It's 2023, and here in the Ohio Valley, the 2000-05 Impala is far more common than others in its class, like the 2000-04 Toyota Avalon, and the nearly extinct Dodge Intrepid. I see several of these cars, and many older GM cars, daily.
@@hakeemsd70m you’re right. In the last five years I’ve saw maybe 3 intrepids. No Avalons of this age and more impalas. In my area of Knoxville Tennessee the 06-2016 impala and impala limited are still quite popular and seen regularly.
I feel like it would've been neat to make the panel a slightly different complimentary color to the car's paint. Maybe even a gradient! If it matches the paint color it feels like the trunk lid should have just been one piece. Maybe they could've added some trim to make the body colored panel fit in
@MPMeterman NO that's incorrect the dark tail light panels were definitely a whole lot better looking then the later color matched panels ever were ...
I used to love the GM 3.8 and all the Impalas that followed I had a 95 Oldsmobile Delta 88 3.8 V6 4 speed great riding car fast acceleration. Lost it with 100,000 Mi on it all original to an accident. Replaced it with a 98 Buick LeSabre same engine same transmission great vehicle sold it with 188,000 miles on it. All original that I bought a 2003 Chevy Impala that looked identical to the silver LS in this video put 120,000 miles on that and then traded it for a 2007 Chevy Impala with a 3.9 V6 4-speed automatic LT2 placed approximately 150,000 miles on that all original. Then I traded that in for a 2014 Chevy Impala Limited LT with 3.6 V6 6 speed automatic and traded that all original with 155000 miles on it. And that was the last Impala I owned all those Vehicles were a great experience and I would do them all again.
@@ronhoover5516 unfortunately I'm in the market for something new and I really haven't found anything I like out there. I always buy used usually a lease return or something with low miles. I currently Drive a 2017 Chevy Equinox. Which has served me well. But because of the reliability that customers claimed goes downhill with these as they get old and now that I have about 90,000 on it I want to trade it before it runs into problems. At this point I don't know what I'm going to get I'm thinking something around a 2019 or 20 model year but not sure yet. What it is going to be. I was actually looking towards Toyota or Honda because of the reliability. But I was even informed that their reliability has fallen through the years and the price they want for them I feel is not worth but they are asking.
@@cld2930Mercedes V6 N/A engines were pretty stout, my E350 is about to break the 200,000 mile mark while only having the belt tensioner fail on me around 150k miles.
Kid at school’s parents bought one of these new in 2000. I can still hear him trying to convince us that this model was a “luxurious Corvette” like the SS models of the mid-90’s.
Next to the Impala SS, this body style is my favorite next to the Monte Carlo SS, and Cavalier Z24 convertible. I would like to find me a 2005 model in white, black, burgandy, and Plum color in the SS version sunroof with the 3800 Supercharged engine.
The downsizing wasnt favored by police officers across the country. They weren’t as fast and durable as the caprice of the 90s. However these cars with the 3800 engine were very reliable and more practical than the crown Vic especially with the fold down rear seats
Had a 2004 Impala SS in black with gray leather. Had the 3.8 with the supercharger. Wish I still had that car. It was a lease and I turned it in at the end when I should;ve bought it instead. I got it after trading in a 2001 Monte Carlo that had head gasket issues (was that a common problem with the 01 MC?)
I inherited a barely used and well maintained 00 Impala soon after my daughter was born. The car was fine for about six months and then started to fall apart. The 3.8 was a great engine but put in a cheaply made car. Ended up rolling it when someone played chicken on a two lane road (to be fair it did crash well and I walked away scratch free). They did me a favor.
Toyota and Nissan really weren't any better. Car interiors improved drastically in the 00's, only to be ruined by screens and touch points in the 2010's.
and now in 2020s invasive technologies that link your personal information to your car and to live networks. I sure hope this trend gets called out because if it doesn't we're gonna be surveilled heavily based on our driving habits. Driving credit scores and such.@@hakeemsd70m
I owned a 2003 Impala LS, and a 2005 Impala Base model. I would not own another. Both the 3.8 V-6 and 3.4 engines developed intake gasket problems, transmission problems started at 65,000 miles, rack and pinion steering gear leaks at 20,000 miles, traction control module problems, and wheel hub problems. These cars were money pits. Would have been better off buying a Ford Crown Victoria or Mercury Marquis. Every 3 years or 20,000 miles a steering rack needed to be replaced on these cars because of poor design. Transmissions start acting up at 65,000 miles, and go completely at 70,000 miles because they were designed for a smaller engine and smaller car. If I want a other Impala, it would be a 1965 SS 2 door with the coke bottle styling.
GM made a lot of bad cars but the Impala generally wasn't one of them. Many documented examples of 2000s Impalas lasting to 200k and more. For American about as bulletproof as could be had.
You these cars weren't terrible but they have not aged well at all at least you could get one with the 3800 series 2 V6 otherwise these are $1,500 specials on used car lots someone who wants just a car
bought an 04 3400 4 years ago for 1k with 200k miles! underbody just got too rusted. faulty passlock system was incredibly inconvenient to say the least. Just moved on from it but got my fair value and then some. Just bought a 2012 Impala with the 3.6 300hp. for another bargain of 3k..wow it's quite a car and an upgrade in nearly all ways to this early 2000s gen. lack of unique character in its appearance might be the only knock on contemporary impalas as an all around regular person sedan.
Good luck finding one of these for $1,500 nowadays, unless it has like 200K miles on it. Most of these Impalas with 100-150k miles are at least $3-$5K on used lots now, at least in the Midwest.
@@hakeemsd70m If you pay more than 3k for one you are overpaying, period. My friend bought a clean one with 125k for $1200 and I have seen many nice impalas for under 2k.
Please anyone who has one of these 8th generation impalas if you have the orange antifreeze coolent have it flushed out immediately because the orange so called coolent is not coolent it's sludge. My 05 has it and it literally ruined the engine. Why I know because my 04 that I have has a whole lot more miles on it and I never had any trouble with it because my 04 has the GREEN antifreeze and these cars both have the identical everything except the two only have different shades of red. They both have the 3.4 liter engines. The orange so called orange antifreeze I believe was a huge mistake that Gm made or was convinced some how to use because of the type of head gaskets supposedly we're different, not sure of that but my 04 is prof that the green antifreeze is definitely supperior...
I used the green antifreeze in my 2003, and 2005 Impalas, and still had problems with the Intake gaskets failing. People think it was the red Dexcool coolant that caused the gaskets to fail. Switching to the green coolant did not stop my gaskets from failing. The 3800 Series II engine has a poorly designed intake plenim and intake that causes leaks. GM knew there was a problem, and came out with the 3800 series III engine which had a design change for the intake. GM went from the plastic intake to a metal intake, and the change was supposed to stop the problem.
The 3400 engine is a nasty engine. It has intake gasket issues, and see what happens when the water pump goes. When the water pump goes you are in for a big surprise. The entire top end of the engine has to be taken apart, and all the gaskets have to be replaced. The heads have to go to a machine shop, and you may have to replace burned exhaust valves. The aftermarket water pumps are also garbage, and my mechanic does not recommend them for this engine. My mechanic will only use a genuine GM water pump purchased through the dealer. The problem happened to me. I hate the 3400 engine for this reason. A slight overheating issue leads to major problems.
These use to be everywhere.
It's 2023, and here in the Ohio Valley, the 2000-05 Impala is far more common than others in its class, like the 2000-04 Toyota Avalon, and the nearly extinct Dodge Intrepid. I see several of these cars, and many older GM cars, daily.
@@hakeemsd70m you’re right. In the last five years I’ve saw maybe 3 intrepids. No Avalons of this age and more impalas. In my area of Knoxville Tennessee the 06-2016 impala and impala limited are still quite popular and seen regularly.
And GM should never have stopped building them.
they'll come back as an ev that nobody in middle america buys@@ronhoover5516
And if they were to revive the impala it would probably be a suv crossover called the impala cross
I love this style of Chevy Impala
Ditto.
That 0-60 is pretty good for stock; even faster with mods and tuning. Best styled Impala w-body.
The body colored panel they put over the taillights in the later ones was definitely an improvement.
I feel like it would've been neat to make the panel a slightly different complimentary color to the car's paint. Maybe even a gradient! If it matches the paint color it feels like the trunk lid should have just been one piece. Maybe they could've added some trim to make the body colored panel fit in
@MPMeterman NO that's incorrect the dark tail light panels were definitely a whole lot better looking then the later color matched panels ever were ...
Dude just loaded Metallica's Black album in the CD player.
Gangstas can be metalheads too kkkkkkk
I used to love the GM 3.8 and all the Impalas that followed I had a 95 Oldsmobile Delta 88 3.8 V6 4 speed great riding car fast acceleration. Lost it with 100,000 Mi on it all original to an accident. Replaced it with a 98 Buick LeSabre same engine same transmission great vehicle sold it with 188,000 miles on it. All original that I bought a 2003 Chevy Impala that looked identical to the silver LS in this video put 120,000 miles on that and then traded it for a 2007 Chevy Impala with a 3.9 V6 4-speed automatic LT2 placed approximately 150,000 miles on that all original. Then I traded that in for a 2014 Chevy Impala Limited LT with 3.6 V6 6 speed automatic and traded that all original with 155000 miles on it. And that was the last Impala I owned all those Vehicles were a great experience and I would do them all again.
That’s a great story. God bless.
i too love Impalas and will own one again one day.
Question, what do you drive now?
@@ronhoover5516 unfortunately I'm in the market for something new and I really haven't found anything I like out there. I always buy used usually a lease return or something with low miles.
I currently Drive a 2017 Chevy Equinox. Which has served me well.
But because of the reliability that customers claimed goes downhill with these as they get old and now that I have about 90,000 on it I want to trade it before it runs into problems.
At this point I don't know what I'm going to get I'm thinking something around a 2019 or 20 model year but not sure yet. What it is going to be. I was actually looking towards Toyota or Honda because of the reliability. But I was even informed that their reliability has fallen through the years and the price they want for them I feel is not worth but they are asking.
@@cld2930 I get it. Good luck, hope you find your car!
@@cld2930Mercedes V6 N/A engines were pretty stout, my E350 is about to break the 200,000 mile mark while only having the belt tensioner fail on me around 150k miles.
Kid at school’s parents bought one of these new in 2000. I can still hear him trying to convince us that this model was a “luxurious Corvette” like the SS models of the mid-90’s.
😂😂
We all knew a kid in school that swore he saw dinosaurs in his backyard too 😆
Great cars.
Just Got a 2004 Impala SS Indy edition ! in love with it!!
Got one too, what’s your production number?
@ I’ve tried to find the spot but couldn’t find it how did you find yours?
@@mylezzpurhourr it should tell you on the certificate from GM
I inherited it when my grandfather passed
@@johnlapinski8801 oh mine didn’t come with any of that unfortunately from the seller
Next to the Impala SS, this body style is my favorite next to the Monte Carlo SS, and Cavalier Z24 convertible. I would like to find me a 2005 model in white, black, burgandy, and Plum color in the SS version sunroof with the 3800 Supercharged engine.
@@ericbritton9346 in 2005 that made other color impala SS but those we rare to find in good running condition
1987 Pontiac Bonneville in Chevrolet form. Just 13 years later!
3:50 Torn by Natalie Imbruglia
Gracias (obrigado?) DeJesus! I love to try and guess the song playing as well.😎
The downsizing wasnt favored by police officers across the country. They weren’t as fast and durable as the caprice of the 90s. However these cars with the 3800 engine were very reliable and more practical than the crown Vic especially with the fold down rear seats
This generation Impala has a very strong 90s look to it straight outta 1996-2003
These are very underrated cars. My uncle had one and it was fantastic!
Great car is Chevy Impala
Even in 1999, Davis thought that interior was outdated💀
Just bought an 05 black SS.
3.8 ♥
Had a 2004 Impala SS in black with gray leather. Had the 3.8 with the supercharger. Wish I still had that car. It was a lease and I turned it in at the end when I should;ve bought it instead. I got it after trading in a 2001 Monte Carlo that had head gasket issues (was that a common problem with the 01 MC?)
I inherited a barely used and well maintained 00 Impala soon after my daughter was born. The car was fine for about six months and then started to fall apart. The 3.8 was a great engine but put in a cheaply made car. Ended up rolling it when someone played chicken on a two lane road (to be fair it did crash well and I walked away scratch free). They did me a favor.
Interesting black headlight trim
Love this
The wheels look so small now in 2023.
we're stuck in stuck in such an annoying era where rims have to be 18"+ because it's the style
Much cheaper when you buy replacement. Much prefer smaller tires.
I drive. (2011)
Full size car
MAN, the interiors of 90s-00s GMN cars were so cheap looking. That plastic looks straight out of a Kmart!
Toyota and Nissan really weren't any better. Car interiors improved drastically in the 00's, only to be ruined by screens and touch points in the 2010's.
and now in 2020s invasive technologies that link your personal information to your car and to live networks. I sure hope this trend gets called out because if it doesn't we're gonna be surveilled heavily based on our driving habits. Driving credit scores and such.@@hakeemsd70m
They should have kept calling them the Chevrolet Lumina!
I owned a 2003 Impala LS, and a 2005 Impala Base model. I would not own another. Both the 3.8 V-6 and 3.4 engines developed intake gasket problems, transmission problems started at 65,000 miles, rack and pinion steering gear leaks at 20,000 miles, traction control module problems, and wheel hub problems. These cars were money pits. Would have been better off buying a Ford Crown Victoria or Mercury Marquis. Every 3 years or 20,000 miles a steering rack needed to be replaced on these cars because of poor design. Transmissions start acting up at 65,000 miles, and go completely at 70,000 miles because they were designed for a smaller engine and smaller car. If I want a other Impala, it would be a 1965 SS 2 door with the coke bottle styling.
GM continued the malaise era into the 90's and early 2000s
GM made a lot of bad cars but the Impala generally wasn't one of them. Many documented examples of 2000s Impalas lasting to 200k and more. For American about as bulletproof as could be had.
@@ronhoover5516 reliable but boring?
@@cgreenfield6655 Not to me. To each his own.
So Díd Ford
No one under 40 bought this new voluntarily. If you saw an unmarked one with a clean cut younger guy in it he was a cop.
not true i bought a 2000 model rite out of highschool in 2004 it had about 30,000 miles. I wanted a 2001 SS monte but was way more.
Looks like a Hyundai 😮
Yet still gorgeous 😊
Handsome car. Always thought so. Its too bad it was fwd. That 96 impala was tough to beat
You these cars weren't terrible but they have not aged well at all at least you could get one with the 3800 series 2 V6 otherwise these are $1,500 specials on used car lots someone who wants just a car
bought an 04 3400 4 years ago for 1k with 200k miles! underbody just got too rusted. faulty passlock system was incredibly inconvenient to say the least. Just moved on from it but got my fair value and then some. Just bought a 2012 Impala with the 3.6 300hp. for another bargain of 3k..wow it's quite a car and an upgrade in nearly all ways to this early 2000s gen. lack of unique character in its appearance might be the only knock on contemporary impalas as an all around regular person sedan.
Good luck finding one of these for $1,500 nowadays, unless it has like 200K miles on it. Most of these Impalas with 100-150k miles are at least $3-$5K on used lots now, at least in the Midwest.
or just find a private party old person who babied it@@hakeemsd70m
@@hakeemsd70m If you pay more than 3k for one you are overpaying, period. My friend bought a clean one with 125k for $1200 and I have seen many nice impalas for under 2k.
Good engine cheap junky car
Please anyone who has one of these 8th generation impalas if you have the orange antifreeze coolent have it flushed out immediately because the orange so called coolent is not coolent it's sludge. My 05 has it and it literally ruined the engine. Why I know because my 04 that I have has a whole lot more miles on it and I never had any trouble with it because my 04 has the GREEN antifreeze and these cars both have the identical everything except the two only have different shades of red. They both have the 3.4 liter engines. The orange so called orange antifreeze I believe was a huge mistake that Gm made or was convinced some how to use because of the type of head gaskets supposedly we're different, not sure of that but my 04 is prof that the green antifreeze is definitely supperior...
I used the green antifreeze in my 2003, and 2005 Impalas, and still had problems with the Intake gaskets failing. People think it was the red Dexcool coolant that caused the gaskets to fail. Switching to the green coolant did not stop my gaskets from failing. The 3800 Series II engine has a poorly designed intake plenim and intake that causes leaks. GM knew there was a problem, and came out with the 3800 series III engine which had a design change for the intake. GM went from the plastic intake to a metal intake, and the change was supposed to stop the problem.
The 3400 engine is a nasty engine. It has intake gasket issues, and see what happens when the water pump goes. When the water pump goes you are in for a big surprise. The entire top end of the engine has to be taken apart, and all the gaskets have to be replaced. The heads have to go to a machine shop, and you may have to replace burned exhaust valves. The aftermarket water pumps are also garbage, and my mechanic does not recommend them for this engine. My mechanic will only use a genuine GM water pump purchased through the dealer. The problem happened to me. I hate the 3400 engine for this reason. A slight overheating issue leads to major problems.
@@MikeCipperley I don’t even use dex cool I use local auto shop alternatives and they work great for me! I use yellow coolant