RangerMan Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 I just got back from a trip down to Austin and had a 2005 Chevy Impala 3.4L as a rental. What a dog. If it only had a better engine, transmission, brakes, suspension, wheels and tires it would probably be a nice car. My in-laws have a 2001 and I didn't like their car either. In heavy traffic it was pedal to the floor to get that beast moving. I bet the SS version with the 5.3L could actually be a nice large car but they would have to do a lot to it to make it drivable. Anyone driven the new SS? I guess I just missed my Legacy...gotta go take her for a ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Angus Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 I just got back from a trip down to Austin and had a 2005 Chevy Impala 3.4L as a rental. What a dog. If it only had a better engine, transmission, brakes, suspension, wheels and tires it would probably be a nice car. My in-laws have a 2001 and I didn't like their car either. In heavy traffic it was pedal to the floor to get that beast moving. I bet the SS version with the 5.3L could actually be a nice large car but they would have to do a lot to it to make it drivable. Anyone driven the new SS? I guess I just missed my Legacy...gotta go take her for a ride! i know exactly how you feel. i had an '05 as well as a rental when i had a business trip up in michigan almost 2 months ago. to add insult to injury, it was snowing. the only thing i enjoyed while driving that piece of shite, was ebraking and swinging the ass out into turns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerMan Posted April 24, 2005 Author Share Posted April 24, 2005 I thought I was going to pop the tire off the bead during a high speed turn...at 20 mph! My wife just laughed at me as I cursed the very existance of that monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChruiSSer Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 My gf has an 01. It's not THAT bad, but it's not great either...As a Impala fan(B-body style), they dissapointed a lot of people when they cam out with the new body style. The new SS's are pretty quick. Mid-high 14's. There's a guy on impalaclub.com running low 12's on the stock BOTTOM end! It's sick. It sounds like an eight cylinder, and the whine from the S/C is like a cobra's with a pulley. The newer ones are even more dissapointing. Still FWD, and now they're throwing a 5.3L v8 transversly mounted in it? wtf? It's going the way of the Taurus sho. The car was slower with the 8 than the 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eamiller Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 and GM's stop-gap solution to that much power going to the front wheels is to put wider tires on the FRONT and keep the narrower on the back (Grand Prix GXP too).. I bet that will look incredibly stupid.. I wonder what the handling will be like.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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