2010 chevy impala review (my rental)

Post #315,642 by boxley 10/14/09 5:38:51 PM Reply	2010 chevy impala review (my rental) doors too high, cant comfortable rest elbow on window sill. Huge left blindspot on door posts. trunk very poorly designed as shit rolls out of a bag you have to really stretch to get it. Console design is fucked, cup holders reside inder arm hair instead of in front. armrest interferes with seatbelt latch. Armrest is immobile, should be adjustable. Controls designed by aliens, took 5 minutes to turn on radio, all the controls are unintuitive air conditioning and heat controls are fucking stupid. If you accidently turn the fan off while using its sliding scale the airconditioner shuts off and needs to be restarted Acceleration, handling good, gas tank too small, for something that only gets 19 city 25 highway 12 gallons isnt enough, you have to stop and fill it every other day. Piece of shit in other words, I wouldnt own one and am angry that we taxpayers are funding this badly designed shit
Post #315,643 by malraux 10/14/09 6:14:04 PM Reply	Concur My parents have an older model, but I had many of the same complaints, particularly about the blind spots and comfort. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #315,646 by folkert 10/14/09 8:14:16 PM Reply	My 2002 Lancer... Still gets about 38 Highway, 27 City after 68,000 miles. Is very comfortable, even for those that just had a biopsy taken from their back a day or so before a long trip. (Scott?) I fit in the thing really nicely. I've had less than $300 in non-regular maintenance items. It drives like a bat outta hell iffin you want it to. All the controls are easy to figure out, but I still put an aftermarket radio in mine. Plenty of room and very adjustable. Jap junk, doesn't suck so much. I paid $16,000 for it. First and only new car I've had since I was in California.
Post #315,648 by boxley 10/14/09 8:25:34 PM Reply	Re: My 2002 Lancer... 68k? my 2006 kia had 100082 when it died, being over 100k cost me 2 grand .... wait cost the kid 2 grand it was mechanically sound but still would never buy another one
Post #315,652 by folkert 10/14/09 10:23:32 PM Reply	Its been outside since new. Never seen a garage for more than an oil change. Cheers.
Post #315,659 by static 10/15/09 1:36:58 AM Reply	I bought the latest Dog & Lemon Guide the other day. It is very Australian and New Zealend centric, and the website doesn't indicate if there's a US edition. It is a very real-world, slightly sarcastic and a touch cynical evaluation of most of the cars available secondhand in Au and NZ. No advertising. Two-color printing. Real crash and reliability data, common engine problems, big recalls. Reading it, I'm not surprised you had so much trouble with your Kia. Although the Dog & Lemon Guide seems to start from the premise of "all cars are shit", many are flagged "Avoid like the Plague" and are obviously much worse. Not only is there a theme that you should expect most cars to die horribly by the time they reach 150,000km (~100,000 miles), but Kia comes in for a considerable serve for the absolute lack of anything resembling quality. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,667 by Meerkat 10/15/09 6:52:20 AM Reply	Well, KIA = 'Killed In Action' doesn't it? They said I was gullible ... and I believed them
Post #315,678 by malraux 10/15/09 4:05:28 PM Reply	The Audi hit 150K miles the other day Some nickel and diming, but certainly not horribly dead. :-) Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #315,680 by static 10/15/09 6:02:55 PM Reply	I didn't mention it should be read with a grain of salt. :-) Of course cars survive long after 150,000km. The guide's point is not to expect all (or even most) of them to. My first car, a 1970 Mini, survived well past 1,200,000 miles and was actually quite reliable. But my father and then I had had it so long we could see the very gradual decline in its performance over the years. I really only sold it because it was too small. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,681 by Another Scott 10/15/09 6:08:26 PM Reply	Typo? 1.2E6/39 = an average of 31,000 miles a year if you were still driving it. Not impossible, but that's a lot of driving for such a tiny car. Did you mean 120,000 miles? Cheers, Scott.
Post #315,683 by folkert 10/15/09 6:35:49 PM Reply	I don't believe so... I remember him mentioning it on z a couple of times.
Post #315,684 by static 10/15/09 7:42:25 PM Reply	Definitely over a million miles. I remember the odometer rolling over. The first wheel had a blank instead of a '0'. :-) It could have been older than a 1970 model. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,686 by Another Scott 10/15/09 8:28:56 PM Reply	:-) Wow.
Post #315,687 by pwhysall 10/15/09 11:11:08 PM Reply	Re: Definitely over a million miles. 85 miles a day, every day, for 39 years. Not that hard, especially in Australia, which is big even by American standards. However, I don't believe that Cowley's finest would do that on one engine, however. Or one gearbox. The Mini was made by British workers in the darkest days of our car industry, at a time when we were churning out unutterable shit like the Austin Maxi.
Post #315,758 by static 10/16/09 11:45:32 PM Reply	Aussie engines were a little different from UK ones. I don't know how different, but I know they were manufactured "under license" in Aus by Aussie workers. The model I had was 997cc which IIRC was one of the Au sizes, not a British one. Within a year of my purchasing it blew the head gasket, requiring the head be ground down a little. But the gearboxn never gave me trouble and after the head gasket was repaired, the engine didn't either. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,761 by pwhysall 10/17/09 7:01:56 AM Reply	Re: Aussie engines were a little different from UK ones. There weren't any special engines or sizes for other markets. Everyone had a choice of 1275 or 998.
Post #315,787 by static 10/18/09 12:32:44 AM Reply	My bad. IME, 998cc doesn't always come up in the lists of engine sizes for some reason. However, my point remains it was built in Australia. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,788 by pwhysall 10/18/09 3:35:11 AM 10/18/09 3:36:12 AM Reply	Re: My bad. Actually, it might not have been. Pre-1970, the cars were built in New Zealand. You might have had a car made by one of them. Edited by pwhysall Oct. 18, 2009, 03:36:12 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #315,805 by static 10/18/09 6:22:03 PM Reply	I was wondering last night if it was till going. I sold it years ago for more than I paid for it. :-) But, yes, it definitely clocked over 1 million miles: my father remembers it happening, too. It happened before I bought it off him. Must've been one of that 5% that lasted. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,688 by pwhysall 10/15/09 11:12:54 PM Reply	The BMW just turned over 80K I'm going to be dropping my declared annual mileage to 7500. I do the other 25K+ in company vehicles.
Post #315,649 by boxley 10/14/09 8:32:14 PM Reply	shoot my 2005 van has 75k, is your lacer garaged?
Post #315,653 by folkert 10/14/09 10:24:46 PM Reply	No, its been outside for all rain and snow. Remember, I work from home now. Plus I only drove about 20 miles a day round trip before that.
Post #315,651 by static 10/14/09 9:55:02 PM Reply	My '01 Lancer is similar. I got it a year old with 36,000km on the clock. Now it's reached 108,000. Still gets the same fuel economy. Still revs hard if you want it to. Biggest expense was the timing belt which I got done a few months ago for about AU$500 - in some cars, this is thousands of dollars. I discovered a few months ago that it likes premium unleaded. It doesn't drive any different, but it uses less. Less enough that it is marginally cheaper to buy premium! Doesn't have a lot of character, though. It's just boring and efficient. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,654 by folkert 10/14/09 10:26:56 PM Reply	Effectively described mine... Except I bought it with 7 miles on it... with a 0% - 3 year loan. I know its got some rear suspension bushings needing replacement, but they are fine for most driving.

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