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Maybe they'll be nice to you when you tell tham you are now a Senior Member!Please, no "member" jokes

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No, there's currently no way to search for all updated topics since your last visit. Only way to do something like that would be to visit every day and use the active threads.

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I think maybe his came with the car, so he probably didn't get the install instructions.huy397, can you use a short extension cord to run the heater plug wherever you might want?

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Maybe they'll win big.Tough choice. Go to Vegas vs not spending a week with the mother in law. ===============================================Anyway, back on topic, that flight tracking tool is really neat.

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I remember the first time I saw the term IMHO, somebody send me an email that said "well imho, I think....." I didn't have a clue, and was sort of unsetlled thinking it was some new slang insult, where did he get off calling me an imho, whatever an imho is? Anyway, that's not how I feel no...

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I'm glad it was gear oil and not ATF.

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I hate the location of the fuse block. There's another one under the hood, for different circuits. There are three unused spaces in the fuse block, but they put a fuse in them, I think a 10, 15 and 20. You can use one of those till you can buy replacements.Since you popped the fuse once, you might c...

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I think the only time I have used the recirculate is to turn it on, switch the the air direction control to either bi-level or defrost and watch the recirc button pop back out. I know, it sounds pretty simple minded to amuse oneself in such a way, but I have a really long commute

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Are they going out for SEMA?

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quote:When I had mine apart, I switched the AC switch and outlet. Figure this must be giving me an extra 10 HP at least. ----------Is that in better position or will the shifter be in the way?Since I got a different laptop that can run off the 115V outlet, I've been using it to play music (coupled i...

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Well, I was WRONG when I said :quote:it's probably easier and quicker to change it out yourselfTurns out that once you remove the center knob, take out the one screw, pop off the radio trim, pop off the AC control and shifter trim, you are left looking at a white plastic piece that the HVAC controls...

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quote:UPDATE everyone!! Raging Fish was SO quick to help me!!!! Hmmm, I wonder if he would have been so quick to help if your username here wasn't sugar plum?(just kidding mike!)Glad it was an easy fix.

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I bought a service manual off ebay. There were some more recently on there, and (grr) they went for less than what I paid. They don't show up on ebay very often.The Service manual is available for general public purchase from a company called Helm. See http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=4888 fo...

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cool vibes was asking about a manual tranny , and cybotron said 2ZZ vibe which is a manual tranny. The manual tranny is supposd to get some pretty thick stuiff, 75W gear oil. Automatic transmission fluid is about as thin or thinner than the 5W engine oil. I would recommend staying with the proper we...

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Hot Vibe, I saw this code list http://forums.genvibe.com/zerofile/1833 ... ecodes.jpg posted in threadhttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=5550 It shows a code R6M. Any idea what R6M means?

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There's a paint code thread at http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=5550, I don't know if there is a Duplicolor can for it. I wouldn't expect there to be a standard Toyota color that was an exact match for the GM Shadow color.

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That's almost double the number of members who voted in the paint colors problems poll

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Doesn't ATF mean AUtomatic Transmission Fluid? I thought automatic transmission fluid was a lot thinner than the gear oil in a manual transmission.

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Welcome to genvibe!The best power/torque for these cars is at higher RPMs, so the best acceleration will be in a whatever gear puts your engine in the power band at whatever speed you're at. If you're rolling down the highway and floor it, it should downshift to a lower gear automatically, which wil...

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The drawing that silverawd26 gave the link for looks like the one from the service manual. It shows the wiring from the radio to the amp, there are some other wires not shown in that diagram that also connect to the stock head unit.The diagram refers to the 24 pin connector as C1, and it labels the ...

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quote:In BC it is an offence under the motorvehicle act to leave a car running unattended..... I think that's true here in Maryland also. Supposed to keep people from making their cars easy targets for car thieves.

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A young rich blonde was bored with driving her BMW. It lacked individuality and besides that, every other girl she hung out with had one. She wanted something a bit more individual, perhaps a Rolls.That week she visited her local car dealer and spied a beautiful Jaguar convertible. She fell in love ...

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I like burl wood, just can;t imagine it in the Vibe, and also can't justify spending the money for it . I am glad that more companies are offereing stuff for the Vibe.

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I once dated a girl from Williamsburg, although she pronounced it "Weemsburg"

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Yes, the folks at grafxwerks have them available on their web page, some more background athttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=5857===================================================Congratulations to the winner, whoever submitted Entry number 5!===================================================

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bumpWell, three weeks so far, and 54 of the over 1400 members have voted in the poll, a voter turnout of less than 4%. Hello?

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the idea of putting the fuse close to the battery is that the fuse protects against shorts from that point on. If you put the fuse by the battery, then the wire runniing from the fuse to the sub is protected. If you put the fuse at the sub, then the wire isnt protected. a short in the unprotected wi...

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It seems like running the AC did hurt mileage, Except for the first entry, the only times he got over 30 was when there was little or no AC use. Also, installing the CAI doesn't seem to have had any noticeable effect on mpgs.

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quote:Current running mileageLooking at your numbers its easy to see the correlation between gas mileage and what type of driving, the entries with more city have worse mpgs, which is what I'd expect. The effect of AC is harder to see though. Do you think that running the AC is having much effect on...

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It's been about two months since the surgery. How is the recovery coming along?

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If anyone cares, here's a pic showing where I am (from the Isabel thread)Often feels like I'm not close to anything. With the holidays coming up, everyone will be busy, and although it is not canada, it still does get reasonably cold around here in the winter. I'll be busy weekend pretty much throug...

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Looked at member list, did a descending search for "Users" based on signup date, to show the most recently signed up members.Not one of the 18 most recently signed up members have posted. 18 in a row, all since the downtime. Nobody who has joined in the last two weeks has posted anything. ...

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So, did they fix it? Has the problem come back?

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amusing, but I bet if you asked any of the members here who are either about to get married or are newlywed, the whole milk and sausage game had little to do with the decision to make the lifelong commitment to their spouse. So, I guess I agree with both statements, milk&sausage is not the reaso...

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There's a man with a bald head and a wooden leg who gets invited to a Halloween party. He doesn't know what costume to wear to hide his head and his leg so he writes to a fancy costume company to explain the problem. A few days later he receives a parcel with a note. "Dear Sir, please find encl...

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Charlievibe, The acoustics in the Vibe really confuse me. I think I have clearly identified the direction of a sound, and someone in the passsemger seat thinks it's coming from a completely different direction. Not saying the sound is not behind the radio, just that I don't trust my own direction fi...

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quote:i was always a big fan of sacraficing virgins. if they still existed, i would still practice that, but i have to use the goats now too.I don't know how you all do it out there in Granite City, but around here we use a different ritual for goats.

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Our big ritual is usually the winter solstice, but sometimes we do a bonfire and sacrifices on halloween. The weather is supposed to be good tonight. Maybe a good day for some roasted animal flesh. Still, I'm pretty upset about the surge in goat prices this time of year. They really stick it to you,...

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http://www.matrixvibe.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3923summary - MV member bought a used Vibe GT with NAV system but no disk, went to dealer for pricing, answer was:"P/N 88972459 is the 2003 model version that cost $430. P/N 88973143 is the 2004 model version and it's price is $930 and is an upda...

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Boo!Anybody taking special precautions to keep their vibe from being molested today?It's pretty rural where I live, no families with kids nearby, so we won't get any trick-or-treaters at the house. Also, it's pretty straight at work, ain't nobody gonna wear a costume to work today around here.

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Thanks tots, I have been looking for that prior post and I think I finally found it at http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=3283.It lists some things the dealer is supposed to do prior to delivering the vehicle to the customer, the frame plugs are one of them.

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The plugs are supposed to be installed by the dealer before you get the car. Supposed to fill oles used to securethe car while in shipping. When you got your car the plugs weresupposed to be installed, not left in the glove box. tots posted about this in advice for new ownerI just (finally found thi...

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I've had my vibe for ten months now. I still prefer the styling of the Vibe over Matrix, but I am getting used to seeing matixes , and they don't look as bad to me as they used to.I still think maybe Toyota would know how to support the vehicle better than Pontiac, and although it;s the same car, th...

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For informational purposes, previous discussions of the Nissan Murano and associated Infinity FX can be found athttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=3086 andhttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=5597

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congrats genvibe gods Vibe Rater and trdvibe!

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quote:Scherry2, I think Johny Cash has the song where he worked on the line and he took parts home in his lunch box over so many years. After it was all said and done, he put the car together and it had parts from like 1950-1970 or something like that. Good song. One Piece at a Time

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I've been "walking the dial" playing with the stock radio, and found a couple of stations where you can use the auto time update feature by pressing and holding both the hour and minute buttons:97.9 WIYY Baltimore102.1 "The X" Richmond102.7 WQSR DC106.5 WWMX DCAll of these statio...

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ignore them, if they think that how cool a person is depends on how fast their car is, they are obviously subintelligent and their opinions have no value.

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