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Chris
The interior of the Grand Prix was nowhere near as comfortable (and even more cheaply constructed) than the Impala.
Does anyone else who has the LS wheels have a problem where their plastic cover moves in and out any? Grasp the "nut" and pull it out and push it back, is there any give? Does it make any noise? I have tried pulling a whole different wheel and cover on my left front wheel and it's still moves, only not on any of the other wheels. I'm crazy right?
There is another hosting company I am looking at, but there is a bandwidth limit. What company do you use?
oh yeah, before I forget:
Impala
No Bee Gees either. If you ever see a "disco" CD in my car, it means it is either someone else's silver Impala, or I have been taken over by aliens.
I do find the thermometer to be 3 - 5, (sometimes more) degrees high, probably about 10% off...
Sorry, couldn't resist.
b4z; I know I can pull the lights, but that's an extra step (I'm real lazy and spoiled in this thing). Since the lights come on automatically, I was hoping to not have to pull the switch in order to turn on the fogs.....
this_is_nascar; Are you talking about the window deflectors? I bought mine from GM and put them on. I have had no problems with either the installation, or their durability. I tend to think that they look a little "Goofy", I like the sleekness and smoothness of the window area, but I was just tired of getting wet here in Texas!
I would go out and dig a pool for an 18 y/o wife! (although I would feel a little funny having a wife two years younger than my daughter!) LOL......
Any info on the computer upgrade yet?
How about; www.impala_thebestsiteontheinternettoseethebestimalasontheinternet2000andabove.com (could it be a might bit too long?).
MOST importantly, a friend of mine owns the tire shop that removes and changes my wheels. They NEVER, EVER overtorque. Overtorqueing is the major cause for warped rotors!
Temps on Minot today were near thirty. Ice and snow are melting so the Impala is thrashed with road grime. BLECH! Can't wait for it to get in the 20's again so I can wash it and it will stay clean.
Forrest
oh yeh........ the wife is 45 till mid february
29 years of marriage officially in May
It's neat to use fogs only or driving lights only or whatever, but the reason it's not obvious how to get certain combinations is because folks aren't supposed to drive with those lights on. There's no law that I know of, but if one thinks lights are needed, to see or be seen, the regular headlights are an excellent choice.
Wheel weights would be great if they could all be put on the inside. However, dynamic balance is only found by putting weights properly on the inside and outside as needed. That is, radial imbalance produces "hop" while lateral imbalance produces "wobble". Thus if there's a weight on the outside, it's there for a reason. Too bad physics works that way. I'd like to have no weights on the outside too.
Enjoy your Impala... What a great car.
I just played around with it, but couldn't get it to fail this time. Hate it when that happens. Anyone else notice this?
Auxilliary lighting that is too bright is a major complaint of many motorists these days.
I find the Impala foglights to be nearly useless. Cornering lights would have been a far better use of the money GM spent on them.
Sometimes you don't get that much extra lighting with high beams.
The Impala's auto-dimming rear view mirror helps, but the side views, and front windsheild still let it through, obviously.
6 Chevrolet Impala 15,084 12,682 208,395 174,358
Impala sold 15,084 units during Dec 2001.
Impala sold a total YTD 208,395 units as of Dec 2001!
That is 34,037 units more sold during 2001 over model year 2000!
Sixth best selling sedan in the US.
If you look at the stats again you will see the impala is actually #8.
It was #6 for December only.
Still the numbers are pretty startling.
The bonneville has fallen off in sales greatly.
The intrigue is doing horribly.
The century is selling pretty well too.
The Ford Focus is off too.
I did not know that.
The left mirror of my Regal is definitely auto-dimming. Easy to see the difference with the right mirror, especially when staring driving from dark place as garage in bright days.
The Exterior rearview mirrors are heated, though.
Intrigue mirrors are not heated. Impala (and GP?) mirrors do not fold. You can have advanced traction control (is it named PCS?) only with Intrigue, the head-up display only with GP, etc., etc.
Why to make these small things different with different models of W-body cars? Why deny to one model the options available with another?
They appear to be seriously into brand separation, nowadays.
2001 sales increase are:
Mitsubishi Diamante
Chrysler sebring sedan and coupe
Honda accord
Honda Civic
Toyota Corolla
Nissan Altima
Nissan Sentra
Hyundai accent
Hyundai Sonota
Subaru Impreza
Volkswagon Golf
Ford Crown Vic (slight increase)
and. drum roll please
Chevrolet Impala
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Looks like the Asians are kicking our you know whats. But the impala is a bright spot in GM's lineup.
You will notice that the lesabre, regal, gp, etc. etc are missing from this list.
Intrigue 39,395
Regal 49,992
Monte Carlo 72,596
Grand prix 128,935
Century 142,157
Impala 208,395
Total is 641,470
Large increase in impala sales is taking up the slack for the others.
Wbody sales are just a little bit less than last year, if i remember correctly
The wbody is easily the best selling midsize platform in America.
It includes not only the Accord Sedan AND coupe, but the Acura TL and CL, as well. I'm pretty sure the TL has some good numbers. The Accord goes without saying.
A friend of mine that bought a Mit Diamante just after we bought our 2k Impala in 1999, he sold the Diamante about 15 months later.
He said the car sat too low in regards to the seats in the car. He felt like he had to "climb up" out of the car when he got out.
If he told me what he bought to replace the Diamante I do not remember now.
600,000+ units sold is nothing to sneize at...
If, OTOH, you are using them to gauge popularity, then there should be differentiation between retail and fleet/rental sales, by all means.
Fleet vehicles are usually built down to a lower spec, fewer profitable options.
Detroit's addicted to fleet sales, and the need to build cheap product for fleets often adversely affects the quality of the product and its saleability to private buyers.
However, I doubt that the majority of base Impala sales are to fleets. I do believe that fleets for the most part buy the base (but les don't they track police cars separately or are they LS's?).
At my dealer, I am told that most of the people who try both an LS and the base buy the base, often with the base's optional 3800 engine. They want the bench seat, they want a soft ride (ugh) and they want the 3800 engine. What is funny about this is that if you buy the optional 3800, you GET the LS suspension automagically, even in the base. Still, most buyers who drive the base with the 3800 swear it rides softer than the LS. Same suspension. Sometimes, the base with the 3800 even costs more than an LS, depending on how it is equipped!
The impala sold almost as much as the cavalier.
GM makes a lot more money on the impala than they do on the cavalier.
My parents rented a malibu last summer and it took speed bumps much better than my Impala. I am sure the LS suspension has something to do with that.
Accord/TL/CL sales 503,195
Is the Odyssey built on the same platform?
Taurus/Sable 456,206.
Wbody is still ahead.