Edmunds dealer partner, Bayway Leasing, is now offering transparent lease deals via these forums. Click here to see the latest vehicles!
Options
Popular New Cars
Popular Used Sedans
Popular Used SUVs
Popular Used Pickup Trucks
Popular Used Hatchbacks
Popular Used Minivans
Popular Used Coupes
Popular Used Wagons
Comments
Will the Subaru see as many miles?
And yes, the Subaru is intended to last me as many happy miles as has the Impala. We shall see.
250 hp/250 lbs torque. In the words of another company, Zoom Zoom!
0-60 in about 5.5 secs.
Subaru is doing some neat things now.
Guess I'm keeping my LS for 18 more months while I wait for next wave of cars that will be sporty yet offer room for someone my size.
I understand the new Caddy STS will be built on the SRX platform, guess I'm waiting to see.
Anyway, still can't find anything wrong with the LS, other than the fact I've owned it 2.5 years and want a new toy.
I'm due for a new car next year. I want to steer clear away on cars that require premium gasoline.
My top choice so far is the Pontiac Solstice, or the new redesign 05 Impala.
Also, my friends have 3 toddlers. They are thinking about buying a Caddy SRX with a 3rd row so they can save some money by not buying a huge Escalade or Navigator and not get a mini-van.
Scroll down and on the left you will see a link to a .pdf.
I have seen 29-30 mpg come up on the driver display at 55-60 mph.
The Impala would show 35-37mpg at that speed.
But the DIC was off by 2.5 mpg.
Impala was 29-30 mpg at 75 mph.
I expect 25mpg at best on the SRX.
So it will not pull the kind of gas mileage that my Impala did.
The display maxes out at 70 mpg going down hills where the Impala maxed out at 99 mpg on the DIC.
Uses regular gas.
The SRX is a completley different driving experience.
Feels like a sports sedan not a SUV.
The V6 has all the power anybody could need.
Only useful for small children.
Less tham 10 yrs old I would guess.
Neil
hold up much better than the Camry.
Traded it in yesterday for a 2004 Trailblazer EXT LS. Both Edmunds and KBB calculated the trade in value of my Impala LS at 8,300 (That SUCKS!!)
I have never gotten the FULL "Trade-In" value when trading in a vechile at a dealer... Until this time...
We sat down to discus numbers. I told him I wanted 8,000 off MSRP on the Trailblazer, I wanted 8,300 for my Impala, and I wanted payments of 250/mo or less. He came back with 8000 off, 8300 for the trade, and payments of 249. Once I found out the interest rate was 5.9, I said NO WAY. 3.9 Max. I got it. Payments are 226...
Not a bad deal, as far as I can tell...
I will miss the Impala...
Let me know how you like the TB. I have an '03
Impala with 12K on it and I'm thinking about
trading it next year for a TB. I really like
the Imp. My only complaint is the headlights
could be better.
U can reply off list to:
t_tookalook@hotmail.com
Rodger
I am considering a new vehicle and is the Impala a very good choice?
54,000 miles on it.
Can't say that I have missd it.
The SRX has noticeably more power and an engine that begs to let you put your foot into it.
"Also, my friends have 3 toddlers."
toddler : noun : a young child [syn: yearling, tot, bambino]
toddlers is the plural version of toddler. that would mean there is more than 1. and i stated that there is 3.
A young child is going to be under 10.
So far, I like the TB quite a bit, although I wouldn't put too much stock in the words of someone who has owned one for all of 4 days...
Pluto5
Yes, the TB rides like a truck, as that is what it is. I recently bought a 2,700 LB Tent Trailer, so I needed a towing vehicle, hence, the TB purchase. It is obviously a much different vehicle then the Impala, so I won't even make any comparisons...
Fredvh
As above, I needed a towing vehicle, so that is the ONLY reason I got rid of the Impala. I needed the 8,300 for a down payment on the TB, otherwise, I probably would have kept it. That would have been nice, having both...
b4z
My 00' had 56K miles. I guess 8,300 wasn't too bad, although the original sticker on it was $26,xxx. From 26K to 8.3K in just under 4 years, doesn't sound too good either, but, oh well...
I checked the aiming on the old ones by marking where they focused on a large cardboard box. Installed the new ones. I didn't even have to re-adjust the aim.
A few weeks after I put them in a deer came out of a gully on the right side of the road. I was able to see it and slow down to avoid hitting it. I doubt I would have seen it with the original lamps. Installed the Silverstars in our 2000 Impala and Venture.
I bought the oil and filter when I was not driving the Impala, and I didn't know which oil was reccommended, what the crank case capacity was, nor the type of filter.
I figured the proper oil would be 5W-30, and it was. I used the cross reference oil filter book at Walmart to choose my filter, and I bought a Supertech 3387A. I figured it would probably take five quarts of oil with filter change, so I just bought the five quart container of Valvoline 5W-30.
Now this dealer has a super good service department, and over the years I have become good friends with the service manager. He always lets me hang out with the technician who is working on my vehicle. However, yesterday, he was not there, and the younger guy who takes over for him does not allow anyone back in the shop.
So, I was not there to personally supervise the work when the oil was changed.
I found out from the owners manual that four and a half quarts of oil are needed for the oil change when the filter is changed. So, I expected to find half a quart of oil left in the five quart container in my trunk when I got home. There was no oil in my trunk, though.
I checked the diptick at home, and the oil level is well above the crosshatched area, indicating an overfill.
Assuming the guy put the whole five quarts of oil in there, would that extra half quart be any cause for concern?
Thanks
Tom
I'm new here. I'm shopping for a 2nd car (family car), my wife drives a Camry. Nothing is ever wrong with the Camry that we have, however, I need something roomier, more power, can accommodate 4-5 adults AND must have decent Consumer Report reliability predictor (Impala fits the bill on paper for 2002-03 models, and presumably 2004). I'm looking for value (reasonable price and willing to buy used for 2002-03 models only.) So, what prices did you all pay for your cars, please specify city/state/year/model (base/LS/SS)/price/new or used, if used state mileage at purchase/also would you buy it again or what would you recommend. Sorry, lengthy, but need to get as much user info as I can.
Thanks for taking the time to share your wisdom!
I don't think the impala is any roomier than the current camrys. or that a V6 camry is lacking in power.
I just explained that I top it off at home the next morning when all the oil has settled to get a more accurate reading. Now they are used to me doing that and I have the peace of mind that they are not overfilling.
The technical answer to your question is that overfilling *can* cause seals to leak and/or a foaming of the oil which could enter your intake.
Also the whipped oil loses its ability to lubricate your engine properly.
One thing you coild do is to drain some oil out before you drive it again. I would probably drive it back and have them correct it.
Having said all that most people wouldn't even give it a second thought (and most likely nothing will happen to your car) but since you posted the question I thought that I would at least tell you what I do to make sure they don't overfill me.
[Oh, before anyone thinks I have gone crazy and driven 50 miles round trip to save money on an oil change, let me just clear things up. I work in the town where the dealership is, and I just drive the Impala to work the day I want to have the oil changed. ]
I might just take it back and have them drain a little out, like you say.
Thanks for your reply.
I know some engines that "officially" called for 4.5 quarts were OK with 5 quarts. There was a "maximum overfill" line on the dipstick, and using five quarts would bring the oil level to this mark.
Tom
The ONLY reason I was even looking into getting a new car was the crazy rebates. I NEEDED to be looking for a new family car to replace the 89 Olds 88 Royale, but I figured there was no way financially. There WOULDN'T have been any way financially, except for the HUGE rebates.
I got $3000 rebate, $1500 bonus cash, and $2000 from my GM card. Because I used "GM Buypower" through Edmunds, the dealer offered me the car at invoice, no haggle, which knocked almost another $2000 off sticker! I had earned only $1330 on my GM card, but they had a deal going that if I bought a car before 1/2/04, they would jack up my GM card earnings to $2000.
So, I got the car for almost $8500 off of sticker! How could I pass that up??? The sticker was $27,750, and I bought for $19,286.
Good luck with your deal.
Tom
I too am a big believer in Mobil 1, but I am not sure which way I should go on this Impala. I really don't want to spend the money on Mobil 1 and still change oil every 3K miles. I also don't want to go 5K between changes, even if I used Mobil 1.
So, that's the quandry. Use Mobil 1 and go 5K, or use conventional and go 3 K????
That Impala is driven mainly by my wife, and it will see lots of cold starts and short trips. That good old Mobil 1 would be better for those cold starts, given the superior cold flow characteristics of synthetic oil.
I saw this firsthand the first time I ever used Mobil 1. That was on my 94 Z28, which made some pretty bad lifter noise on cold starts until I switched to Mobil 1 from Valvoline conventional oil. That car quieted down on cold starts BIG TIME when I started using Mobil 1 !
I think I just talked myself into using Mobil 1 on the Impala, but I still wonder if I should go 5K miles on drain interval, Mobil 1 or not. Those stupid cold starts and short trips will cause even synthetic oil to build up stuff that ain't good for the engine, right?
Tom
Also, FWIW, I've been using Mobil 1 exclusively in my Impala (following initial engine break-in). My approach has been to run the synthetic oil, and change it based on the oil life monitor (which has tended to be @ every 6,000 miles based on my driving). Supposedly, regular "dino" oils nowadays are good enough to run 4-5,000 miles between changes, and some say synthetics are good for 10,000 or more miles. I'm not comfortable changing regular oil based on the oil life monitor, but I have no problem running the synthetic that long. I wouldn't be comfortable running even synthetic 10,000+ miles, so for me, the compromise of running synthetic, and changing it when prompted by the oil monitor, made the most sense. I'm at 65,000 miles now, and have had no problems thus far. Plan to drive this one into the ground, which is the primary reason I'm using Mobil 1.
My owners manual gives the 5W-30 as the preferred viscosity, but it says 10W-30 is OK if the car will not see temperatures below 0° F. So, I could use either, I guess.
It is my impression that most wear occurs on cold starts, and the 5W-30 should circulate quicker on cold starts. That's why I went with the 5W-30 and it's why I like synthetic oil. Synthetics have better cold flow characteristics even at the same viscosity rating compared to conventional oils.
Yeah, think after break-in, I'm gonna put that Impala on Mobil 1! Will probably still change oil every 3K, but won't worry too much if I get up to about 4K. If the car were not subjected to so darn many cold starts and short trips, I would go with about 5K drain interval.
Tom
My impala has 75,000 miles on it but looks brand new. So what I do is change my oil every 3 months on the dot regardless of miles (the miles end up being about 5500-6000). Otherwise I'd be changing my oil every 5 weeks at 3000 miles.
As far as tsjay's driving pattern I would for sure change at 3000 even using Mobil-1 or every 3 months if you are not reaching 3000 miles by 3 months.
I had the same question as nosirrahg had about the oil weight.
My owners manual and oil filler cap both say
10W-30 and it never gets down to 0 around here (Arkansas) but If I was living up where my Dad is at (Michigan) I would probably use the 5w-30 from November to April.
Dino oil.
Changed when the monitor says too. Sometimes as little as 3700 miles, sometimes as much as 9,000 (that time was virtually all long distance freeway driving on flat land...)
I MAY, repeat, MAY go to snythetic on my next car. But, if I do, I will keep the drain intervals the same.
I neither believe in recreational oil changing nor in extended service times. I think the monitor does a great job of telling when the oil should be changed.
And many short trips DO mean more frequent changes.
Thanks for the input. Toyota Avalon price is higher than I'd like to pay unless used, and it's not a 2003 model (the price is still high for my budget this year -- I won't take a loan on this purchase). I'm very selective in what American car I'll buy (Impala, Crown Victoria/Grand Marquis or Corvette) if not one of these, I won't consider at this time.
Thanks again.
Do buyers get a better deal if buying cash?
As to the Impala and Crown Vic/GM, you do realize the Impala is made in Canada and the CV/GM have Mexican engines, right? Whereas the Avalon is made in Georgetown, Kentucky near Lexington with engines also made here?