Well, you guys were smart. I went wheeling instead and like the second time out blew 2 of them cheesy all season automobile tires, then a THIRD blew as I got back into town. I still remember the tire shop that sold me the new 31s. Peerless Tire on West Colfax.

I DON'T REMEMBER(OLD AGE) JUST HOW MANY MILES WERE ON MY 87 MONTY BUT IT WAS BRAND NEW. IT WAS MY DAILY DRIVER UNTIL MY WIFE DROVE IT. THEN I WAS TOLD OUR OLDS DEISEL WAS BETTER FOR ME AND THE MONTY BETTER FOR HER. WE TOW IT BEHIND OU MOTORHOME. JUST THIS YEAR I DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE POWER. I STUFFED IN A 95 4.3 VORTEC. NOW I HAVE ALL THE POWER I WANT. YEAH!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

When I bought my first gen1 Monty it was 6 years old and my second one was 11 years old. I've often wished I could buy a new gen1 style Monty and wondered what it would be like to have driven one of these off the showroom floor. Anybody have that awesome experience?

When I bought my 1990 4dr 3.0L, I really liked the rig, with one exception. It was a well-built and heavy vehicle with a small engine. Performance was fine with a light load. It was geared low, and off-road running in low-range always provided plenty of power. Freeway running was a different story. Running into the wind with the vehicle loaded was miserable. Towing anything was a joke. The Gen I Montero was under-powered as a hiway vehicle, and it had poor economy. I recently installed a new engine thinking that the lack of performance was due to an old engine. All I got was the same under-powered 3.0L v6 SOHC with poor performance and bad mileage. Back to the future. I just test drove a new 2002 Montero. This one has the 3.5L engine. It is the same story. Wimpy engine with little performance and poor gas economy. Better performance than the Gen I, but way short of what it should be in power and economy.

Spike Mylan

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by grandpa:
<strong>I DON'T REMEMBER(OLD AGE) JUST HOW MANY MILES WERE ON MY 87 MONTY BUT IT WAS BRAND NEW. IT WAS MY DAILY DRIVER UNTIL MY WIFE DROVE IT. THEN I WAS TOLD OUR OLDS DEISEL WAS BETTER FOR ME AND THE MONTY BETTER FOR HER. WE TOW IT BEHIND OU MOTORHOME. JUST THIS YEAR I DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE POWER. I STUFFED IN A 95 4.3 VORTEC. NOW I HAVE ALL THE POWER I WANT. YEAH!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">HOLY MOLY, I see you live ON the Rubicon Trail! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> Placerville California! What a lucky dog <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="images/icons/cool.gif" />