR]

You're not kidding @atikovi !

 

[IndyIan]

You're not kidding @atikovi !

Our seem to use RHD CRV's and then they made us raise our mail boxes up so I don't think they could deliver in a car anymore...