Company Car Change: Malibu or Impala?

[Proboscis]

for a company car, ford edge

[jonnycat]

+1 for two cars

[speedog]

Originally posted by Proboscis
for a company car, ford edge

Did you not even bother to read the OP's opening post in this thread?

[TomcoPDR]

Originally posted by freshprince1


Anyone want to by a Subaru?

Info? How much?

[Stealth22]

Looked over the thread again.

If I HAD to, I'd pick the Malibu at this point, and make them replace it with a 2014 Impala when its out. Or hell, fight to let you keep the Legacy until the 2014 Impala is out.

Or hell, just keep two cars. I know you'd have to pay out of pocket, but if it were me, I'd just pay for it.

I drove a rental Malibu in the US...it was a 2011 model. The car was almost brand new, it had like 5000 miles on it. But good god, I felt like I was driving a boat. I was NOT impressed with that car at all. Maybe my standards are just too high being used to Toyota and Subaru, but the plastic in that car just felt so cheap, and it had the turning radius of a Boeing 737.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Malibu for sure, the Impala is terrible.

[Hallowed_point]

Originally posted by Stealth22
Maybe my standards are just too high being used to Toyota and Subaru

get serious!!

[freshprince1]

I know it's not a bad situation to be in, I'm just a bit depressed about having to drive a crappy LS trim Chevy sedan. But, at least it'll be free, and I can drive it for personal use, so I'll take advantage of that.

Originally posted by Stealth22
What are you going to do with the Legacy?

And I'd fight for the 2014 Impala, to be honest. That is a real shitty deal...just explain that the car you drive is important, and that if you're going to be forced to go with a Chev, you want to wait for the new model.

I'll probably sell the Legacy. They will allow me to use the company are for personal use too...so I'm going to take serious advantage of that. I sent a tactful email to corporate HR and the Global Fleet Driector expressing my concerns...and of course got entirely shut down. Execs down in Houston making car choices for us up in Calgary. It sucks, but at least I still have a company car and now I won't have to care about mileage, maintenance bills, or anything really.

Originally posted by Masked Bandit


There's no way those are LS trims. LTZ on the Malibu for sure, don't know about the Impala but I suspect the same.

Either way the OP is going to get stuck with something near a rental car. I guess if I had to pick it would be the Malibu.

Agreed, since I will be limited to the LS trim, I'm trying not to go by any of those random internet images of swanky interiors. It looks like I'll have until September, so it will likely be a 2013 Malibu. I'll get the new styling and new 4cy engine...but still in an LS package.

Originally posted by jonnycat
+1 for two cars

I've thought it over and since my Legacy is a 2005, I'll probably just sell it. That way I won't have the depreciation eating away at me. And I still owe a bit, since I was just letting my car allowance eat away at it. So I think I'll bite the bullet and drive for free since I can use the Malipoo for personal usage as well. I'm thinking of throwing the difference between sell price and balance owing into a gIC or something to await the day when I buy another car. That or we might upgrade my wife's SUV.

Originally posted by TomcoPDR


Info? How much?

2005 Legacy GT Sedan, ACT Stage 1 Clutch & Lighented flywheel (both brand new, done at Tunerworks), Cartboy Short Shifter, Borla Hush Exhasut, STI downpipe, Cobb up pipe, Open Turbo tune, JDM rear sway bar, HAWK brakes, 75K kms (approx), pearl white, manual, mint condition, full 3M rock guard. Not sure about price...$17K ish?

[Stealth22]

Originally posted by freshprince1
I'll probably sell the Legacy. They will allow me to use the company are for personal use too...so I'm going to take serious advantage of that. I sent a tactful email to corporate HR and the Global Fleet Driector expressing my concerns...and of course got entirely shut down. Execs down in Houston making car choices for us up in Calgary. It sucks, but at least I still have a company car and now I won't have to care about mileage, maintenance bills, or anything really.

Yeesh...I feel sorry for you, haha.

Just bite the bullet and take the Malibu, I guess. You could always cry about what a POS it is in a year and get an upgrade.

[clem24]

Hahaha definitely a first world problem.

In any case wasn't your car allowance a taxable benefit? While a company car won't be?

[psycoticclown]

Originally posted by freshprince1

2005 Legacy GT Sedan, ACT Stage 1 Clutch & Lighented flywheel (both brand new, done at Tunerworks), Cartboy Short Shifter, Borla Hush Exhasut, STI downpipe, Cobb up pipe, Open Turbo tune, JDM rear sway bar, HAWK brakes, 75K kms (approx), pearl white, manual, mint condition, full 3M rock guard. Not sure about price...$17K ish?

Part out?

[freshprince1]

Originally posted by clem24
Hahaha definitely a first world problem.

In any case wasn't your car allowance a taxable benefit? While a company car won't be?

Personal use on the company car would be a taxable benefit with the company car.

Originally posted by psycoticclown


Part out?

Will not be parting anything out, sorry.