Test driving a SuperMalibu aka ChevySS today. What would you like to know?

"KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time" (kngt)
06/23/2018 at 12:33 • Filed to: chevy ss, chevrolet ss, chevy, chevrolet, malibu

2014, 6 speed Auto (Yes I know the manual is better) in anonymous rental car Silver, Magnetic Ride was standard only after 2015 so this won’t have it likely

All Black interior like this

I have read and watched numerous reviews over the years. This has been on my list for a long time for my next car . I am not expecting a luxury car overall but a premium mainstream Chevy. The good thing’s that these come pretty much fully loaded. Also, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , I have a good baseline and am curious to know how much more softer and muted aka Grown up this feels to drive.

Oppo review by Monday latest.

DISCUSSION (20)

ttyymmnn > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/23/2018 at 12:31

Do you also get to drive the F-16?

Spanfeller is a twat > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/23/2018 at 12:33

does it burn its rear tyres ina “sickkkk brah” fashion?

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > ttyymmnn
06/23/2018 at 12:34

If only, I have driven it many times in flight simulators.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Spanfeller is a twat
06/23/2018 at 12:36

If I don’t care about getting permanently blacklisted by the dealership and having the cops called on me, I will give it my best shot.

Spanfeller is a twat > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/23/2018 at 12:39

*tires screech*

KingTChalla: “Oh sorry, my foot slipped, slippy carpets, right?”

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/23/2018 at 12:41

You need a salesmen like I was. I encouraged customers to “give it the beans” anytime enters drove a Performance car. The funniest was I had a guy looking at Chargers but couldn’t afford it, so I showed him a 200S Special with the Pentastar, and he didn’t believe it could do a good burn out, or that it’s actuallu faster than the Charger with the same engine. He ended up buying the 200S

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Spanfeller is a twat
06/23/2018 at 12:43

I did that couple of days back in my wife’s FWD Kia after a brief rain spell coming off a stop sign . The traction control is hilariously aggressive and cuts power and drops brakes so hard like it’s saying “NO! bad driver”

Spanfeller is a twat > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/23/2018 at 12:47

“Kia... traction control is hilariously aggressive”

Oh, man. so true.

blacktruck18 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/23/2018 at 13:08

Can you drive it to Illinois and let me drive around for a bit? One of these is definitely on my next vehicle shortlist.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > blacktruck18
06/23/2018 at 13:30

I’ll ask the sales guy if I can take it for an “Extended test drive”

No used examples to test drive near you?

Dark chocolate > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/23/2018 at 13:41

T his post makes me re ali z e I need to drive mine.

Wash and drive to morrow .

WilliamsSW > blacktruck18
06/23/2018 at 13:43

Carmax gets them off and on - I test drove one a while back at Carmax in Hillside. Lots of fun, wish I had more time in it and was able to drive it without the sales guy with me...

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/23/2018 at 14:09

If you get one, will you replace the front and the rear end with one from an actual Malibu?

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
06/23/2018 at 14:10

I don’t have to take that much effort. 99% of people will think it’s a Malibu anyway

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Dark chocolate
06/23/2018 at 14:39

Have you written a review on Oppo and care to link it if yes?

blacktruck18 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/23/2018 at 14:46

I am sure there are, I am at least a few months away from making any kind of purchase. I just browse cars.com and daydream about what I want.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > blacktruck18
06/23/2018 at 14:59

I am at least 3 more years away from getting a new car but this year I decided to ramp up the Unnecessary Car Shopping thing beyond Youtube reviews and Autotrader and actually go test drive a bunch of them this Summer. I don’t do more than one or two test drives a year because overly pushy dealers have turned me off in the past but I was pleasantly surprised how laid back so many of them have been so far.

The reviews I post here also serve as a personal record for me to go back and think about them before I make my decision. Of course, I will test drive everything on my short list again closer to when I buy .

blacktruck18 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/23/2018 at 15:02

That’s a really smart way to keep track of them.

pip bip - choose Corrour > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/24/2018 at 06:37

Commodore!

Dark chocolate > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
06/25/2018 at 08:26

No boss I haven’ t. My review will probbaly not be fair for more than 1 reason.

1) Ex owner of GTO and G8-GXP and have spent fair amount of time in A ustra lia (as an expat) . So I like H olden. And I am exceedingly biased.

2) If I let go off the first point, I wont be fai r to the car either because the SS shares the garage with a different breed and I have owned GTO / GXP along side different c ars as well:

- C63 AMG (4 years)

- E550 (4 years)

- CLK 350 (8 years)

- 7 series ( current) .

there are quirks in a 2017 SS which I can- not imagine in a 2014 BMW. But then I’ll be comparing a 110k car to a 50k car.

Both can and c an’ t compare with the C63 AMG.

both can and c an’t co mpare with the E550.

The G8-GXP was raw co mpared to the SS.