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I will go by my dealership and see if it is there tomorrow.
As far as seeing Impalas everywhere, I am glad to see every one of them since each represents one less gas guzzling van or SUV on the road by someone who needed a family size vehicle!
I was going to do the same but couldn't remember what vehicle the person was using for reference to the different oil filter. I'm using the Mobil1 oil filter (M1-01) as opposed to the K&N filter. The closest filter I could see was for the current small block V-8 (M2-01) used in the Chevy truck. The only differences in the filters where the length (roughly 1/2 inch longer) and the gasket diameter was just a little bit larger (less than a gasket width). The outside filter diameters were the same.
drive an impala 15k per year normal driving, plus take at least one 2000 mile round road trip, say 750 miles to destination, plus other driving, with a vehicle that can take carry enough stuff, 4 bikes plus luggage, for a week or so.
let me know what you come up with.
i drove am impala 1400 mile in a month,as a loaner. my opinion, great gas mileage, good looks, good stereo, basically a good car, uncomfortable seats, bad handling.
Discovered that the LS has completely different front and rear fascias than the base car and our '00-'03 cars.
I guess they wanted to keep the look of a moulding so the '04s have the "strip" moulded into the fascia. Not glued on as it is now.
So the fascias are completley different.
The body colored side mouldings are now made of smooth plastic.
The car is a little plainer looking but it is a clean look and i have always liked monochromatic paint schemes.
Looks better with the monochromatic paint than the white car.
These '04s will look great with tinted windows.
Base price is now...(don't hold me to this) $23,430 + $660 shipping.
Over 24K for a no optioned LS!
The rasberry color Imp sounds great!
I have no heard such thing about a new GM card....
this information is in the owners book, page 2-80 in my book.
For those of us on the old card, we are grandfathered in and can use ALL of our earning on any vehicle. No limits...period.
The new card only allows up to $1500 dollars and then it is only on some vehicles.
I cant' wait to drive the new Chevy SSR, H2, Cadi CTS-V, and SLR.
Here's the website..
www.autoshowinmotion.com
The dealer offered to show me "invoice" and I said invoices on cars are now about as honest as Hollywood accounting, and the dealer got offended.
Or...use old card and have unlimited allowance with a limit of $500 earnings per year.
How many people buy a car every year or two. Thanks but I'll take unlimited on any car.
Your other two points are the same regardless of program. The loyalty is for everyone and loss of earnings has nothing to do with which program you are on.
Again, personal choice based on buying habits. My original point was simply to make old card holders be aware that there is a cost of switching to new program. For example, if you have $5K in earning and switch...then you just lost $3250 in earnings using your Impala example.
In my case I used my earnings twice and am looking at building them up again. Under the old card it takes 3.5 years to build up the same amount of earnings I can accrue in a little over a year with the new card. If you only own one vehicle at a time you are probably better off with the old card, with the caveat that GM can change the rules at any time.
Now they take money away after 7-years. I have considered hiring a corporate lawyer to investigate this. I do not recall signing any paperwork that had a 7-year term in it.
Now I understand that old card members will be screwed again when they send out a warning that changes redemption allowance again.
Oh well, I hope you enjoyed your savings. I hope to buy an SS Impala with mine.
I have both the original GM Blue Card and Gold Card. At one point, the Gold Card allows you to accumulate 1,000 points per year. They changed the allowable points to 500 on the third year.
AFter I had used up my 3,700 points to buy the Impala, I thought about cancelling my GM Blue Card. I decided not to because by cancelling the card, I would have lose out on the credit history. The credit rating is base on "historical" data from the oldest card. It's never a good idea to cancel cards with the most history on record.
http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/chevrolet-nova/chevrolet-- - nova-history.shtml
I think the new Impala SS will have identical times (6.5 and 15.0 seconds) to these musclecars.
in my owners manual on page 2-80 for our 2000 Impala LS when refering to the change of metric to english settings it states :
" This also changes the setting of the odometer"
this may not be the same as a different year of Impala from our 2k unit. Perhaps it was deleted, the person bought the car used with no owners manual?
Maybe a non LS car or a car with no DIC is changed differently ??
"Maybe someone doesn't understand that odometers measure miles or kilometers and speedometers measure speed? "
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after 30+ years in the automotive repair arena I sometimes wonder how some folks are able to put gasoline in their cars.
A good friend that is a service rep at a local dealer told me recently how a middleaged woman was "very upset" that her interior lights stayed on in a new car with less than 200 miles on it.
He walked her around to the passenger side of the car and pointed out the door was not shut completely.
This is NOT a slam on women. It is just the most recent story I have heard about people missing the obvious cause to a problem.
We may go look for a 2004 Impala today. Mayb one of the dealers has a few?
Cheerio!
It's been awhile since I have posted here. My '01 LS just turned over 20,000 miles and overall has been a great car. The only problem is the recent pulsing when heavy braking. On a recent trip through the mountains, it was very noticible when braking going down hill at 65 mph.
I remember that warped rotors were a common problem and may have been covered under warranty. I would like to have some information from owners before I talk to the service people at the dealership, so any help would be appreciated.
Also the roof trim strips are coming loose. Is this a warranty problem?
Thanks!
Did your buddy get Goodyear Eagles with his car?
Mine are very noisy and have an annoying vibration at certain speeds. I had the tires rebalanced and rotated, but it seems even worse. I hate to get new tires at 20,000 miles. the thought of putting up with the noise for three more years is unacceptable. Big decision!
Any suggestions for quieter tires?
Other cars I drove was BMW 530i, CTS, Z06, GMC Envoy, and the H2.
neutral is available.
1- Get momey back for 1st repair,
- or -
2- Replace the replacement for free under the recall?
I just clicked 64k miles on a 01 LS that I'm still pretty happy with otherwise.
Not much difference from the 2000 Impala we owned. A person would think that GM would freshen it up a bit more in the years the car has been around.
The dealer is expecting some more SS Impalas. As mentioned I cannot imagine much difference there too.
Anybody heard of that?
Know how to fix it?
Do you have Goodyear Eagles? Why was your tire replaced? Mine have developed a vibration that is most noticible when changing speeds, even though they have been rebalanced and rotated.
I will be taking the car in for service soon and hope they are aware of the rotor problems and will cover it under warranty.
Good luck with yours.