I found a "tricked out" Vibe

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:09 am

This is the Jim Causley dealership demo, finally got pictures...

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Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:23 am

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Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:23 am

theres another view

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:23 am

That's pretty sweet, I like the body graphics on it.

meathead333 · Post by **meathead333** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:24 am

i think he has the same rims as me.

huy397 · Post by **huy397** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 5:26 am

Quote, originally posted by meathead333 Â» i think he has the same rims as me.Yeah, looks like a set of RS6 to me as well.I am saving $ for a set of those babies nex summer.

meathead333 · Post by **meathead333** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 7:04 am

mine were $125 a peice and an extra $85 a peice for tires thru discounttires.com

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 7:41 am

I want a set of Konig Glides, those are my dream wheels

cibomatto · Post by **cibomatto** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 7:49 am

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Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 7:58 am

edit delete what?

msmyer · Post by **msmyer** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 8:45 am

That is one BIG house!

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 9:59 am

HAHAHA If he thinks that is big he shouild take a cruise in Grosse Pointe down Jefferson blvd. Holy sh*t, now thos are some big a** houses....

Stang2Vibe · Post by **Stang2Vibe** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 2:58 pm

Then I must be living in the wrong state or something. Looks like Mr. Causely is living pretty darn well. I can't believe that you went up to his house and started snapping pics of his car! LOL!

Kari · Post by **Kari** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 9:46 pm

Boy, I'm living in the wrong area, too...around here, if you can buy a $500,000 house, you're rich...and I'm talking upper-upper here. Most people live in $100,000 houses, and some houses go for even less than that. Cost of living is real low...McDonald's extra value meals are still $2.99...etc.

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:12 pm

i hate the fact that that vibe is one of the most custom (besides special show vibes) vibe we have seen. all it has is the sport package, rims and some stickers. we need more crap!around here, you can have a pretty decent 3 bedroom, 12-1300 sq ft house built brand new for around $100k. for $500k in this area, you can have just about anything

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 11:18 pm

My mom's house is worth about $200,000 and it's a small ranch not more than 1200 square feet (cant find my floor plans dont know exactly)Yeah, we definately need to get on someone's back about making some new products...atleast some altezzas or maybe even headers or suspension systems...not just loewring springs. I do beleive that the Vibe in the pictures has the TRD exhaust and CAI because it sounds very very healthy and loud.I did feel kind of weird about taking pictures of someone else's car but I thought to myself: "hey this is a dealer demo, it's not really his, and it is meant for advertising purposes so I'll help advertise:)" He is not the dealer, I think the employees switch off every few weeks kind of like chrysler employees get Vipers for a week or two.

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:51 am

Quote, originally posted by silverawd26 Â»That really is not a big house for our area. That is pretty small or the average size house.The 500,000-1.5 mil dollar houses are big. if you are such a big baller like you claim in multiple posts, why don't you have your own vibe instead of your girlfriends? even better, why not an expensive car??

Kari · Post by **Kari** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 2:00 am

When did he says he was "big baller"? *is confused*

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 2:06 am

he never said big baller. just talks about his 'hood, household gross income, etc-edit- not trying to be a jerk, silver, just seems you were worried that someone actually made $100k (not unbelievable at all)

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:26 am

ok everyone, this has gone to IM, ignore my ignorance!*looking around, thinking about jabbing the bear with a stick*

Big_Red · Post by **Big_Red** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:50 am

Not bad...not bad at all.

Post by **NSimkins** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:53 am

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe Â»ok everyone, this has gone to IM, ignore my ignorance!Glad to see this has gone to IM - appreciate it.Back on topic, does anyone know of the mods that were done to this Vibe, other than what may be assumed by the stickers?

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:59 am

It doesn't look too bad, a little over the top for me though.The wheels I want are the Moda R6's on tirerack.com. But with rims and tires I am looking at about $1,100. A little to steep for me. I will stick with my alloys for now.

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 10:29 am

As you obviously can see what kind of tires it has, and the Einkei wheels. It without a doubt has TRD exhaust and CAi judging from the s0ound of it's engine. Probably has a front sway bar...since there arn't any other mods for the Vibe I'm going to gues that is all it has on it...besides the sport package. If I ever see the guy outside maybe I'll stop and ask him about it:) I've never seen any of them outside though.

Stang2Vibe · Post by **Stang2Vibe** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:58 pm

Being that it is a dealer demo, I would venture to say that the intent with that car was to create something as flashy as possible for the least amount of cash. They aren't keeping the thing around forever, after a year or two, it will be outdated for its' purposes. The car is meant to yell "look at me" and "come check out our dealership". So they put stickers and graphics all over it, put on a loud exhaust, and some "get me recognized" wheels.Don't get me wrong, it looks pretty cool and all, but I'd be willing to bet that it's not much faster than stock (if at all) and the handling is only increased by the greater abilities of the aftermarket wheels and tires. I doubt that this is any kind of long term project car--that's just impractical for a dealership.

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:38 pm

That's a good idea. I'll try to find it sometime his week after school.

savedbyzero · Post by **savedbyzero** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 11:51 pm

my opinion...ugly rice. could have done it nice and clean. sometimes dealerships get quite confused when they put together their own "project"

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 11:57 pm

keep in mind, "rice" sells. it is very trendy right now.

yank dini · Post by **yank dini** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 2:41 am

hey they stole my name!!!!!That's ok.... At least it's from the same dealership I got my Vibe from on a dealer trade...In the end mine will look better

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 3:50 am

If you had cropped that second picture to just show the vibe (which is what you wanted to highlight) then maybe we could have avoided that unpleasantness about income/house size etc, and also would have reduced amount of data to download from 300KB to a token 10KB

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Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:20 am

Heh, I'm not a computer wizz sorry. It all simply adds flavor to the environment right?

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:58 pm

while you're at it, go ahead and turn it into an animated gif so we can see it in motion.

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:15 am

(removed). Ill get right on that one.

Psychobroker · Post by **Psychobroker** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 6:28 am

That is one FUGLY Vibe

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:34 am

HEY! Us Pontiac-ians have minimal performance parts to work with here keep in mind

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