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I know the basic underpinnings are essentially the same I've had both before I was just missing them and was looking to get one again. I just can't make up my mind which.
Thoughts?

LT1 forever!

Impala SS.

The Brougham is a hideous, overly plush car for the geriatric.

Posted by bandi Impala SS. The Brougham is a hideous, overly plush car for the geriatric.

Impala SS fer fucks' sake!!
Why would even consider that rest home on fucking wheels when you have the option for an IMPALA SS???
MADNESS!

http://www.youtube...rE&feature=related
^damn good reason for the power of IMPALA SS!!!

it's the only car thief that I was ever rooting for to get away.

Yes, its a no brainier; the Impala SS!

Well 2 things for the brougham1) I've always had a soft spot for funky/homely cars, especially ones with an over abundance of chrome. and 2) My mother is getting older and I have to drive her a lot of places and it would be a little nicer for her to ride in. (My grandfather her father had one).

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But it's still hard to argue with that pic.
or a car that was marketed under this campaign.

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but it seemed to miss this list.

http://jalopnik.co...g-cars-of-all-time



PS Sam thanks for the vid, all I have to say is damn!

Posted by CaptOrbit PS Sam thanks for the vid, all I have to say is damn!

unfortunately, the guy in the Impala was caught, but not before he just left the fuzz.
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SS..............................who do you think you are? Trying to be like Obama and roll hard in Cadillac One? lol j/k but yeah SS no question.

Someone I know is trying to sell me an '01 Ford V-10 Executor... um yeah.

B and C bodies were the best cars ever made by any company if you factor in all the different variables and average them out! There's simply nothing bad to be said of them. They should have kept making and redesigned them.

I really want an Impala SS, have ridden in a couple and fell in love with the car. A practical musclecar. But if you want a DD you're kind of limited to one that's already got high mileage (but has been well maintained) because of their collectible status. It's not like you're going to want to depreciate something that you just had to pay 11 grand for even though it's about 15 years old. I've seen ones with 140K going for about 5 grand lately...if you find a well maintained one snap it up and drive it in the nice weather whenever you want.

You'd probably want to consider the Caprice 9C1, or a 94-96 Buick Roadmaster. Most civi Caprices had the LT1-based L99 4.3 V8 in them. Some of the Impala SS cars don't even have all the factory body mounts installed toward the front of the car, the 9c1 always did, you also get silicone hoses, oil coolers, beefed up everything. There's other little features like the driver's door will open from the inside even if it was locked, so you don't have to fiddle with unlocking it.

The Roadmaster is identical to the Impala SS under the skin save for a flabbier suspension, but it can be easily corrected with Bilsteins, lowering springs, and sway bars. A lot came with a handling package anyway. On top of that, the rear windows roll all the way down (caprices and Impalas do not), the horn is simply the most awesome thing offered in any car ever, and the interiors are comfortable/well appointed. Even the door handles inside are illuminated. Easy cars to work on too. You can install sequential taillamp kits on them that look pretty cool (as well as the SS), and the SS wheels are a bolt on.

You are much more likely to find a mint, cheap, reliable Roadmaster Sedan instead of a Caprice 9c1, and if you do, they're usually more money.

We have one (a 94 Limited sedan) and you'd be surprised how many vehicles it shocks off the line. Nice car.

The Brougham isn't bad either, I'm not super crazy about them but I'd totally drive one. They have a longer wheelbase otherwise they are the same car. You can make them look right.

Also, nothing matches the sleeper factor of a Brougham or Roadmaster that's been beefed up under the skin and left stock looking.
Looking fast means absolute jack shit when your car is being blown away by a huge hilarious spaceship with whitewalls and a triple note horn.

These are also the ultimate road trip cars. There is no contest. The Impala SS will have higher insurance costs than the other cars too.

Also, you want to up the WTF factor, Oldsmobile had a version of the Caprice too. Although it went the way of the dodo before either the Buick or the Chevrolet. It was big, fat and had a snout that made you really second guess if you wanted to walk in front of it.
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Just added another car in my search of cars. The SS isn't an expensive car here in the least, running $6500 for a nice condition 100,000 mile car. I consider that low miles for that car, as they are friggin tanks.

Posted by Samurai Also, you want to up the WTF factor, Oldsmobile had a version of the Caprice too. Although it went the way of the dodo before either the Buick or the Chevrolet. It was big, fat and had a snout that made you really second guess if you wanted to walk in front of it. http://en.wikipedi...Custom_Cruiser.jpg http://en.wikipedi...ile_Custom_Cruiser

Yeah, there is a guy online who actually took a Caprice, added the individual items from one of those Olds wagons, and made a "Delta 88" with some sort of perceived sport package on it, it actually looked pretty cool but I haven't seen the site in a long time.

About five years ago, there was a gas station in my area where the guy, who had an in with a Chevy dealer, would buy the trade-ins that were too old or high mileage to sell AT the dealer. My dad bought a nice truck from him cheap. Anyway, the guy has a maroon one of those 91-92 Olds wagons for next to nothing, and it was MINT! I remember it had an all red leather interior with a third seat in it. Not my favorite car as far as looks go, but it would have been great for a daily driver or a family trip vehicle. It had those cool alloy wheels too that only came on the Olds.

Posted by wannabeotaku Just added another car in my search of cars. The SS isn't an expensive car here in the least, running $6500 for a nice condition 100,000 mile car. I consider that low miles for that car, as they are friggin tanks.

Yeah, it does seem like they are cheaper down south. If I take a trip down there, odds are I will come back trailering something, probably a 71-76 full size GM.

What you have to look for on the LT1 cars is the Optispark distributor, mostly on the 94s, because they short out. The water pump leaks on the distributor. My brothers Roadmaster got a leak when his pump went, replaced it, then the distributor went like a week later, so the new pump had to come out as well. Plug wire changes are a PITA too.

The 95s got a vented distributor but they still don't last forever. I wouldn't say it detracts from the overall awesome reliability of the car though.

If I got one I would get the 95, you have a choice of three colors, the mirrors are more modern, and it was still OBD-1, so odds are you will never need to take an emissions test again, depending on where you live. 96 got the cool console shift and better inst. cluster but they are OBD2. Still not a problem if you keep the car running clean.

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There were about 4 of these in my neighborhood when I was growing up. I hated them even then, I did like the rear facing seat in the back though.

Funny thing is, is the one that belonged to the white trash family of the block was always in the worst shape.........BUT that mofo is still their daily driver. That's gotta say something right there. It must be an 84 or so.