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I liked the uniqueness of the Impala. With the no interest, I guess it was inevitable.
Hmmm, there should be more and more new Impala drivers on this board, one would assume.
Enjoy!
RR
The Bonneville SLE and my SE model both have the non supercharged equivalent of your Impala LS engine. We do not require premium gas whereas the SSEi does.
Hope this is helpful.
Ken
The Grand Prix GT, and Buick Regal LS have the Impala LS 3.8 engine.
The Grand Prix SE, GrandAm SE2, GT and I think Olds Alero shares the Impala base 3.4L, along with some other GM mid-size guys.
I take it they had to remove you dash to replace the part? That's the part that worries me the most. I'm fearfull they won't put it back properly.
If so, did it involve replacing the BCM?
Is a BCM replacement what they do for the intermittant keyless entry, where they remove the dash panel to replace a module?
Questions, questions.
My keyless entry has never given me any problems on either 2000 or 2001 LS. I take good care of the key fob remote control and that should explain why I haven't had to have the whole dashboard ripped apart
Garypen, I know that there is a TSB for the intermittent auto door lock feature problem, But I am not aware of exactly what is it involved on the repair procedure. My car has a build date of 4/01 and the door locks have never given me problems of any kind.
I think some people do get lemonish Impalas and others don't
up and toasty interior on cold winter mornings- also cooled off on hot humid days
in the summer. I had mine installed by the dealer - aftermarket - it's great!
Thanks.
I'm heading over to the accessory board right now and see if I can get any info.
If you intend to do the installation yourself, you will spend lots of time on your back with your head buried under the dash. But more importantly, you need to be savy enough to be cutting into ignition wires and the such. I would say finding and identifying the right wires was half the job, making the physical connections was the other half.
Thanks
I saw the 2002 Impala LS Sport in person. It was a Galaxy Silver sample. I liked the graphite trim accent in the dash and doors but it is nothing special I am afraid. The floor mats say "Impala" on the sides and have the log, pretty neat. The Impala logo is embedded in the door trim panels and looks nice. One thing that the sales brochure doesn't mention about is that the Impala LS Sport has the Sport instrument cluster found in the Monetcarlo SS coupe. To the left of the instrument cluster (Where the Water temperature and Fuel gauges reside on LS models) now there are four sets of instruments: Fuel, Water temperature, Oil pressure and Volt. Neat. The speedo and tach looked like in 3D. In the Speedo right below it says "Limited Edition".
The rear light treatment looks pretty good I might add. If you dislike the red reflector panel, you'll appreciate the painted rear panel. After seeing the Altima's Jewel tailights, the Impala's don't look that great anymore.
The wheels are nice but I missed what kind of rubber they were.
No sticker price was affixed to the car..is not for sale just yet, until later in the model year.
More observations about the car show to come..
The Zaino board is in the Maintenance section here on Edmunds. Search for Zaino, or scroll through the Maintenance section. Who knows, maybe you'll find something else interesting!
Brad
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We looked at GMC Envoy yesterday. Nice vehicle, but over priced. We did not test drive the vehicle and left basicly because we did not like the salesman and his manager. We asked about 4 door 1500HD crewcab GMC trucks in 2 wheel drive. They only had 4x4 trucks and some 4x4 trucks on order. They did not seem to hear my words "I want a 2 wheel drive truck" as they contiued to tell me about resale value on 4x4 trucks. I told them I know all about 4x4 trucks since I have owned 3 of them. Higher maintenance, lower fuel mileage , more parts to break or wear out.
At the Ford dealer we were offered " $10,500.00 " for our 2k Impala LS as a trade in. This was a bit of a surprise. My wife was getting out of her chair to leave imediately. This Ford dealer is a "fixed" price dealer, they do not go with the MSRP on the window.
Most of their prices are $2,000 to 2500.00 under MSRP , so I knew the offer on the Impala would be that much lower than book value.
On my 1971 Chevy short bed truck I had for sale that I believe jeffreyw1 was asking about. I sold it early saturday morning . The guy had cash and POOF my baby was gone. I think I should have asked a higher price for the truck. Many times I have uttered the words:" I'll never sell this truck".
Tony
"Mechanics: Horror Stories." I bet all of you have had at least one bad run in with a dishonest or incompetent mechanic. Please post your horror story under my new topic. Here is the link: easyrider300m "Mechanics: Horror Stories" Oct 28, 2001 1:54am ---Ok, Guys--start your postings!
Brad
driveme2drinkin......Right! That signifies the 2001 model, although there were some early 2001's that were made in late 2000 that still have the painted licence plate area, after about 11/00 the 2001's ALL had the Grey Plastic around the licence plate area.
Don
Gotta say...It's a pretty good looking car. Smells good again, too.
$13,400 to 13,600 was the figure I got on our LS. The 45k miles kills the value by around 1800 to 2,000 usd than if the car had 20k miles on it.
I figured the "fixed pricing " at Lou Grubb Ford would get us an offer of $11k or slightly more. The $10,500.00 figure was a surprise.
The only 2k Impala's I've seen in the local fish wrap have been dealers. they are priced at 13,500 to 14,000.00 usd.
Why are we after a replacement vehicle? In the past two weeks there have been a couple of times we felt a "pop" when backing the Impala out of our garage. When the temps got to the low 50's it seemed to do the "pop".
If this popping crap starts again while we own the car we may speak to a lawyer. We still love the car but this popping cradle stuff has got to go. Mayb we are only hearing / feeling something completely different than the engine cradle since our 2k Impala now has the lastest and greatest engine cradle under it ??
Tony
Think evolution of these trends is very cool to watch. One (to me) ugly trend is how, suddenly, alot of white back-up light in the tail light design is seen as a 'must'. Begun with the Infiniti SUV, and now copied everywhere. Very unsubtle look. Neatest new tail lights seen (alas only in a magazine) are on new Mercedes coupe. They kick [non-permissible content removed].
But back to Impalas: will the current Impala become the next Bel Air? Will Chevy have a version of the Cadillac CTS, which is RWD, and thus be back in the ball game with a RWD Super Sport contender? Then Chevy could have the 3-tail lamp (6) Impala, 2-lamp (4) Bel Air, and even a 1-lamp (2) Nomad, like back in '58. Incidentally, current Monte Carlo lamps when seen from rear at night look a bit like that old Nomad, big-[non-permissible content removed] rear end and all.
Did pick up a copy of the 2002 Impala brochure; not sure I like the "sport" look or not. Depends on how well done the tail light treatment looks in person.
However, I REALLY like the front license plate cover. I wanted to try to create one of these for my own car, but it was going to take too much work to adapt a cover from a Cadillac to make it work. Assuming these aren't available at this point, but I look forward to getting one when they're in stock. Wish I could find a blank one; I've got the Chevrolet script logo and the "V" emblem from the '59 Bel-Air we had growing up; I think it would look GREAT on the front of my Impala.
BTW, the IS300 is sold in Japan as a Toyota Altezza for about $5000 less than the IS300 is here. Slap an "L" on the hood for an extra $5K. Pretty good marketing, eh?
There was some discussion on this forum awhile back about the best way to remove it, but I do not recall what was concluded to be the best method. It would save me some time if someone could give me the information.
Thanks
Peanut Butter!
Just a little. Rub it on the wax on the moulding with your finger. It should dry out a little and flake off like clay. Pulls the wax out with it. May leave a little greasy spot, but follow up with a little Armor All or similar, and you're good to go!
I seem to remember people saying that they had no such problems with Zaino, either. I could be wrong on that.
I'm glad I remembered correctly that Zaino doesn't have that problem, either. ;-)
Apparently, the guy having the molding problem doesn't use either one.
I've been tring to get a good trade on a 99 LT Blazer, but all trade values are about $2000 under what blue book wholesale numbers are. Look's like private sale, of hold onto your vehicles...
I saw the Altima at the autoshow and I really liked it. It is a big car, bigger than the current Accord and about the same as the new Camry. I think the Altima is the most stylish of the 3 popular Japanese sedan offerings and the one that offers the best powertrain combos. I like the clear tailight lenses treatment, perhaps the most tastefully done this side of Hitachi Rice cooker land.
The new 2002 Lexus IS300 SportCross wagon looks nice as well, but the Mazda Protege 5 sportwagon looks better IMO and for about $15K+ less.
I guess that some aftermarket parts company will eventually produced clear taillight treatments for the current Impala, altough I suspect that no Impala owner would like to have his "All-American" cruiser suddenly confused with a Honda Civic...
In the local paper adds here I see 2000 Impala base sedans (With the 3.4L engine) and an average mileage between 15K and 25K miles going between $14K and $18K. LS are very few and far in between and asking prices are in the $18K to $20K neighboorhood.
At least here in South Florida, the Impala is doing a bit better in the used car market. I am not sure in other "Unfriendly" domestic car markets such as the West Coast.
Yesterday I drove my sister's new 2001 Base Impala, and the car drives, rides and handles pretty well. However, the car doesn't have the brisk, instant throttle response from standstill of the 3800 V6 equipped car, but for everyday no frills driving, the Base sedan is a pleasure to go places and even spend time in traffic.
The ride quality of the Impala LS is definetely on the hard side, you feel the road imperfections much more than in the base sedan. The base suspension is not as mushy as I remember it to be when I first test drove a 2000 Impala base at the end of 1999. The steering on the base car is noticeable slower than in the LS but it is nicely weighted on center and not vague and sloppy like a recent driving experience encounter with a new Buick LeSabre.
Handling around the corners goes to the LS.
Just thinking about it, it makes me almost wanting to make a run to my nearest Hitachi cooker auto accessory supply store..
Oh and the all important engine power contributing wide stripes running front to back and the stickers that read "Chevy Power", "Chevy Racing", "Powered by Bush", etc, etc..
BTW, I posted my 2001 LS on a "for sale" web site right in the price range you specify!
I probably won't see any bites as long as the current 0% APR factory incentives are in place.
But, once they end I should get some nibbles. Only 5500 miles, like new, upgrades (speakers, tires, splash guards, headlights), plus new LS dealer stock is kinda low. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Until then, I'll keep it clean, shiny and well maintained. After all, I gotta drive it almost every day! ;-)
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