is there a finance company out there that will finance an impala lover with a not so great credit pass? i'll even fly to own my dream car.

It is tough to do since you are looking for an older car. The banks look at loan to value ratio's. If you can come up with a sizeable down pmnt then they will look more favorably at giving you the money, but it is still going to be at a subprime interest rate.

Do you have bad credit or no credit?

Beware of a lot of scams that say bad credit is no problem you could end up paying even higher than the subprime rates.

I usually stick with the credit unions.