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Sedans Chevrolet Impala 2007 Chevrolet Impala Owner Experiences
170 messages, Last post on Nov 23, 2009 at 4:53 PM
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My father is looking at purchasing a '07 Impala LT w/3.9 engine. A local dealer has the car with 17k miles and it apperas and drives out nice. For those of you that own the '06-07 Impalas, would you recommend them to your friends? I've been reading up on some of the problems and curious if he should or shouldn't go for it or keep driving his reliable Oldsmobile 88! I'm surprised to see GM hasn't figured out the intermediate shaft problem on many of their vehicles. Any other possible issues to be aware of?
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Replying to: tjrp (Nov 16, 2007 3:55 pm) I know this sounds crazy, but you could always get or maybe rent a camera in your car and record this actually happening then they could not say it's not happening. I know cars depreciate so quicly these days, We are in the hole over $9000 after buying our 07 Impala SS. Believe you me if I could trade it off, I"d do it in a heart beat. If it's possible I'd trade the darn car off. Hope you can get something done in regards to this potential death trap.
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Replying to: ricsch (Dec 01, 2007 5:40 am)
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| I have 5800 miles on a Impala LTZ 2008. Great car, no problems. Great Bose radio, love the heated seats. Enjoy the ride. | |
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Replying to: teresabutler89 (Dec 01, 2007 6:14 am) |
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Replying to: teresabutler89 (Dec 01, 2007 6:17 am) 
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Replying to: quietpro (Dec 17, 2007 5:59 am) You seem to be wanting to pick me out here from some reason? In your case everyone needs someone to pick on in a message board. I haven't replied to any of your messages in quite a while, so not for sure what your problem with me is? THis is a free country and if I want to say something about my car's stated MPG of 27 and it only getting 20 MPG and will do so If I F- en want to. Also for your Info. I baby my car, but I do believe I've already stated that in some of my past posts. So go drive you car or something!
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Replying to: teresabutler89 (Dec 17, 2007 7:10 am) I'm not picking on you, only rebutting your posts. In the past, you have admitted that you did not know how to operate the DIC in your car and was using the data in your car's computer as your SOLE source for your car's "poor" fuel mileage numbers. In order to achieve accurate data, you'll need to do your own math. Also, even though the computer in the 06+ Impala is very accurate, you will also need to reset it occasionally to filter out stop-and-go driving, repeated warm-ups, etc. from your calculations. You may indeed have a problem with your car but you'll never know if you don't know how to accurately calculate the mileage. I know for a fact that the SS can achieve over 27 mpg because I've done it repeatedly. Also, taking the revised EPA estimates into account, I can achieve higher mileage than the window sticker states. You impune the whole SS model line in your replies and I simply rebutted those remarks. YOU are having issues with fuel mileage which may or may not be attributal to YOUR car or YOUR driving habits...or some combination of the two. However, since you have previously exhibited a failure to understand the operation of your car's technology, I felt it was warranted to refute your postings specifically. You're correct, you're entitled to write pretty much anything you want here. But, you also have to accept that you can be called on your erroneous assertions. It's easy to start a bashing party here. Many of the people who come to these forums come to air complaints. When people are happy with things, they are less likely to voice those feelings. I felt it was necessary to inject an objective opinion into the discussion although I didn't see a need for implied cursing in your response. If that's your best way of expressing an opinion, so be it. As I've stated before, you should read your owner's manual and learn how to properly operate your vehicle. If you invest a little time, you may grow to enjoy your vehicle much more and realize you're complaining about things without warrant. So...go read your blankin' manual or something!  
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Replying to: quietpro (Dec 23, 2007 10:32 am) As I've stated several times , I do not stick my foot into it. I drive normally. My husband is the one who likes to put is foot into it when he drives it. I always reset the the thing after he's driven it. He puts his foot into it, and gets just a little less than I get when I drive the car. "Properly operate my vehicle", so now your saying, I do not know how to drive a car or what? Typical response, you must be a male. SO the SS can get over 27 mpg's, than there really must be something wrong with our car then. Or as you've been suggesting , it's not the car it's me. thanks , I'am glad to now know that I can't operate a car. Been driving for 11 years, not for sure how I've managed. Not for sure how I suddenly went from being able to drive," when i was driving a 06 Malibu," getting right at what it was stated it was supposed to be getting per gallon. Went into the impala because of the advertised fuel saver system, showing the car getting the same MPG's as our Malibu that we traded in on the Impala. |
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