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We had our hunting gear, along with 2 deer in the back....love the plastic, soooooeasy to clean!

Had to return a newborn baby bed and an electric swing to their original owners, move boxes of costumes for a show and carry around a baby chair while visiting my cousin. There is also some trunk junk and also, last but NOT least, the baby sitting on the seat that is still up. This is not "that" much, but I didn't had any struggles to fit all of this cumbersome stuff, I just stacked it in the back without thinking about a strategy to fit it all in (Tetrising, like I call it).

I love to fold down the seats and have all this wide open space!
I had a trip to New-Brunswick and had a lot of stuff, plus a roof cargo box. Gotta love traveling with a Vibe when you have a kid! The step right next to a Vibe is a mini-van.

Two floor jacks at once, and I've moved twice. The only things we couldn't load in the Vibe were large pieces of furniture, like the couch.

In this recent news article - Security guard at strip club robbed

... The strip club security guard said he stepped outside to take a smoke break and he saw a Pontiac Vibe pull into the parking lot about 11:58 p.m. on Wednesday. Two women and five men got out of the car....

I used to play in a band in Ottawa, and used my vibe to carry 3 dudes, a full drum kit, 3 guitars and their respective amps, as well as a load of odds and ends needed for our shows. Always impressive what the Vibe can handle!

Winter's a comin'.... time to load up!

I'd like to see a photo of the effect of that load on the rear suspension!

Mine's seen its fair share of loads too. I don't think I posted these - but this was last year on a dump run. I'm not sure what the weight was, but the guy in the truck beside me couldn't believe how much stuff kept coming out of there!
John

Dropped the rear by an inch or so.... that wood was wet as well...

Haulin this daily

I should have taken a picture with my cell, but whatever.

Today at work, we received (and had to move from the main building to my building) 22 laptops in their original boxes, plus 4 big boxes containing 5 laptop cases each, plus 2 cases out of the box, plus 4 boxes of mouses. The was me and my friend in the front.
They would nomally ship those laptops in cargo vans specially made for the internal delivery, but we decided to do it ourself, so we wouldn't have to wait.

The car was fully loaded, almost to the top. I expected that we might need a second trip, but we managed to fit everything!

*thumbs up*

Oh, I also forgot to tell about the time before.
I went on a bicycle trip with my GF and my baby boy, in its baby trailer. I went at my father, but a rainstorm started, and we didn't planned anyways to go back home on our bikes. So I had to figure out how to bring the bikes and trailer back.

I went alone at my father's and removed the baby seat. My dad didn't think 2 adult-sized mountain bikes plus a trailer would fit in the back of the Vibe, but we tried anyway.
The trailer has a hard palstic bucket for the floor, so it's not very foldable. It takes a lot of room in a car. I removed the 2 wheels to free some room.
Then, I removed the front wheel of each bikes and we tried to fit the bikes on top of the carrier, and it FITTED! Then we simply had to put the removed wheels on top where there was room for them. The rest I had to carry was on the front passenger seat.

My father was speechless. lol
(Mostly everyone stays speechless when they are proven the Vibe can Haul..!!!)

Now I have a bike rack, because it was a nightmare to bring back the bikes home in the back of the Vibe, it was very not ergonomic at all, bicycles are awkward to fit in a car, unless you remove both wheels and the handlebar.

Anyways, I managed to fit both bikes and a baby trailer. No pics, again..

We moved my spouses auto glass shop in June, using the Vibe and my 4x8 flatbed trailer. Loaded to the gills inside and hauling glass on the outside. lol.
I haul trash, recycling, hay, lumber, bricks, anything that'll fit inside.

My poor Vibe. Its a work horse, not a show pony.

deeg1 wrote:My poor Vibe. Its a work horse, not a show pony.

AMEN to that!

alex_nrv wrote:My father was speechless. lol
(Mostly everyone stays speechless when they are proven the Vibe can Haul..!!!)

Yeah, my coworkers, dad, and boss were all impressed that the floorjacks fit so well in my car. That and while I drove them to my parents', I had some guys in a truck stop at a light next to me, and they kept shooting me confused looks. It's not every day you see a tiny girl in a tiny car with two jacks riding in the back, I guess.

Here's MY contribution....hahaaaa
A friend needed this tree out of his yard, so I brought the Vibe and a chainsaw







I guess there IS a benefit to having all my seats pulled out

vibe truck ftw!

Mariachi wrote:vibe truck ftw!

yep, yep

Trucks are so overrated.

I seriously love this thread! Haha... people have called my Vibe a clown car many different times! Everything we built our cabin with was moved via the Vibe! (Over the course of a summer.)

I'm sure Home Depot is still talking about the woman who hauled a standard sized whirlpool bathtub in her Vibe. They told me to come back with a truck. I said it would fit. Attracted quite a crowd and side bets were placed. It fit! Just couldn't totally close the window - thank you bungie cord. Only regret was I didn't ask if the shower surround would also fit in. Had to go back to get that.

I've also hauled a leather reclining love seat in the vibe. That got a little crowded, but it worked.

A Psycho Martyr wrote:Here's MY contribution....hahaaaa
A friend needed this tree out of his yard, so I brought the Vibe and a chainsaw

Lol! that is crazy!

I was able to fit an 8ft ladder with the rear hatch closing! If the ladder was about an inch or two shorter it would have fit without touching the dash.

awesome.
Said, "forget the roof rack!" i guess?

A Psycho Martyr wrote:awesome.
Said, "forget the roof rack!" i guess?

Lol, right? Cross bars were off....wasn't planning to borrow the ladder either...

How was the clean up after the tree hauling?

as simple as vacuuming.
It was a breeze since those seats were out

nice work. Can I borrow your grill? Mine is acting up and the good folks at WalMart won't sell me a leftover grill because it is packed away in a cargo container behind a boat load of X-mas items. The manager told me to come back after the new year and he'll go pull me out one and charge me the clearance price marked prior to storing them away.

Fall 2012, I changed my tires for the winter ones, plus the ones on my GF's car. So I had to carry 8 tires and many miscellaneous stuff, like the baby seat (unattatched so I was able to get the seats full down), wrench, nuts, my work backpack, lunch bag and some shopping bags. Everything fitted extra well, the front seat was unoccupied. When all the seats are down in the Vibe, we can still put stuff at the feet of the rear passengers, there's still lot of room there!
So no problems there, I can haul everything I need to swap the tires on 2 cars at the same time.

been there.lol

Ive once fit 6 full size men into my 06 vibe. haha, not gonna lie. it looked like I bought lower springs when we were all in it. Also recently hauled a large (and heavy) leather couch about a month ago. it fit like a glove. haha, so glad i didnt have to strap it to the roof.

D4MN good job brother.

That's pretty impressive

Seats down, one of the roomiest little cars around. Unbelievable that someone actually moved a tree in their Vibe. That's gotta be a first! Who woulda thunk!

It's that time of year again, hauling band instruments for my Wife's schools. Baritones, French Horns, Trombones, Trumpets, Clarinets, Flutes and a Tenor Sax somewhere in there.

Ampeg 8x10 bass cabinet. 'Nuff said.

Groovyvibe wrote:Ampeg 8x10 bass cabinet. 'Nuff said.

Pics ,
or it didn't happen!

BMW fuel tank. Parts guy's face fell when I answered that no, I don't have a pickup, but I have a hatchback.

yeah, that look is always just priceless.
SO many times I've proved ppl wrong

Our Vibe, which we bought new can haul so much that 6 months after my wife and I gave it to our daughter for her senior year in college I found myself searching then buying a used second one. We love the second one as much as the first and three years later my daughter still loves hers!

3 sets of tires with hatch and glass closed. car was still easily drivable with nothing overhanging the passenger seat area.

lol...holy crap!
good job stuffing it all in there.

Bedlam wrote:3 sets of tires with hatch and glass closed. car was still easily drivable with nothing overhanging the passenger seat area.

This is cool! And nice "slicks" !
But I am "not amazed" because I knew this would fit in. I fitted 2 sets of tires mounted on rims while ONLY LOWERING the 2/3 seat and I left the 1/3 up since the babyseat was attached on the 1/3 part (and the baby was actually in the seat!). I also had miscellaneous stuff in between the tires here and there. (In the Fall of 2012, I DID detached the babyseat from the 1/3 seat and kept it in the cargo area, but in the Spring of 2013, I actually kept the babyseat attached to the seat since I had to drive with him).

The Vibe CAN Haul !!!

alex_nrv wrote:

Bedlam wrote:3 sets of tires with hatch and glass closed. car was still easily drivable with nothing overhanging the passenger seat area.

This is cool! And nice "slicks" !
But I am "not amazed" because I knew this would fit in. I fitted 2 sets of tires mounted on rims while ONLY LOWERING the 2/3 seat and I left the 1/3 up since the babyseat was attached on the 1/3 part (and the baby was actually in the seat!). I also had miscellaneous stuff in between the tires here and there. (In the Fall of 2012, I DID detached the babyseat from the 1/3 seat and kept it in the cargo area, but in the Spring of 2013, I actually kept the babyseat attached to the seat since I had to drive with him).

The Vibe CAN Haul !!!

size matters here

one set was 275/35R18's for the slicks. The other 2 sets were 275/40R20's for the Magnum. Vibe tires are one thing, the 20's eat up major space and use every last inch to get it done. Can honestly probably get 4 sets of vibe tires in the car with ease.

Bedlam wrote:size matters here

one set was 275/35R18's for the slicks. The other 2 sets were 275/40R20's for the Magnum. Vibe tires are one thing, the 20's eat up major space and use every last inch to get it done. Can honestly probably get 4 sets of vibe tires in the car with ease.

OH, yeah, of course! Sorry for misjudging! The picture doesn't really give credit to the size of the tires, but of course, 18 and 20 inches tires must take a LOT of space!
Nevertheless, great hauling

... A hauler! Fully assembled tow behind yard wagon, 20 gallons of motor oil, couple bags of garden fresh vegetables and other items for weekend trip. Just barely cleared the headliner



As a bonus, the back seat latches make a nice additional tie down point for securing a load.

I moved out to my college dorm Saturday, and managed to fit everything in my Vibe. I was actually moving things around so I would have aline-of-sight out the rear. If I wanted to I could have stuffed even more in!

A Cement Mixer...


All the stores near my brother were sold out, so picked one up close to me and made the trip. As mentioned by others, pulling up to the curb, the look on the guys face loading the mixer was priceless. Really like the cargo options available in this vehicle. Would have burned over twice the fuel had I used a truck.

Side note, after getting past the lackluster assembly instructions, the mixer made quick work pouring the new sidewalk

I bought my first house this summer and I will be moving from Oct. 12th to the 26th.
On the 26th, all the big things (oven, fridge, wash and dry machines, etc...) will be loaded in a big moving truck. But all the smaller things and boxes will be moved before the "big day".

I am SOOO GLAD that I have a VIBE to start moving "smaller" things! I will pack to the top everything I can (even stuff on the roof rack I bought used from a Matrix owner), maybe 1 or 2 trips per night or so. The move will be done smoothly, without any rush. Some boxes this day, some other boxes that day, coffee table and misc stuff this other day... And when the final day will happen, we won't be rushing to move several boxes PLUS the larger furnitures. Only furnitures and the "most important boxes" (the things I really can't move before I start living in the house).

The Vibe WILL Haul !!!!!

So my move from the apartment to the new house is a thing of the past! I did some great hauling with the Vibe and a medium size trailer.
Now, in the new nouse, I had to replace the electric water heater. The hardware store I prefer (Home Depot) is located in my birth city, which is 20 minutes away from the city I moved in. Since I was in my birth city for some other shopping, I wanted to see if I could find a decent priced water heater... and since I was there, I didn't knew if I could load it right away in the Vibe... My wife and kid were with me, so I couldn't lower the front seat and couldn't lower the rear 1/3 seat (behind the driver).

So I went in the store and found a water heater, 40 gallons (a 60 gallons wouldn't have fitted with the hatch closed anyways). I went back to the car, opened the hatch and SURPRISE...! I forgot I had a lot of other stuff in the trunk... A small foldable stroller, a small foldable playpen, a baby booster for the dinning table and some other miscellaneous stuff here and there (annoying but stackable anywhere). So I started lowering the 2/3 seat and stacking the stuff here and there so I could free some room for the water heater box.

In the end, everything went smooth! It FITTED. I was a little bit scared at first but I had hope it would fit... or I would have had it TO FIT!

A couple years ago, I hacked up the downspout to install a diverter for a rain barrel. The diverter broke over the winter and started leaking right before the polar vortex, so I had to remove it and rig up a piece of flexible downspout to bridge the gap until better weather where I could replace the whole piece.

Today, we picked up a 10' section of downspout. The liftgate glass and fold down passenger seat were quite handy. It was almost to the dash and didn't stick out the rear window very far. .



This would have been epic fail in my little tin can Sonic. So glad to have this ol' Vibe in the fleet.

New house, I now have a yard. Having a yard of my own gives me the opportunity to have a little fireplace outside... BUT I needed wood to burn. I went to a local wood seller and bought a half-cord of logs. When I arrived, he asked me how many logs I wanted... When I told him half a cord, he looked at the car and said: "Are you sure you can fit that in your car? You might have to do several travels!"... So I told him that I was sure it would fit.
So I started loading the car, lowering the 2/3 seat, leaving the 1/3 up with the baby seat installed. It all fitted cleanly! I didn't even bother to "properly" pack the logs carefuly, knowing there would be enough room. If I would have taken the time to optimize the space and lower the 1/3 seat and the front passenger seat, I could have fitted a full cord of wood in that car. With the 1/2 cord, the rear suspension was lowered the most I've seen on my car since I have it, but it was still very drivable and even in potholes, the suspension would still work like it should (at 40-50 km/h).

alex_nrv wrote:"Are you sure you can fit that in your car? You might have to do several travels!"... So I told him that I was sure it would fit.

NICE !!! Plus it probably smelled pretty good during your travels! Love the smell of fresh cut hardwoods.