I am in the process of deciding between a Vibe or Matrix. While researching on Edmunds.com I found there is a huge difference in costs of maintaining a Vibe vs. Matirx. Over 5 year period there's a $1,700 difference. Here's the link - http://www.edmunds.com/maintenance/MaintenanceServlet Does anyone...

I couldn't find a picture of the Protege5 spare tire subwoofer, but I found something similar on a Beetle forum - http://forums.newbeetle.org/showthread. ... =9104Maybe they will design one for the Vibe soon. It seems a little high priced though!

Mazda seems to have a great idea of installing a 100 watt subwoofer under the cargo floor in the spare tire wheel well. Has anyone tried this in the vibe/matrix? Does anyone have an opinion on this? Would the Vibe plastic floor muffle the sound too bad? The Mazda subwoofer is not the very best on th...