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trtlflwrs · Post by **trtlflwrs** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:54 am

just wanted to say hi to all and scream about my new found love of pontiac bought my 2007 Vibe on this past friday the 13th... usually a lucky number of mine and so far i'm happy! had a blue (purple) 1997 civic hatch and loved it to pieces and when i started looking for a replacement earlier this year i quickly narrowed my search. not too much out there for us hatchback lovers that's not a sports coupe or an SUV! but MPG is a major concern for me and i was looking for something bigger but just as practical as my 40MPG civic... just hauled my first load of flower pots (don't ask) and filled my first tank in the vibe: 34MPG even after all the goosing then my dad (the wonderful mechanic that he is) found this site and was very happy, says he's going to e-mail me other Vibe/Pontiac forums/sites but is slow on the uptake. hehe.but for now i'm tooling around in my 5-speed, sun & sound, 16" alloy wheels, mono black Abyss Vibe! oh yeah, already added a metallic blue pinstripe... have to decide what else i can do that will fit into the budget... hmmm. i'll have to wait til it's clean again to catch a good pic of the pinstriping... those above were all taken the day of purchase

Mrizzle05 · Post by **Mrizzle05** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:58 am

NEWBIE.... GET EM!!!!!!Haha welcome to the site... youll love it here.If you have any questions, do a search and if you cant find it post up and well be glad to help.We pics

trtlflwrs · Post by **trtlflwrs** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:06 am

oh yeah... pics![IMG][/IMG]bear with me, i'm still getting used to this forum thing- hope this works, not sure how to post multiple pics but you guys get the idea, no mods yet

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Mrizzle05 · Post by **Mrizzle05** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:11 am

do you have a photobucket account? if you have a host for pics... you can copy the IMG tag and past a good # of them into your post.Most of us that are modded were stock at one point too. Looks nice... i love those side rockers!!!

ajflan · Post by **ajflan** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:22 am

Congrats! Good lookin Vibe!

ArcsVibe · Post by **ArcsVibe** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:45 am

Welcome to the family! Glad you joined us

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:28 am

Welcome! oh i love the car, all black monotone The only other sites i know of about our cars is http://www.matrixowners.com (matrix and vibe are the same car) other wise theres te corolla and celica sites too but they arent as nice as people here on genvibe

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:45 am

Welcome to GenVibe!Does trtlflwrs = Turtle Flowers = Chelone? This is the only Pontiac Vibe site you will ever need. (and it's basically the only one there is, so you really don't have a choice. haha)Your Vibe looks great! Get more pics with the pinstriping too.

nuvibe · Post by **nuvibe** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:19 am

Welcome to your new family and congrat's on the lucky 13 ride.... nuvibe

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:32 am

get em!!!Welcome to the site

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:51 am

Welcome! Good to see more Ohio in the house!

SuperSpeedWagon · Post by **SuperSpeedWagon** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:52 am

welcome to genvibe! the vibe is an awesome car lol i love mine any future mods, and dont forget to post more pix

slvrvibes · Post by **slvrvibes** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:01 am

Welcome to genvibe.

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:44 am

Welcome and congrats!!!!! Pontiac Enthusiasts unite! What a nice Vibe and awesome Dad!

keithvibe · Post by **keithvibe** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:14 am

WELCOME!!In the short time I have been here I have found the people friendly, helpful and not condecending great thing to find and hard to find on most forums. I hope, like me, you will find the trick little mods here to make a suttle but noticable statement in personalizing your new Vibe.

trtlflwrs · Post by **trtlflwrs** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:37 am

mrizz- thanks for photobucket idea! bluecrush- yes, it's turtle flowers, but it doesn't go any further than that... just something i've used since high school.THANKS to all for the welcomes and compliments!

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:50 pm

Nice Vibe and welcome to the site! 1 question, what is the light in the top right corner of your rpm gauge? Looks like it's probably the CEL, but I don't recall it being there before.

Mrizzle05 · Post by **Mrizzle05** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:55 pm

i think thats the engine light buddy.i dont know if yours is different then the newer ones

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:04 pm

Quote, originally posted by Mrizzle05 »i think thats the engine light buddy.i dont know if yours is different then the newer onesI think on the 03/04 models (not sure, don't have my car with me in BFE Oklahoma where I'm at right now, rode with my sister /cuz I'm cheap and my car SUX!), the CEL is next to the "RPM" on the gauge (near the center).

NascarXprt · Post by **NascarXprt** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:18 pm

Welcome! Hahaha my names cole and the car came from Cole.

Viberrrr · Post by **Viberrrr** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:36 pm

Welcome to this site. Some really great folks here and I've learned a ton in the short time I've hung around here. I even went to one of their rallies, and had a great time. I've always liked the look of other peoples BLACK cars.

jwalcik · Post by **jwalcik** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:17 am

welcome aboard! glad you're enjoying your new ride.

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:06 am

Welcome.

ToolGuy · Post by **ToolGuy** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:59 pm

Welcome to the site!

GrayFox · Post by **GrayFox** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:41 pm

Welcome to the site!

new05vibeowner · Post by **new05vibeowner** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:24 pm

Welcome fellow NE Ohioan!

ZubenElGenubi · Post by **ZubenElGenubi** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:23 am

Welcome to GenVibe!Chalk up another Abyss vibe! Nice pinstripe, too.Yer off to a good start...posted pics right out of the gate!

mathteacher'04vibe · Post by **mathteacher'04vibe** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:04 am

Welcome newcomer and fellow Ohioan. Cole Valley treat you right? I have bought parts there b/c they are the nearest Pontiac dealer, but FYI try toyota for most parts. That way you can save $ to do more mods. I have only had mine (actually my wife's) for 35 days and have since added short-ram air intake, exhaust, seat covers, silverstar headlight bulbs, Sony CD player, new rear speakers, and still going...wheels, subs, rear carpet, tint in the near future8}

trtlflwrs · Post by **trtlflwrs** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:49 am

thanks to all again! i've already found things on this site that are going to come in handy!mathteacher: YES Cole Valley was great to deal with... did most of the buying process over the phone b/c i don't live in the area (but it's still "home") and i had a crappy experience with the pontiac dealer closer to me (Toth Buick Pontiac )... but CV gets a & here's a shout out to all OHIOANS on this site- way more than i ever expected! we should see about meeting somewhere like some of the other vibers do... could prove interesting!

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:59 am

Turtle Flower

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trtlflwrs · Post by **trtlflwrs** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:37 am

interesting pic there DM... i'll award you a nifty-fifty for it! & thanks for thinking about me, hehe.

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:52 am

pardon me for asking, but what the sam hill is a nifty fifty?

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