Why Do you Love GenVibe?

ou.grizzly · Post by **ou.grizzly** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:12 am

Post your stories and reasons!

kostby · Post by **kostby** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:45 am

GenVibe is a wonderfully diverse, friendly, helpful, intelligent online community full of great people! The community thrives because of the great people who openly share their talents, gifts, knowledge and opinions on many topics, as well as their tears and laughter.GenVibe also happens to have tons of information and many people with specialized information about one of the community's common interests, the Pontiac Vibe and twin-under-the-skin, the Toyota Matrix.The demise of Pontiac and the Vibe, in no way diminish the greatness of GenVibe.Kirk OstbyProud to be a GenViber since January 2004

wyatt89 · Post by **wyatt89** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:50 am

It's one of the few car forums where anyone can get a simple, concise answer to their question. Oh and I don't have to read stuff like "yo son why u gettin on my **** fo havin 4 15"s bangin, i come beat you"

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:35 am

.....because you can talk about politics, other cars, dogs, babies, and anything else you want to talk about and folks don't get too bent out of shape when you don't agree with them.

bodhi_tree777 · Post by **bodhi_tree777** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:50 am

Quote, originally posted by Tubaryan12 Â».....because you can talk about politics, other cars, dogs, babies, and anything else you want to talk about and folks don't get too bent out of shape when you don't agree with them.this and I appreciate not being made to feel like an idiot any time I have a question

dinkers123 · Post by **dinkers123** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:54 am

Even though I haven't posted much here I've always liked the fact that when you have a question you get an answer. One of the things I really like is that there aren't a bunch of foul mouthed little punks on here discussing how much better there car is compared to the other.

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:17 am

This is my family that is NOT dysfunctional!

star_deceiver · Post by **star_deceiver** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:15 am

I like the fact that even the simplest questions get answered without any "wut da f** yu dnt no hau tu chng da ar fltr???? "Here's to sanity on the forums!!!!

Caretaker · Post by **Caretaker** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:13 am

I love the free beer!!

star_deceiver · Post by **star_deceiver** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:44 am

Quote, originally posted by Caretaker Â»I love the free beer!!You get free beer??? Where do I sign up???

06pvibe · Post by **06pvibe** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:48 am

Quote, originally posted by Tubaryan12 Â».....because you can talk about politics, other cars, dogs, babies, and anything else you want to talk about and folks don't get too bent out of shape when you don't agree with them.That about says it all, imo. That and the fact that it is a small, tightly knit online community... my favorite way to go. Quote, originally posted by Caretaker Â»I love the free beer!!You would. LOL LOL LOL!!!!

epcIII · Post by **epcIII** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:43 am

I'd have to agree with what everyone else has said. Also, there was a thread a few days ago about epic car fails with links to other forums, and after going through those forums I really appreciated how easy to use and clean looking genvibe.com is.I also remember thinking how cool it was to find this site when I first bought my car

lovemyraffe · Post by **lovemyraffe** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:21 am

Quote, originally posted by bodhi_tree777 Â»and I appreciate not being made to feel like an idiot any time I have a question Agreed!Quote, originally posted by HawaiiPontiacLover Â» This is my family that is NOT dysfunctional! But what if we want to be dysfunctional?

vibolista · Post by **vibolista** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:29 pm

Quote, originally posted by lovemyraffe Â»Agreed!But what if we want to be dysfunctional?I think if we did get free beer, we would become a little more dizzzfunksionnul. This is by far one of the best behaved forums around. It's a fun group (hey, we drive a car called Vibe!) and when anyone has a problem, its members seriously try to help out. What more could you ask for? Ok, maybe free beer.

Herb · Post by **Herb** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:12 pm

I think the people overall here are mature, helpful and fun.Reminds me of the times on how newsgroups were like before the internet became mainstream

tribalman · Post by **tribalman** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:29 pm

Quote, originally posted by HawaiiPontiacLover Â» This is my family that is NOT dysfunctional! you obviously don't know me. xDas for me: the wealth of knowledge that is here is amazing. plus you can mostly ask a question and get a response without getting a "use the search" 8 times with nothing else said.

bodhi_tree777 · Post by **bodhi_tree777** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:22 pm

Quote, originally posted by Caretaker Â»I love the free beer!!As I was scanning through this thread, I read that as free bear. I'd like a free bear.

Caretaker · Post by **Caretaker** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:48 pm

bodhi: you want a free bear; there's one over in Nemesis Park hibernating right now. I'd wait another 90 days before asking him to come out and join you for a free beer at the North End Tavern

djkeev · Post by **djkeev** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:43 pm

Love GenVibe?? Love is a very strong emotion and I'm not sure I'd use it to describe how I feel about a web site. There are very few things that I love and those things are mostly people in my life.Why do I come here often and participate? For many of the reasons already put forth. There is an acceptance and a very low level of judging done by the members here. You can be an absolute idiot and most of us will refrain from pointing that out to you. There is a healthy mix of owners as well, from those who don't know what end of a hammer to use and the professional mechanic as well as the entire spectrum in between.This is also a fairly active forum. Some auto forums are lucky to get even a couple of posts in a weeks time and after awhile it is time to stop going there for nothing changes.These cars are still new and trouble free so the repair aspect of this site is still in its infancy. As the years tick by and these cars are passed to the 2nd 3rd, 4th owners the site will change into an exchange of repair methods and where to source parts. The casual owners will have moved on to whatever the modern transportation offering of 2020 is.I doubt these cars will ever become collectibles that early pony cars are or Air cooled VW's have become.Seeing that my Vibe is my modern transportation it is doubtful that I'll be here in 2020, I am one of those who for practical reasons will be driving newer transportation offerings.Either that or I'll ditch all the newer stuff and rely on my classic Air Cooled VW's for primary transportation.......if gas is still available for the internal combustion engine in 2020!Dave

Houston · Post by **Houston** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:14 am

I enjoy visiting this site because of the friendly, helpful people. Several of you have helped me many times over the years. The Vibe is no longer built, but I hope and expect this site to be here for many years to come. For those of us who intend to keep our Vibes forever, we're going to need help with problems somewhere down the road.

KNINE · Post by **KNINE** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:19 am

Group hug.

vibolista · Post by **vibolista** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:46 am

Maybe we will all be talking about the tough old days of 2010 by 2020, when we had to mess around with gasoline powered engines, and the expense to run them, instead of the far more reliable electric motors that will probably be standard fare in our transportation modules. Or not. djkeev will probably still tinker with his museum quality Air Cooled VWs, but it's possible that the electric conversion in his Vibe is his pride and joy!

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 4:29 am

Quote, originally posted by lovemyraffe Â»But what if we want to be dysfunctional?Quote, originally posted by tribalman Â»you obviously don't know me. xD All right, all right...this is my family that is not dysfunctional-with the exception of a few...who probably ate a little too much paste and crayons when they were in preschool...and maybe still do... *cough*Raffe*cough*

lovemyraffe · Post by **lovemyraffe** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:51 am

Quote, originally posted by HawaiiPontiacLover Â» All right, all right...this is my family that is not dysfunctional-with the exception of a few...who probably ate a little too much paste and crayons when they were in preschool...and maybe still do... *cough*Raffe*cough* I've almost weaned myself off the paste. It's too damn tasty!

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:58 am

OK, must be those gold and silver crayons in the 164 box with sharpener...

tribalman · Post by **tribalman** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:07 pm

Quote, originally posted by HawaiiPontiacLover Â»...exception of a few...who probably ate a little too much paste and crayons when they were in preschool... just those tasty chips off the wall. yummy.

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:00 pm

oh, I see....and the lead paint from the monkey bars!

Herb · Post by **Herb** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:14 pm

Quote, originally posted by HawaiiPontiacLover Â»oh, I see....and the lead paint from the monkey bars! It's amazing we survived all that. Kids nowadays are so coddled!

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:07 pm

yep, we survived everything from asbestos, non-safety-tested toys, now-banned pesticides, Bisphenol-A and phthalates in our baby bottles...

tribalman · Post by **tribalman** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:27 pm

don't forget lawn jarts.

lovemyraffe · Post by **lovemyraffe** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:18 pm

Quote, originally posted by tribalman Â»don't forget lawn jarts. Hmmm...did you mean lawn farts or lawn darts?

djkeev · Post by **djkeev** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:26 pm

Quote, originally posted by lovemyraffe Â»Hmmm...did you mean lawn farts or lawn darts?Jarts were a brand name of lawn darts.

lovemyraffe · Post by **lovemyraffe** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:29 pm

Quote, originally posted by djkeev Â»Jarts were a brand name of lawn darts.I did not know there were jarts. I retract my previous statement.

ramenboy... · Post by **ramenboy...** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:45 am

Quote, originally posted by lovemyraffe Â»I did not know there were jarts. I retract my previous statement.i put a jart through my cousin's foot. we were all playing jarts and he didn't get ou of the way. true story.

cptnsolo77 · Post by **cptnsolo77** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:57 pm

LOL.......I see we have some children of the 70s??? Remember Kerbangers? They pulled them off the shelf cause kids were getting bruised on thier forearms (adults too)

keithvibe · Post by **keithvibe** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:27 pm

Quote, originally posted by cptnsolo77 Â»LOL.......I see we have some children of the 70s??? Remember Kerbangers? They pulled them off the shelf cause kids were getting bruised on thier forearms (adults too)I had a set made of glass.... then they found out that glass breaks so they started making them out of plastic. then to try to prevent injury they added those stupid plastic stems that held them in a fixed location.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:32 pm

I loved Jarts as a kid. Can't count how many times we almost got one stuck in our feet. Good times. Check this out: http://www.skooldays.com/categ...7.htm .....Anyways, back on topic... I have always said that I came here for the Vibe, I stay for the camaraderie. This is a great site and the fact that I keep seeing people saying what a great site this is, confirms that everyday. I am thankful there is one sane site that I visit to get rid of all the negative energy that a lot of other sites create just by visiting them. I always start my day with this site and it is the last one I visit at the end of the day as well. Thanks to all the wonderful members and mods who make this site great!

jkm311 · Post by **jkm311** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:04 am

GenVibe supported my decision to buy a Vibe in the first place. In more ways than one. Also, this is the first vehicle I have ever owned. From day one, this forum has helped me maintain and improve one of the biggest investments I have ever made.And there's something to be said for empowering a lot of us to work on these cars ourselves. Before this site, I used to gasp when I threw a code/CEL. Now each time I log on, I am less and less afraid to attempt a repair or upgrade. Nevermind how much money we save each other through advice, suggestions, items for sale, etc.Now, if there were more meets. I've never been to one!

06pvibe · Post by **06pvibe** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:19 am

Quote, originally posted by cptnsolo77 Â»LOL.......I see we have some children of the 70s??? Remember Kerbangers? They pulled them off the shelf cause kids were getting bruised on thier forearms (adults too)Quote, originally posted by keithvibe Â»I had a set made of glass.... then they found out that glass breaks so they started making them out of plastic. then to try to prevent injury they added those stupid plastic stems that held them in a fixed location. The plastic ones would become fatigued after a time, or if someone was really "gettin' down" with 'em they would shatter all to bits too. What a dangerous toy that was. I heard that was the reason they were taken off the market.

PHXLavaVibe · Post by **PHXLavaVibe** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:22 am

I would have to agree with everyone else so far. I would also like to add that one of the great things I have noticed is that even though some of us no longer have our Vibes we are still welcome to participate in this forum. I may not be very active on this site, but I do check in once or twice a day. I love to see what members are talking about. Just about all of my friends have moved away, joined the military or just lost contact...so I have come to appreciate this site and all its members. I may not have any friends close by, but with a couple clicks on my mouse I can socialize with a ton of people who have at least one thing in common with me...their love for cars!

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:01 am

Quote, originally posted by cptnsolo77 Â»LOL.......I see we have some children of the 70s??? Remember Kerbangers? They pulled them off the shelf cause kids were getting bruised on thier forearms (adults too)Yep. Had one of those. And green slime...came in a little garbage can looking container...looking back I wonder what kind of toxic materials THAT must've been...A psycho neighbor kid had a stretch armstrong...he pulled it apart one day and this gel stuff came out of it.

tribalman · Post by **tribalman** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:37 am

Quote, originally posted by cptnsolo77 Â»LOL.......I see we have some children of the 70s???actually, i'm not. i'm a kid of the mid eighties. i just know a lot of really really weird things. i love to study history. xDanother reason i love genvibe. the treads are ADD. we start on topic, dovetail, and come back to the topic. i think we need to start planning another epic meet to celebrate the forum. all members welcome. past and present, own a vibe and don't.

cptnsolo77 · Post by **cptnsolo77** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:03 am

Its almost like someone was sitting in a design studio & said "hey lets make a toy out of bolas, they will sell like hotcakes!!! "LOLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolas

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:04 am

pre 9/11 it was thought best to just do whatever the hijacker said. Post 9/11 it seems like the better approach is to resist as much as possible or die. but that's for hijacks. Not sure the best approach for threadjacks.

djkeev · Post by **djkeev** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:47 am

Quote, originally posted by joatmon Â»pre 9/11 it was thought best to just do whatever the hijacker said. Post 9/11 it seems like the better approach is to resist as much as possible or die. but that's for hijacks. Not sure the best approach for threadjacks. I think we beat him up and call him an idiot!!! We could shun him and pretend that everything he writes doesn't exist?Dave

boudini · Post by **boudini** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:11 am

cuz i had nowhere else to go!actually y'all are really knowledgeable and helpful for the posters on this site. very much appreciated.

ou.grizzly · Post by **ou.grizzly** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:28 am

A kindly bump!

audiovibe · Post by **audiovibe** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:42 am

The people make this a great forum!!!!This is one of the most mature forums I belong to, you don't have people saying an idea is stupid because they don't believe in it or like it. Normally if someone here does not agree with something they just don't comment.

Blueridge9 · Post by **Blueridge9** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:55 am

Quote, originally posted by Houston Â»I enjoy visiting this site because of the friendly, helpful people. Several of you have helped me many times over the years. The Vibe is no longer built, but I hope and expect this site to be here for many years to come. For those of us who intend to keep our Vibes forever, we're going to need help with problems somewhere down the road.x2

morbay · Post by **morbay** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:32 am

I like to come look at all the neat and cool mods that can be done to the vehicle that I can't afford. Plus, as was mentioned before I can ask a question and not be made to feel like an idiot.