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Bobtronique

You hit a sensible cord ArcsVibe!Hello again!I was trying to determine was should be the chance I will have to be at the meeting this weekend...J'ai bien le goÃ»t...I should say!This will be a good opportunity to show my new 'rocket'. I will confirm soon.

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Hello guys,Have you ever experience like a poping sound coming from the radio when you are starting your engine? Sometimes I forgot to close the radion before I turn off the engine. So, at startup this sound is occuring.It quite a loud sound and very short in time (the sound level is low when this h...

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I just bought 4 tires and wheels this week. I stopped my choice on Good Year winter Ultra Grip Ice. Wheels are stock from Toyota. I got good prices from my local Good Year Service Center. I paid $133.00 CAN + taxes per tire. Wheels were $57.95 CAN + taxes each.I don't know actual performance. But a ...

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I just hope rain will stop before the meeting...I'll be there with my heart.

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Hello everyone!I have to decline for the meet this weekend. I won't be able to meet you guys We have to prepare the birthday party of my little daughter.I'm disappointed, but, I can still have discussion with you all via this forum. I'll be in touch with you for the next Genvibe Meeting!Aurevoir!

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Yes, you're right probably!

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I know, I know! But who asked the question first?

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That's bad for all of us because this increase in the gas price has the bad effect to increase the price for all the services we are paying for too.This will lead the country and neighbour contry in the bankrup...And it will not cease tomorrow. Gas will go up, and up, and up again!I do not want to b...

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Agreed!

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Not agree with you...It is legal if you leave a sticker on the door pillar that is showing mileage of the old odometer.

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Please, read this:http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=1827...And welcome to GenVibe. You'll not be disappointed. It's full of info around here and full of interresting peoples too.If you want to look for something in particular, use SEARCH function.It help a lot.Hope we will cross threads some d...

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Yes it is! Thefts are not rare around here. I've been lucky until now. But, the equation could change a little bit right now since my new car is very popular.He! Mavrik, where have you been relocated...Somewhere around Mojave Desert???

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Yes it is scarying!When I got that news from my friend I became sad. His son likes so much his Matrix. What can be more frustrating than losing what you share the most in your life...What ever if it comes from an deliberate action or by the action of a fire...Stealers are not using full platform, bu...

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Many thanks for the encouragment guys!

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That not my case...Can I say that!My car is a used one. I won't have that chance. But debadging is so simple task to perform. Badges will continue to rust...In the carbadge bucket.

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Very good idea ArcsVibe! But my car is still not accessible yet My Rocket will stay in my parking lot eventually. But SAAQ is still requiring the car for inspection which is not done yet unfortunately.For those who are not familiar with Quebec law: A car which is considered as a totally scrap vehicu...

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An other possibility is existing. Pontiac could decide to use an other substrat for their badges. I will see with mine. No choice anyway!

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Strange...Isn't it? Plastic won't corrode like that. I'm doubting very much they are made of plastic. Anyway...They will be removed....Debadging is a nice solution.

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This is a good idea too! Thanks Scherry!I went to their website and found very nice suggestions. They have nice replacment overlays. And they are not very expensive too!... Mmmm!Could give a new face to my Rocket...Interresting!

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Yes, it is a very good idea to debadge everything. I read those discussion threads before and it is very easy to do so effectively.

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I'm surprise to hear from you that these badges are made of plastic!They looks like brass (watch green-greyished corrosion) so much with a nickel plating... I was considering removing-painting them and/or debadging totally...I do know yet!

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On the first look, my new used car has a great appearance. After some picky inspection around it I found some ugly artefacts on the badges only after I scratched the badges with my nail. No rust at all on the body. Only on the badges...This the first time I saw badges in that condition (see attached...

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A friend told me his son got is 2004 Matrix stolen a week ago. They were on their way by walk to go to work around 10 o'clock in the morning. At the moment they reach their parking (on the street) the car was not threre anymore...When they called the police department around 10h30, the policeman say...

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Welcome at Genvibe!I hope you will enjoy your new Rocket! You have made a good choice especially because of rising price of gas. Good pleasures!

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Yes, I know a place where you can find such tools to measure kind of parameters. It is not at Canadian Tire...You probably heard something about its existance around Blainville (Quebec). They are naming their test facilities PMG Technologies. They are managing old Transport Canada buildings and acti...

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Well, well, well! Total first light for the new paint...Almost...Remains to do:Inside wheel opening to installSecond Falken Azenis to balance & install on driver sideTires RotationNew splashgards installationOil and filter changeFront passenger seat cushion to repairFull carpets and seats cleanu...

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Here is the new front wings

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You bet Flipe!With those you are pratically alone when you hang up the phone. No morespywares and viruses at all. That's goood!

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You'll see, my own profil is not as aerodynamic as the Vibe is...But thisrocket will make me as fast as those airplanes that passed first the 80km/hbarrier at the begining of this century...

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For me, It's okay for the Julep.Hope I'll come with my "new" Rocket and not with my Escort...See you!

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Have you ever heard about "War of Worlds"... I'm sorry, I did not have any solution for you! Apparently, our networkis working fine right here.

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Yah! I heard about it.Sorry for all that suffer trouble with their paint flacking everywhere.But, my rocket will pass sound barrier without loosing any paint pigment...Goooood!Did you had that problem before?

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Thanks Mavrik!They checked ABS and run as it should.I think taking a sligth cut is the solution too.Will see what happen next.Aurevoir!

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Car is taking shape you know. Panels will be assemble definitively next Monday. Right now, they are drying all the weekend.Car will be inspected by a federal organism soon.After that step, some action will be taken to exchange my old Ford Escort wagon 1998 with this new rocket.I cannot wait more lon...

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...And just after panels adjustment before disassembling for a new paint...

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...And after some repairs...

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I bought this car a month ago.Don't beleive what you are seeing right now, it's just an illusion...Butlook how repair is going.

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Sorry for the delay!Yes. I'm speaking about the rotor surface itself.Unfortunately, I looked at all picture I took from the car during body repair.The pictures are not showing enough details. When I touch the rotor surface with a finger, it feel very rough you know.One person told me that if a car i...

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You see when a filter is completely useless when you have pratically no ligth coming through it...Like you do with an engine filter.Material used to produce these filters are similar to the one I have in my handy vaccum cleaner made by Black & Decker. I never bought replacement filter for it sin...

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It's normal to hear some noises after the filter replacement. All durt remains on the top of it during usage. At the moment you remove it, filter has to pass through a narrow slit. Some debris coulb be wiped into the fan opening while you are doing that manoeuver. Unfortunately, those debris are dif...

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I bought a Vibe GT 2003 recently. This car suffer a crash. Nothing important has been damaged by chance. Damage parts were cosmetic pratically. Main parts not touched by luck. One question remains: I don't know how much long the car remains parked in the snow during the last winter season. All braki...

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Hope I'll be there with all of you guys.Fix the exact time and I'll see!See you then..!

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That's the same for me. My old Ford Escort '98 never gives me any problemlower than -25Â°C. I normally think to plug the heater when temperature isshowing a tendancy to remain at the same level for more than 2 days. Andwhen this happen, I heat the engine half an hour every hour until soon in the mor...

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I also use a battery heater normally.

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I just heard a minute ago that the gas price should rise to $1.50CAN before the end of the weekend...Speculation, speculation..!

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Got a discussion with my wife about gas price explosion.There's nothing we could do really! As a lot of peoples says in the past, we have to be moderate during our transport trip: Planning direction, be gentle on the pedal, keep tire well inflated, exchange air filter and oil filter regularely, keep...

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In Montreal tonight, gas prices were oscillating between $1.154 and $1.349 CAN. Gas does a 20 cent bounce after Katrina hurricane. They were talking a month ago about an increasing of the gas price that was suppose to climb to $1.20 max for next chrismas period...They were under estimate gas market ...

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Thank you ArcsVibe!I found this site very interresting and full of details. And by the way, it's the first time in my life I'm discussing car related subjects on the net.It is very special. First of all, when you think you buy the best car based on your searches to find something not very expensive ...

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Yes, probably. Some codes in my table doesn't appear in the reference list. Anyway, it gives me a good idea of what I have right now.

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Yeah! you're right... I'm a little bit confuse and shinny! Oups!Thank you for the reply!

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