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Manual for the 2.5 model is not available at launch but will come later on, the sales guy says probably early next year.

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I got a chance to test drive a 2.0 hatch today at my local mazda dealer, they didn't have any 2.5 yet. The hatch actually looks a lot nicer in person than in picture. Car handles very well and the ride, with 16" rims, is very smooth over crappy roads compared to my vibe. I need to see how the 3...

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I have yet to find an led worth putting in a headlight...they're never even as bright as halogens... I don't think LED's are that bright for headlights. I was in my friend's 2014 lexus IS350 f package that has the LED headlights and it's pretty dim compared to my HID set up. He too was a bit disapp...

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Black, wish I had gotten white tho lol

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i am pretty sure the Mazda3 is significantly smaller than the Vibe. That's why I gravitate towards the CX5, CRV, Rav4 or Forrester. But for the moment I am gravitating to the frugal choice of keeping my 27,000 mile 2009 Vibe. There was a possibility that I would give the Vibe to my son but I got hi...

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I've actually been wanting to wait for this car too, great looking hatch and I've always loved the golfs. Having followed this car in some forums, I've already read some reports of car issues. Since this car is already available in Europe, someone reported the car braked really hard on its own when ...

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Sedan looks pretty good, baby mazda 6 lol

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says there will be a sedan but will show sometime in the next five weeks

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Still no sign of sedan, hope they still offer it. Really liking where mazda's heading

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While doing some research on window tint I stumbled upon this brand, Prestige and their photosync film. Basically it will block out more heat than the huper optik and even the vkool brand. Also, depending on how bright or whatever sun ray that hits the tint, it'll darken slightly (about 10% at most)...

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On the mazda3 forums, there's a lot of people that doesn't like how it looks, many saying how horrible the rear end looks. IMHO it's not that bad, I'm sure it'll look better in person. It's just like I never liked how the current gen has the smiley face when it first came out but then when I got a m...

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Think this might be the real thing, waiting to see how the sedan looks. Most likely will be looking into the mazda3 for my next car lol

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Like Ethan said, I enjoy having a "rare" vehicle :cool:! Me too :D I've only just recently saw a 2nd gen silver GT parked at the mall, most I see are base models. I do see a lot of 1gen vibes tho, almost every day. 2nd gens are so rare here, especially the GT models...It's very nice to dr...

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I'm using the Covercraft sun shade fitted for the 09 vibes. I really like it and fits perfectly. I used to have the custom roll up ones for the vibe but it was annoying to roll and unroll it. This folding one makes it a lot easier to put up and take down. Had it for a few years now and it's still ho...

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I might go and remove the fuse too. I've placed a small piece of black electrical tape over the light ever since I bought the car. I forgot it was even there until I saw this thread lol

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Did you want the dark blue color just for looks? Because you know the light output is pretty bad right? If you want some 10,000K lights, you can probably check out http://www.hidnation.com/9006hidkits.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; the price seems pretty low. Crazy how...

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I've had the chain rubbing on metal sound once in a while when I start the car on a cool morning (40-50F) and I think it started a couple of years ago. It will only happen during winter time and never heard it in the summer. Of course, when I brought the car to the dealer, the car was already warmed...

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Welcome aboard and congrats on the car

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Is that white '92-'95 Civic sedan next to your blacked out Vibe part of the family? Headrests make it one of the earlier years, '92 or '93? Only reason I would notice... I have a '93 Civic Coupe EX in the garage. No idea what year it is, it's my neighbor's haha Btw few years back, on my maxima, I w...

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Painted the plastic thing on the roof, was fading and looked pretty ugly =/

Before

After

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I still prefer the chrome accents, but it does look pretty good ;)! I would have just painted all the honeycomb too to make it easier :P. lol yeah I should have painted the honeycomb too, probably next time, if I need to redo it or something. I think if I had a lighter color car I wouldn't want to ...

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Finished plasti dipping my grill, I actually spent more time masking the area around and the honeycomb than the actual painting lol I'm going to let it dry for a day or so before I wash my car. Was a fun weekend project. Tomorrow I'm going to plasti dip the rubber strip on the roof since it's been f...

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The bushwacker came today and so I stuck it onto my car :D Works fine and fits fine, can't really tell much on a black car. Covered up some scuffs in that area haha http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/lowincash/bushwacker1_zps244f4cf1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/lowincash/bushwacke...

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Welcome! Wow how many years did it take you to accumulate 370,XXX miles??? haha oh and have fun with the vibe

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So far I've only changed out the interior lights and reverse lights to LED, don't think I'm going to do the brake lights and turn signals anymore or any time soon =/ Yeah, I have decided to just stick with switching all the white lights (minus the headlights) to LEDs. We currently have them in the ...

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So far I've only changed out the interior lights and reverse lights to LED, don't think I'm going to do the brake lights and turn signals anymore or any time soon =/

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Just curious, I thought the 09 black is called Jet Black Metallic. When I searched the code 19U/WA546G it shows it's Black Mica. Think it'll match?

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My antenna came, very fast shipping. I thought it was shipped out from Hong Kong but it was shipped out from California, like 20 miles away from me.

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Welcome and enjoy the vibe, it's gonna last a while

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I haven't renewed mine since 2009. Ever since I started using Pandora I don't use XM radio or CDs anymore lol

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Cool I just bought one from the ebay link above. Been wanting to do this a long while back but getting to it now =]

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One of my recent additions to the interior...proclip mount for my phone =] Love this thing! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/lowincash/proclipvibe_zps5d9af5cb.jpg Finally got around changing out my interior lights to LED, also changed the reverse light to white LED but did not take a pic. http...

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I've had this issue since 2009 or 2010, it's been a long time and I've just lived with it. All this time I thought it was something with the dash hitting the windshield or something with the plastic covering around the wipers. I gave up trying to fix it. It wasn't until recently I read somewhere I t...

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ponta2147 wrote:It was the Matrix one. It is a sliiiiiiiightly different shape, but not enough to bother me, and it works great.

I just placed my order

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I know vibe and matrix share almost all their internal stuffs but the back bumper is the same shape too? I need to get one of these to cover up a few scratches from moving furnitures haha So I just order the matrix one then. *EDIT* just ordered it from autopartswarehouse.com for $50 plus free shippi...

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I don't think they have aftermarket headlights for the 09+ vibes =/ When I had the tsx projectors retrofitted I had to buy another set of OEM headlights from the dealer but I was able to resell the other one to another member who also did a retrofit. I've had my retrofit since 2009 and no problem he...

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Been MIA for a while but hey it's never too late right :D Ok I just woke up, here's some quick daytime pics, I'm going to take them off later, it's bubbling and peeling off. Looks so ghetto lol http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/lowincash/pontiac%20vibe%20gt/blackgtgrill7_zps5817908d.jpg http://...

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Well I finally did it :D Forgot about this project but I finally got around doing it. Actually it's just temporary, I only used electrical tape but just wanted to get an idea of how it'll look. I only taped up the front chrome and left the inner chrome as is so it still has some contrast. It was alr...

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I plan on getting the v-led 7443 LED bulbs for the back lights and they have two types. Does anyone know if the 2009+ vibes take standard or ck? This is the video of how to test it but I don't have that testing thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ONj-NJdjA" onclick="window.open(this.hre...

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If and when I change cars, I'm either getting the current model vw gti or the mazda3 hatch. I don't know if I want to get new again though. I might just get a used one, I don't really mind. But either way, I'm getting a hatchback/wagon again :D The vibe's my first hatchback/wagon and I really love i...

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Paid $4.379 for regular today, there's a gas station few blocks from my home that's $5.099 for regular, crazy lol

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I'm always low in cash =/

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Sadly gas is going up again, quite quickly too Last week I paid $3.79, today I paid $4.29 for regular gas

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Quote, originally posted by MrHatchWagon Â»I put it in that little compartment to the left of the steering wheel, below the hatch glass release button. I tried putting mine there but makes too much sound while driving lolI just put my coins in a small oakley sunglass holder pouch thing and just leav...

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My 09 GT's speedometer used to be about 5mph faster than my actual speed when going 30-80mph. My GPS will say I'm going 70 when I'm actually going 65. I then changed to some slightly wider tires and then the difference went down to about 2-3mph off.

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Quote, originally posted by tpollauf Â»Mine make noise from LACK OF DRIVING Especially if it is outdoors for a week or two (or more) and then I get to drive it. It sounds awful (surface rust from sitting) but it goes away after the fist few good stops After I wash my car the rotors will rust a bit a...

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Nice pics, no real winter here, in the 80's and super dry.

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I sold my Nikon D7000 a while back and now using a Sony NEX-7 with the Zeiss 24mm 1.8 and Tamron 18-200mm lens. I've just recently bought my very first manual lens, an old Minolta 58mm f1.4 lens and using it with an adaptor on my camera. This thing is so much fun to use and makes picture taking much...

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Well it's been really really really dry here lately. Today's humidity is at only 4-5% with temperatures in the 80's and my skin is as dry as sand paper lolMy brakes have been squealing whenever I come to a stop but when I went to get it checked out the mechanic says I still have about 10,000 miles l...

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Hope I don't have to worry about that since it rarely gets that cold here haha

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