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by 180 Out
Sat Jul 17, 2021 7:42 am
Forum: Tech Info & Do-It-Yourself Info
Topic: Tail lights don't light with headlight switch, dash dimmer doesn't work
Replies: 5
Views: 3920

Re: Tail lights don't light with headlight switch, dash dimmer doesn't work

I am sorry to say that certain anomalous behaviors have returned to my tail light/dimmer switch functions. I am suspecting now that it is the Auto Light feature that is causing these problems, and that my installation of new tail light bulbs and my swapping of the tail light relay for the inverter r...
by 180 Out
Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:54 pm
Forum: Tech Info & Do-It-Yourself Info
Topic: Tail lights don't light with headlight switch, dash dimmer doesn't work
Replies: 5
Views: 3920

Tail lights don't light with headlight switch, dash dimmer doesn't work

I am sharing this post because I searched and searched to find the fix for this problem and never found the answer. I first noticed the problem when, during daylight driving, the dash lights would dim and the dimmer switch would become active. Eventually I realized that the running lights -- tail li...
by 180 Out
Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:16 am
Forum: The Vibe Lounge
Topic: How do you get the most mpg out of your vibe?
Replies: 11
Views: 3204

Re: How do you get the most mpg out of your vibe? (ktyure)

Anyone try "pulse and glide"? http://www.metrompg.com/posts/pulse-and-glide.htm"Pulse and glide works like this: let's say you're on a road where you want to go 60 km/h. Instead of driving along at a steady 60, you instead accelerate to 70 (that's the pulse), and then coast in neutral...
by 180 Out
Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:45 pm
Forum: Washing, Waxing, Cleaning
Topic: I love Turtle Wax Ice
Replies: 11
Views: 3205

I love Turtle Wax Ice

I'm a total newb here so I don't know how much discussion this Turtle Wax Ice has got in this forum. But I've been using it for almost two years and I swear by it. I just bought an '03 Vibe on Monday, silver with grey cladding, and today I gave it the full Ice treatment: the car wash product, the Li...
by 180 Out
Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:31 am
Forum: The Vibe Lounge
Topic: Hi, new member here.
Replies: 6
Views: 1531

Hi, new member here.

My wife and I bought an '03 last Monday, off a Craigslist ad. Silver paint, cladding, alloy wheels, roof rack, moonroof, single CD, auto. 87,000 miles, $5,000.The car has one issue: it starts to shake at about 75 mph. I expect this is an unbalanced wheel or an alignment problem, but any comments are...