My friend just got a 2006 Impala

"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl) 07/29/2016 at 20:21 • Filed to: None

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Quite a departure from his 2003 grand marquis

Like this but red

And of course in GM fashion the bulb reflector for the passenger side headlight fell out when I was polishing the headlights. It also has a stuck heater vent that goes KRKEKRKEKTKERKTKEKRKERKEKREK everytime you turn the heat on.

I don’t understand why my friends all drive normal cars.

duurtlang > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 07/29/2016 at 20:36

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I just returned mine at Budget in Boston yesterday. It was a 2016, it had 6836 miles on the odometer when I got it two weeks earlier (and 8418 when I returned it) and I was thoroughly impressed. Not in a good way though. I felt like I was driving a 5/3 scale base model 1994 subcompact with an overpowered engine. My daily 2000 Peugeot 406 coupe feels more modern and much nicer, as did EssExTee’s 2000 BMW 528i (e39). Which is an achievement, given that they’re both 16 years older than the Chevy.

Also, interesting (to me) is that my Peugeot with less than half the hp yet similar wheelbase feels so much more lively (in a good way) than the 300+ hp Impala. Until you put your foot all they way down in the Impala and wait a second, it does wake up then.

This what I’d describe as an econobox. It’s so cheaply built it’s comical.

My point being: your friend could’ve done better.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > duurtlang 07/29/2016 at 21:07

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yeah they came out with that in 2000 and have’t changed it since. it has been one of the cheapest cars to own as the tooling is so old ,that the tooling has been paid off (decades) ago . Parts (and cars) are stupidly cheap. GM only have made it for fleet sales (rental, gov contracts) for the last 3 years.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimgorze…

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 07/29/2016 at 21:08

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Eww

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > duurtlang 07/29/2016 at 21:32

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I think the only reason he got it was because he just started working at a GM dealership and he got a really good deal on it.

boxrocket > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 07/29/2016 at 21:48

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Can he return it, or exchange it for a newer Panther?

The clicking noise is likely one or both of the blend door actuators. Impala/Lucerne/DTS and the Lambda family use the same ones and they like to lose teeth at random. (My non-GM-specific shop has had 8 this summer already, plus at least two dozen more with the notoriously-failure-prone A/C system). Have fun pulling the dash getting to them!

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 07/30/2016 at 15:36

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Did you try to intervene?