KITT222 wrote:Well... quite a story. Not my Vibe, but remember Applejuice?
Construction in a local primary route has been, I'm not kidding, (removed). Absolutely terrible. Reduced to one-lane, mile-long bottlenecks, and very dangerous conditions. Speed limit is 55mph, not reduced at all for construction, two points of exit past the Point of No Return, and sudden stops. This time the odds collapsed.
Applejuice was going home with his brother, and had to stop suddenly in the middle of an intersection to avoid hitting the guy in front of him. Unfortunately, the girl behind him didn't react quick enough, and BOOM! Rear-end collision. He parked by the median, expecting the worse. Her car, a Ford Taurus of the '06 vintage (dime-a-dozen high schoolers car) was done. Totalled. Coolant was everywhere, and the airbags had gone off. By pure coincidence, I drove upon this at the opportune time. His Vibe slowly revealed itself, and all I did was say "not again..." I was in the left-turn lane, and the accident happened in the left lane. He walked over as I stopped for the yellow light. So I parked, and walked across the road to help out. The girl who hit him was very shaken up. All at the scene tried to help her out. All got sorted, and her car got towed away.
As for the Vibe... there's nothing. No, really, zero identifiable structural damage. The rear bumper cover is thrashed (Taurus bumper bolts are embedded in the plastic) and he needs a new revers lamp for the lens cover, but there is no real damage to his car. I checked under the bumper, behind it, and the sides. I can't say there is anything wrong. Just a scuffed hatch and ruined cover. To be honest, I'm amazed. Nobody hurt, no damage to the Vibe, and the girl is doing a-okay last I saw her.
I trust my Vibe. I trust her a lot.
Oh, and, uh, I tried cleaning my Dryflow air filter before work, but it wasn't dry enough thirty minutes before I left, so I quickly re-installed my airbox (sans snorkel). It sounds deeper now. Slightly better MPGs, but that may just be the route I took to work. I'm eager to test this out, because chances are I'll have the airbox in for the winter. Maybe I should just leave it in until spring.
Wow! Glad to hear everyone was okay. That is absolutely amazing that the Vibe only received cosmetic damage and yet the Taurus was totaled
. Have your Vibe goodies arrived yet?
I discovered the other day that the one in-channel section of my front driver's side WeatherTech window deflector was broken and consequently, the window glass was getting hung up on it when I would close the window. This past Wednesday, I emailed the lady (Lisa Lucier) I had placed my order with in person at the WT store and told her the issue. I asked if it was covered under their warranty. She replied back the next day (Thursday) and said she was sorry to hear about the issue and that it was indeed covered under the warranty. She asked if I wanted to come into the store and pick up a new one or if I wanted her to ship it to me. I told her I wouldn't be in the area anytime soon, so shipping it would be the best option. She also offered to install it for me if I went to the store which I thought was pretty neat. Yesterday (Friday) I received an email from FedEx with a tracking number for the new deflector. It was set to arrive today (Saturday). At most I was expecting a front pair of deflectors, but no... they sent me an entire set, front and rear. All I needed was the front driver's side. So, since I have these "extras" now, the rear ones will be going on my mom's Vibe and I will be ordering a front set for her Vibe as well. This is awesome as it will save me about $50.00 over buying the full set. I couldn't be happier with WeatherTech's customer service. I highly recommend them! This evening I popped the broken one out and installed the new one. No more hung up glass! I'm a happy camper
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Oh, and while my mom, grandma and I were out and about today in my Vibe in the Plainfield/Joliet, IL area, we saw 4 or 5 Vibes and with the exception of one 1st gen two-tone Frosty, they were all Neptune
! One was a 2nd gen Base Model and the rest were all 1st gens. Because my mom and I are always pointing out Vibes when my grandma's in the car, she is now pointing them out too! She's pretty darn good at correctly identifying them too
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