2006 Chevy Impala SS - $5000

"JasonStern911" (JasonStern911) 01/04/2015 at 13:17 • Filed to: None

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This seems like a lot of car for the money, with the only real problems being that the car is front-wheel drive and has Chevy build quality. So what's the deal with the LS4 powered Impala? Is it worth checking out for a grocery getter, or is it just a poor handling, overweight chassis with a V8 shoved in there because 'Merica? Thanks.

PS9 > JasonStern911 01/04/2015 at 13:19

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They eat transmissions. That alone doesn't explain why it's just 5k though; Salvage title?

mazda616 > JasonStern911 01/04/2015 at 13:24

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Transmissions are laughably bad in those. No one that I know of (was on a W-Body forum for many years) made it past 100k without at least one transmission dying.

Steve in Manhattan > mazda616 01/04/2015 at 13:28

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Hence the sale at 97K ...

I own dead car brands only > JasonStern911 01/04/2015 at 14:10

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Just send the transmission to triple edge and have them strengthen the tranny. Thatll last forever and turn off the DoD and its a solid driver

JasonStern911 > PS9 01/04/2015 at 14:18

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The guy was asking $8k for a while, then took the ad down, only to re-post it today/yesterday with the reduced asking price. I'm guessing something (likely the transmission given three Oppos mentioning it) is a ticking time bomb.

Tatanko > JasonStern911 01/04/2015 at 15:17

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The transmission, Displacement-on-Demand, and interior are the most prominent negatives of the car.

1. The transmission isn't strong enough to handle the factory torque for the life of the vehicle. It's also really lazy from the factory and it's only a 4-speed with really tall gearing I believe.

2. DoD takes away from the experience and in my opinion defeats the point of going with the smoother 8-cylinder. More modern implementations are much better. This is one thing I am thankful to have avoided by opting for the manual transmission on my Accord V6.

3. The interior really is just laughable. This generation of Impala makes a Camry seem exciting.

All that being said, the name of the game is priorities. If big V8 power in a sensible FWD 4-door package are good for you, you don't really have any other options besides earlier Caddy's and Pontiac's Grand Prix and Bonneville GXP models.

Personally, I think there are better options in the market for meeting the same requirements as an Impala SS.

 > JasonStern911 01/04/2015 at 16:49

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If you want to torque steer yourself right off the road, go for it.