quote: "As for unique coloured cars....we should have gone out and bought ENVY. after all it is no longer made."I would have bought an Envy Vibe if one had been available, though I seem to be in the distinct minority tastewise. When I picked my Lava Vibe, it was the only 5-speed w/Moon &am...

Some (somewhat hardcore) suggestions:Get a Dead Kennedys sticker and put it smack dab in the middle of your rear window. If the local music store's out of DKs logos (since they disbanded in '85), a Misfits or Bad Brains logo will suffice.Carelessly recreate your favorite heavy metal band logo with W...

I got 389 miles out of one tank in one day during a Christmastime interstate trip, going between 70-80 mph with no A/C and traversing only moderate rolling hills. The temperature was in the 60s.

First of all, EddieC, welcome to GenVibe.com.I haven't had to pack my drumset in the Vibe yet, but when I bought the Vibe I definitely was thinking of it from a musical cargo point of view. On weekends I play bass, and only have to carry the hardshell bass case and assorted baggage. I fold down the ...

Hee hee... reading that again, I never said I BOUGHT one. It sounds like I "appropriated" hers for my own selfish purposes.

OK, you can laugh. My girlfriend has a red Mustang with a steering wheel cover that I always liked. I was surprised to find out that it's a Wal-Mart special for $6.99!!!! (I had assumed it would cost $20 - but, I know nothing about car parts).It's black with three sections of lusciously thick, soft,...

As a child of the Eighties and former Defender fan, I think of it as my hyperspace button

Thank you! I had no idea my presence was missed. I moved, and now get to drive 12-20 miles to work (depending on route) instead of the mere 2.1 miles I drove last year. In a good little car like the Vibe, I consider that a blessing. (Gives me some alone time with the CDs too).I might start posting a...

The same thing goes with the enhanced FM feature (participating stations send out song title and call letter info which will display on your Vibe's LED readout): there are no stations in Tampa which participate.

Even with the standard 5-speed, it's a tossup whether to use 4th or 5th in most situations. Sometimes I downshift to 4th during a long straightaway just to confirm that the engine is actually running Hey, it's hard to hear over that radio.

Thanks, folks. I see my faux whining paid off This is the kind of post I was looking for when thinking about whether or not to buy a Vibe. I had a 2000 GMC Jimmy SLS which I LOVED, and I could not conceive that the little Vibe car would come close to its cargo capacity.Well, I was wrong. You can put...

Oh my gosh - St. Pete. I live right across the bay, in Tampa.Not only is it well-nigh flat, it's also got the highest density of ugly strip malls, chain restaurants, car dealerships and traffic lights I've recently encountered.BUT I-275 gets a little bit twisty down toward the Coliseum and the Tierr...

I agree. I started coming here while considering my Vibe purchase, and was proud to join the ranks. Ultimately, this forum may have been responsible for my purchase, as I was specifically looking for owners with bad things to say about the quality of their car. The overwhelming positivity went a lon...

Well, as if I wasn't already convinced that the Vibe is practical, I am really singing its praises now. I just moved across town, took an interstate trip with my mom and my girlfriend for the holidays, and came back to finish the move. I am exhausted, but the Vibe showed no sign of slackin'.I packed...

Last night in a quiet parking garage, I was idling and putting in a CD before driving away. For the first time, I noticed a very audible hisssssss as soon as I put the CD in and before the music started. When the music came on, the quiet bits between drum hits were NOT filled with the hiss.I can onl...

While the Moon & Tunes system is louder, loud is very different from good, and I feel that they were trying to put one over on us. I'm hoping that a speaker replacement will help what is essentially an adequately powered, but non-artistically voiced, system.If you have time, could you attempt to...

I can confirm that, as opposed to Maxell (who has a bad reputation for CD-R and CD-RW quality), TDK CD-Rs have notably fewer disc errors when recording from live sources. By disc errors I mean the audible dropouts that appear randomly throughout the music. I recorded a live practice last night onto ...

NovaResource - as I've mentioned before, I am no car expert, but I know what I like - and that Nova looks sweeeeeet. Kudos!

Baltimore17,As the original claimant of the "turn signal halo effect," I'm sorry you're disappointed - perhaps it was enhanced through my own overactive imagination and probable Star Wars instrumentation wishes. I have a Lava Vibe, too, and for the first time I'm aware of how many red cars...

Definitely. I'm ordering the cargo net. I guess I could shop around, but I know this one will fit.

In that case, be sure to include "Do It 'Til You're Satisfied" (by the B.T. Express), which I consider a must in any funk collection.Can't go wrong with "Fantastic Voyage" or James Brown's "(removed) Machine" either!

Judas Priest - British Steel (remastered)(this was the CD I brought with me the night I took delivery. "Pounding the world... like a battering RAM!")After that, I played Dead Kennedys' "Plastic Surgery Disasters," then tested some homemade reggae tunes of mine (for bass response)...

This thread only serves to remind me that cars are NOT my area of expertise Signed, A Musician Who Really Loves Extended Warranties

I actually did read the manual (with usual lightning speed, molasses comprehension) and missed this item. I thought my hatch button didn't work, either. It's probably for the best that you have to hold it down really deliberately.

Sub-Vibe-R, I also found that my Vibe held nowhere near the amount of gas as my GMC Jimmy, but made it 20 miles farther on its first tank. The second tank did the same. The third tank took 299.9 miles to burn off, and the fourth did better! After driving that sluggish, gas-guzzling Jimmy for three y...

Not really a dream, per se, but a lasting daydream: I got out of my car this morning, after gently pulling it into a remote corner of my office's parking garage (a.k.a. Hall of Dings), and said to myself, "I LOVE this car." The content feeling of my purchase (not to mention no payments 'ti...

Yoda,I happened to pay attention to this, so I can actually answer: at 70mph on more or less flat Florida highways - and considering the 80-90 degree temperatures we've had up until today's 60-something - I am at about 2700-2800 RPM. When I go to 80mph, it's at about 3100-3200. It seems to me that f...

I took my Vibe to Marathon Key, FL, for a three-night gig at the Hurricane, and it did great loaded with music gear and luggage. The best part was the gas mileage. My first tank of gas in the Vibe (a few weeks ago) yielded about 196 miles - much better than about 180 in my 2002 GMC Jimmy, which had ...

I had just gotten my 5-speed after driving an automatic for 3 years, and I must admit my stick shift driving skill needed some rust removal. This kid next to me at a stoplight heard my rev my engine trying to get into first, and must have thought I wanted to race, because he peeled out ahead of me w...

So I took delivery on my Lava Vibe last night, and as I drove it down the interstate to my parents' house for a congratulatory dinner, I was digging the cool red display very much. I noticed that the silvery, circular gauge rings pick up glints of light from other cars, streetlights, anything and ca...

I just traded in a 2000 Jimmy SLS, so the SUV look of my grey cladding doesn't bother me at all (not to mention the practicality).

Hello, folks. I just got a Lava Vibe yesterday, but thanks to these forums, I'd been able to read actual driver feedback before buying. The predominance of customer satisfaction here went a long way toward sealing my decision!I wasn't aware of a shortage of Vibes - my dealership (James-Rivard Pontia...