IM a NEWBIE!

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CAMOGIRL
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IM a NEWBIE!

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Hi!My name is Alicia and I officially became a Vibe owner on Feb 1. I have wanted one for a long time, and had specifics that I wanted, and finally got one! YAY! It's a 2003 with most of the bells and whistles. I plan on driving it stock for the next 2 years because I am headed back to school full time, and after that I want to start with the mods. YAY!ANyway, HI and looking forward to chattin!

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Grats on the new Vibe.
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Post by silverbullet »

Welcome to the club. And well see if you can wait two years for any modding. I told myself I wouldn't do anything until I paid it off. Well that won't happen till this summer but I've already done some small things inexpensive things I could get my hands on. As we speak I am putting decals on in the warm garage. Good luck with the vibe hope it lasts you forever
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Congrats on the purchase and WELCOME to GenVibe Fill us in on details soon (color, mileage,etc.) so we can help guide you through your new ownership smoothly. Again WELCOME !!!!!!!
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Congrats on the Vibe, Alicia! Welcome to GenVibe! Good luck with waiting 2 years to mod it.
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OK, I guess I'll need a photo hosting to post pics in here? I added an attachment for now of the day I brought it home.as far as not doing any mods... IKNOWRITE?! We will see how finances go, I'll be itching, especially since my carpool buddy and best friend is finally tricking out her Civic. First thing I would do is take off that OOOGIE (no offence) gray plastic and replace with some kind of body color kit. Already has the alloys or that would be the first thing. Here's the specifics:03 automatic transjust rolled it onto 94k mileswas a one owner and belonged to the owner of the dealershippower pkgmoon & tunes pkg16" alloys1.8 ltr L4 engineLava-outside/graphite-insideI dont know how much is standard and what is not, but it's pretty cool I got all this info from the original window sticker One question I have ... do these babies have a timing belt, or a chain? With the mileage if its a belt, I need to get it in ASAP. AND thanks for the warm welcome! I'll be around alot
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A lot of us use Photobucket for hosting pics.We have a timing chain in our engines.Looks Good!
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welcome
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Welcome and congrats!
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timing CHAIN BTW, surfing around, that OOGIE plastic looks pretty seksi with some of these additions you guys have done!Ihave a photobucket now so when I wash it up after the snow melts I'll post some new pics.
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Post by Kincaid »

The pic looks great! Car is not bad either.Welcome!
1997 Civic EX sedan w/auto trans2001 Accord EX sedan w/5-spd manual2009 Vibe 2.4L w/5-spd manual, sunroof, monsoon, GT spoiler, Magnaflow muffler and rolled SS tip, lowered on H-Tech springs, window tint, debadged (save the red arrow!).
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Welcome to GenVibe! You picked the best color!
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wow, the only other 2 tone lava red 03 i've seen! haha the mod bug will bite you soon... first thing i did was new clutch last summer.
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I WISH mine was a GT, that's the only thing I didnt get that I wanted, I wanted that 6spd so bad! Oh well, this was a deal I couldn't pass up!
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Welcome to GenVibe i'm a noob here to in fact we should start a noob club :D
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Hi !
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congrats, and welcome.'03 was a fine year :-)
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I definitely wanted an 03 or 04 because that was the body style I liked the best
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Welcome to the family!!! You'll have a blast here
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Welcome! i miss my 04 and i too wanted a GT when i was lookin for a replacement for my 04.a mod i should suggest to you which is very inexpensive, is take a look at http://www.grafxwerks.com for some of the decal overlays for the Vibe and help make it look even better.
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Welcome to GenVibe, Alicia!
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Welcome to the club! The female members are taking over the board (bwahahahaha)! Yeah, I held out almost a year and a half before my first mod. Had an accident, needed a new hood and it all spiraled from there
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Post by CAMOGIRL »

THANKS again for all the warm wishes! I can tell I am going to love it here! #1- NascarXprt.. some of those are pretty cool! Regular vinyl graphics though will come from my besties at the Moonlight Workshop who make me anything I please at the drop of a hat #2- Diablo... THAT is a VIBE now, I LOVE black on black
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Hi Welcome!I'm new, too!I had a good friend in MN. She moved this past early fall. I'll be interested to hear about how your vibe handles the subzero temps!Good luck!-Anna
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Post by A Psycho Martyr »

Quote, originally posted by CAMOGIRL »I definitely wanted an 03 or 04 because that was the body style I liked the best People...we have a keeper!!!you're right...the 03-04 does look best!
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LOL! I like the sharper edges over the rounded ones on newer models.BTW, is your car lowered at all? those humongo rims look sweet on it!
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