2009 Chevrolet Impala SS

We bought one of the first 2006 Impala's back in the fall of 2005 (an LS with the 3.5 liter V-6), literally right off the car carrier. Despite being wary of buying the first production year of ANYTHING, we loved that car! We were impressed with the performance of the 3.5 and it was a GREAT car!

As you might have guessed, being a "motor head", I enjoy performance just for the sake of performance, I do a LOT of highway driving. I could get consistently between 29 and 31 MPG's with the 2006 (depending on headwind vs tailwind) at "rural Kansas speeds". The only gripe I had actually were the sun visors, after about a year, they stopped staying up, I eventually put some velcro on the headliner. Obviously, a "first year issue"...

However, time marches on and "The Rocket" as the kids named our first one, had 71,000 miles on it. Since we finally got a decent refund, we thought we would stop by the Chevy dealer and see what was what.

We had honestly set out to get an LTZ with the 3.9 liter, but we made a critical mistake! We took the SS out for a test drive... "Go ahead sir... mash her down once... No I mean REALLY mash it" The rest as they say is history!

We LOVE the 5.3 liter V-8... the heated leather, the BOSE, the power seats, the steering wheel audio controls, the On-Star. People ask.. but what about the GAS milleage? I simply respond, "I did NOT buy THIS CAR for gas milleage..." I reach in my pocket and trip the remote start, when the V-8 rumbles to life I continue... "I bought it for THAT!"

With the changes at GM... I am glad I got my modern, slick and striking muscle car before WE are force fed "Chevettes" again....

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[Thatuptownguy]

beautiful car

[raboyd2008]

@Thatuptownguy

Thanks so much!  We are still having a LOT of fun with it!

[speedybullets713]

I have a 97 Monte Carlo, it never gave me a problem and i want another Chevy. Is this car Reliable and the Insurance low.

[raboyd2008]

@speedybullets713 (The demonstration not withstanding) our insurance is low... married 25 years no tickets etc

[raboyd2008]

You know the dealers are in "DEFCON 2" around here, they are willing to do damn near anything to sell these.

The wife had been paying an extra $50/ month on our 2006 Impala so we were not upside down on the note, with a decent tax refund we ended up with a car payment of $330 (8 dollars less that the 2006 Impala LS we traded)

[keviiinn]

nice car my man. I've got an 07 SS myself.

[raboyd2008]

I must say, I am just now getting used to driving it "normally" around town... you know resisting the urge to gag it out of every stop-light.. JUST to hear the rumble

It has been a LONG time since I had a V-8 in a passenger car... the last one was a 455 in a Trans-Am, which I do not recall as being quite as peppy as the SS

[ShockT63]

@mjpitche 0-60 in about 6.4 seconds.

[BadViolinPlayer]

@tbelobrad19 its not, sadly.

[mjpitche]

It sounds like one of those police cars on cops. It seems really slow to pick up though. How fast is is 0-60? I'm thinking of buying one but I'm worried that it will be too slow.

[cockerpugexpress1]

@raboyd2008

hey my dad preety much got the same thing

2009 ss,black,KN cold air intake and puts out 330hp

the impala ss is awsome how much hp does yours put out

just wondering

[Alan10018]

Awesome! Thanks for uploading! The Chevy Impala is my favorite car!

[fuelmj]

@tbelobrad19 fwd

[tbelobrad19]

i was wondering is it rwd?

[Cobrajet880]

Great videos. I just picked up a 2007 SS and intend to enjoy it again this spring/summer (currently stored, my summer cruiser). Enjoy...!

[TJacksonQB10]

I'm buying this car.