One guy decided to try one of those in circle track on asphalt. With the super long wheel base it was real slow in the corners
I love Impala SS's, but...
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These car sucked at so called high speeds in the turns.
You could practically scrape the rocker panels in a turn if you wanted too.
You could practically scrape the rocker panels in a turn if you wanted too.
A friend of mine bought a Impala SS new in 96. He never made a payment. He found out it did not corner for sh##t. Rolled it three times. I remember how cool us kids thought those cars were.
He sold it as a low-mile 'roller'?
They were cool for the days of Camaro or Mustang....thats about it...........
They still are cool, just not what they think they are worth cool...........
They still are cool, just not what they think they are worth cool...........
I bought one a few years back to cross of my bucket list. Here are my thoughts:
1) It’s typical GM interior and build quality.
2) It’s massive, swallowing the whole family comfortably, including two car seats, double stroller, diaper bags, folding chairs, pack and play, cololer, etc, etc.
3) It’s a great cruiser. Everything feels effortless.
4) Acceleration will keep pace with modern family cars. My Lincoln MKS will outhandle it easily. Brakes are actually good. It’s actually a pretty good car if you keep it in the context of what it is - a 21’ long 4200lb grandpa ride with mostly 1960s technology. It’s not a modern sports car!
5) It has a presence. Everywhere. There is always someone(s) wanting to chat, pop the hood, sit in it.
6) I paid just over 10 for a 40k mile example that’s just about as clean as that one. The asking price is crazy!
1) It’s typical GM interior and build quality.
2) It’s massive, swallowing the whole family comfortably, including two car seats, double stroller, diaper bags, folding chairs, pack and play, cololer, etc, etc.
3) It’s a great cruiser. Everything feels effortless.
4) Acceleration will keep pace with modern family cars. My Lincoln MKS will outhandle it easily. Brakes are actually good. It’s actually a pretty good car if you keep it in the context of what it is - a 21’ long 4200lb grandpa ride with mostly 1960s technology. It’s not a modern sports car!
5) It has a presence. Everywhere. There is always someone(s) wanting to chat, pop the hood, sit in it.
6) I paid just over 10 for a 40k mile example that’s just about as clean as that one. The asking price is crazy!
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That's where the drivetrain in my brother's pickup came from. Brand new '96 Fleetwood that never even made it to it's first oil change. We've been beating on that LT1 for over 20 years now.
Sounds like an intellectual. But it's better to lose a nice car if it makes a person smarter, rather than handicapped or dead.
That's a big part of why new performance cars are so expensive with insurance rates to match. They all but drive themselves now, and yet phone poles, trees, and sharp turns are still a challenge. Can't make people do the right thing and use proper judgement.
B/D bodies are basically old Chevelles with sway bars, electronics, fuel injection, and safety features. If I'm not mistaken, all Impala SS' were 4-wheel disc. If you want to take a sharp curve at a high rate of speed, maybe you can try again in the afterlife with something that was designed to.
That being said, there probably isn't anything nicer to take on a long trip that a B/D body GM car.
These cars were nice, comfortable cruisers, but I'd hardly consider it in the same sense as a performance car.
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