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urbanmonkeygod04

I have a way I could figure that out, but it'd be difficult; see, it'd involve asking the girl about her ex, and that's a touchy subject, but he rented a Ferrari for prom her senior year. Let me get back to you on that . . .

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I remember in my Vibe, I always thought that when you hit the "OD" button it didn't really turn any overdrive off, it just downshifted a gear . . . OD off felt just like 3rd gear, and it never worked when you were in 1st through 3rd . . . so yeah.

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Oh and hey, next time you feel like burning the **** outta your tires, don't do it on the street - take it to the strip! I see you're from Novi, so you probably know where Milan is. You should come out, run down the track a few times. It's a blast. Myself and some of the other Redline guys head down...

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Yeah, I had the same thing happen to me with the 17's on my old Vibe; all I had to do was knock it out with my little scraper deal. I don't think you're going to have any problems, but I don't know. I'm going to just try to avoid driving in the snow this winter, or taking my mom's Trailblazer, becau...

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Don't worry about it - if nothing was written, then it basically didn't even happen and you can forget about it unless the same cop pulls you over again. I got a written warning before, I was driving up a winding little service drive between the high school and middle school in town in my Firebird a...

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I love boost. I nominate Faultline.

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The Redlines/Cobalt SS's with the supercharged 2-liters all have 5-speeds; the SS Cobalts & Ion 2.4's all have autos . . . I saw the SS-not-supercharged at the dealer the other day, they look nice, IMHO, but not for me.As far as slapping a supercharger on it, it'd be easy (when I say "easy&...

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Then there are the cars that dyno MORE at the wheels than is claimed at the CRANK - Redlines & Cobalt SS's dyno, on average at about 210 hp at the wheels, while GM advertises 205 crank HP, but it could honestly probably rate them at 235-240 safely. The same is true for SRT-4's; they regularly dy...

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I paid $2.79 for premium yesterday. Gawd it's getting expensive.

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If you add an intercooler, don't try to jam too much boost into it, use the right gas, and tune the computer, it'll work just fine. But it won't make huge HP numbers. I think the link I posted for Sport Compact Car's turbo matrix is floating around in one of these posts.

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Go with the TSX, the Volvos are just too plain and look like a little jazzier version of the Mazda 3 - platform sharing shows its ugly little head. Plus, I think the TSX will outgun it in every performance aspect. Plus, it's a very attractive little car. This coming from a guy who would rarely tout ...

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Yeah, just drive your car gently. My base-auto was great on gas, I'd get to school & back (50 miles each way) on about 3 gallons of gas. Just keep your foot off the gas pedal.

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oh God, I had no idea this was a spiders thread! There is nothing that makes me queasy worse than spiders. The worst thing ever. Spiders outside or in the home are bad; spiders in the car are evil, because they're in such close quarters with you.Nothing beats the spider that I found in the back of m...

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There's a subdivision around here, and it literally is the most topographically diverse subdivision in the area. I NEVER speed through there, but even at 25 mph, you can tell it'll be fun if you can rip through the gears. It has a bunch of blind uphill-left off-camber 90-degrees, and some really coo...

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I don't play video games much any more . . . my buddy loves his copy of Final Fantasy 11 though, I think you can get that for the PS2, but it's like $13 a month to play.The games I play are at work - it's "take the rotten food and throw it to me" then I snap it out of the air with a wet to...

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Very sharp looking Vibe - I love the spoiler & ground effect kit, I had it on mine before I sold it. Enjoy it, I still miss my Vibe, even with my little supercharged guided missile. Happy modding, too.

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Lookin' good! I was surprised at the list of mods - quite a comprehensive list of additions. Good luck on the supercharging front - yours is AWD right? I'd have to say that a fast, all-wheel drive Vibe would be a very fun toy. Keep up the good stuff!

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Yeah, they managed to squeeze some horsies out of that 3.8 in the 2004 model year.The GXP solstice WILL be a turbo car, using the 2.0L ecotec with a turbo. The supercharged 2.0, however, SAYS 200 hp, but most Redlines and Cobalts have been putting 210-215 to the wheels bone stock, so they're underra...

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Thanks. The Redlines, most do come with that big gaudy wing, but the one on the lot didn't, so I picked it. I'm honestly thinking about either shaving the little spoiler off completely or moving it back a few inches - I've seen it done on Quad Coupes, it looks really sharp. I like the dirty car pic ...

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After a trip to the dragstrip, 500 miles with no bath, and getting stuck in the mud. How a car's supposed to look - chicks say it looks tough

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Yeah, I know that area well, but I've never honestly spotted the place. I'm guessing that it's a fairly large deal. I would've tried to come out on Saturday but I had an open track day at the drag strip. I'm going to check it out eventually though. How'd everything go, Satur9?

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Devlop works at Waldecker in Brighton, or at least he did, last I heard. He got his turbo installed at monkey wrench though, I think. I almost want to head up there to see if they can possibly look into things for MY car (0 aftermarket support, if you Vibe guys think you've got it bad . . .). Where ...

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I'm downloading it right now . . . google is doing some fun ****, ever look at Google labs? We did the "gizoogle" on our Redline forums, it made some pretty funny stuff up for us.I want G-mail but it seems like it'll NEVER come out of beta testing. I know one of my professors at school use...

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Thanks - I love the thing. I would've liked black, too, but they had red & silver. Plus, red was new for 2005, and there are only a handful of them out there, fully 90% of Redlines are blue, black, or silver, so it's nice to stand out of the crowd. If I COULD'VE I would've gotten white; my frien...

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Is the SS Silverado your other car??? Those do suck a LOT of gas, by the way. Good luck on getting another Vibe . . . but if you decide you want something with more pep, head over to your friendly Saturn dealer and pick up a Redline

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Who cares? Buy this:http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=16944It's a guy from Michigan's custom turbo kit; the thing is FAST.

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The center guage pod isn't that bad; it's actually cool, lots of people comment on it (in my car at least!), and it makes seeing the gauges easier. it just takes a little getting used to, but once you do it's nothing.My buddy's little sister has an xB, and she loves it; she just uses it to go to sch...

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IIRC, there was a guy around here who bought JUST the supercharger unit from TRD, and got the unichip setup, and altogether it cost him about half what it would to have GM do it.

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If you're ever on M59 out past past Pontiac (heading towards Lansing), there are turnarounds like that every 100 yards or so; you could probably just do sweet drift loops all day long if the roads were empty and you were ballsy.I'd drifted my car before, but not on purpose; I had an '02 Firebird V6,...

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If you care, I had the chance to drive a Solstice the day of the GVC Super Meet, and I wrote a little review w/ pictorial about it; you can find it on the front page at http://www.solsticeforums.com . . . If you can get ahold of one, do it, it was a fantastic experience and I only drove it for 45 mi...

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Quote, originally posted by Merzbow Â»Michigan lefts are good for people that know how to drift. Saw a Silvia and a 240sx drift around a double wide michigan left turn around a few weeks ago. It was BAAAAAAAD! I bet their shirts would say "I survived and made sport of the Michigan Left"As ...

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Florida has no income tax? Damn, I SHOULD have moved down there for the summer. Isn't sales tax like 8% though?

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Well, I've got two bits of info here for all of you. The first is the spy shot of a turbo Pontiac Solstice in testing & development camo:http://www.lsjtuners.com/viewtopic.php?t=83Secondly, I had a chance over the weekend to take a drive of a non-Turbo Pontiac Solstice, it was one of GM's engine...

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That Esprit didn't look right . . . it looked like an Elise that they tried to jack up, or maybe a Fiero they put a kit on, you know. Esprits are longer and shorter than that. I'm guessing it's a joke or something.

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That's quite an intriguing article. I think I'll have to send that to my dad, he'll like to hear that one.My best friend's dad is a higher-up at Toyota (VP of North American operations) and my Ion started leaking oil when his son was home on leave from Germany. He was all high-and-mighty about it, s...

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I just died laughing. Thank you, that was wonderful.

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Wow that is amazing. I would not expect to hit a semi at any velocity and walk away - just think of all the inertia those things are carrying - 40 tons at 30 mph is a whole different ball park than 2 tons at the same speed. I'm definitely glad to hear you're OK, and I can't believe that guy didn't s...

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does this forum hate me? It doesn't even register my post, and I thought it was funny!

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Oooh, the HHR! My dad was telling me about those, they're supposed to be PT Cruiser competition, they run around the Tech Center all the time. I haven't seen one in person or even on the road though. Soon enough, I'm sure. Maybe the padre can bring one home - he brought home a top-secret '06 C6 Corv...

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I'm pretty sure even the 1ZZ can withstand seven pounds of boost. IIRC, Devlop ran 12 pounds through his on high boost setting, and his engine hasn't exploded yet. My car runs 12.5 lbs of boost stock; Subaru WRX's run 17, stock Evo's run at 19ish, and I've seen modded SRT-4's that pump about 22 poun...

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Quote, originally posted by Kari Â»Hmm...my hair dryer quit heating yesterday... Anybody want the motor out of a salon version Ion hair dryer? An Ion supercharger for your Ion? No thanks, I've already got one, but thanx!

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I don't know, I think that it sports AWD standard. However, I don't like the new Audi styling, I liked the older-gen A3's that they sold in Europe a LOT better. The only Audi I'd really ever consider is a 2003-2004 RS-6, but I say "ever consider" like I have $85,000 laying around. Plus, I'...

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Quote, originally posted by millster Â»Personally, I'm glad that even the people who have moved on from Vibe ownership are still around the site. That speaks well for the members here, but also for the car. If someone can sell their Vibe and still want to discuss it, it must be a pretty fine vehicle...

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Vibes as taxis . . . interesting. When I was shooting my movie for my Advanced Video Production class, it was called Cabbie, we considered USING the Vibe for the cab in it, but I traded it for my Redline before we started shooting.

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Yeah, I had a bizarre dream last night about this forum, somebody got pissed at me because I was posting on here and didn't have my Vibe anymore, and they wrote scathing posts about me and eventually had a thread that called for the mods & admins to ban me . . . It was completely messed up. Just...

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If anybody as any reservations staying in a ghetto-ass area such as Flint, there's also a Best Western just off the interstate 11 miles SOUTH of Fenton in my home town, Hartland. Just thought I'd let ya'll know.

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I'll definitely keep you informed; the engine is definitely sound, it ran OK as it was, but we tore it apart cuz we want it to run spectacular. We're also fixing some of the body rust, cleaning the interior & engine bay, etc. He's in Brighton, IIRC you're Madison Heights/Royal Oak region, so lig...

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I feel your pain on the "It's a lease" front. So happy keeping it stock, either way, enjoy it.Oh and I also must compliment you on your signature, very nice, me gusta.

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Sharp looking car, buddy! I had an '04 with the sport package, and I think it added to the car's appearance SO MUCH. Good luck, happy modifying!

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The 9pm start times aren't that bad when you work in a restaurant - the restaurant dies right about the time the game starts, and I sit around watching basketball on the clock for 2 hours.My boss lost $500 on that last game, too; he had money on the heat. What a douche.

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