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vibenvy wrote:My Vibe turned over 50,000 miles today!

Something told me that your Vibe was within a day or so of hitting the same mileage milestone as your moms. Here's to another 50k miles & more to both of you

tpollauf wrote:Something told me that your Vibe was within a day or so of hitting the same mileage milestone as your moms. Here's to another 50k miles & more to both of you

Yep, our mileage stays pretty close since we switch off which Vibe we take when go run errands or whatever.

100,000 miles should come around sometime in 2019 at our current pace .

On a bit of a side note, my dad's 2001 s10 turned over 300,000 miles last week! He's had it since the fall of 2000 when he got it brand new. No major repairs and fed conventional Penzoil just like the Vibes get. My parents and I have a pretty long history of getting brand new vehicles and getting above average mileage out of them without any major issues. I have no doubts the Vibes will carry on this tradition with ease!

Almost up to 20,000 miles. I think I'm piling up more miles on my bicycles these last three years than on the car. That little '08 is still like new. Holding up extremely well, too.

My old aluminum road bicycle is approaching 10,000 miles, since new in '06, will be over that mark by mid June or sooner if the weather ever gets better up here in Southern Maine. Cool and wet now. Maybe have 2,700-3,000 miles (must estimate due to computer odometer glitch) on the mountain bike in the last three of years and about 1,800 miles on the carbon road bike in that same time frame.

I encountered this the other day

KITT222 wrote:I encountered this the other day

I just passed this myself.

KITT222 wrote:I encountered this the other day

I was bummed a couple years ago when mine hit "12345" miles. Didn't have my camera with me and was on I-75 at the time. I'll be ready for the next sequential series which will be "23456" in a couple years

KITT222 wrote:I encountered this the other day

wow! straight flush!

i'm at around 246k right now. still running relatively well, at around 30mpg. a little more worse for the wear on the body, and replacing the charcoal canister/valves so its emissions ready

glad to see these vibes still going strong

I just hot 127k on my 2005.
Thing still drives perfect. Mechanics said I have another 200k on her, easily.

ok seriously, this just happened a block away from home last nite.



i guess i typed '246' instead of '249' in my previous post.

Just turned 80,000 miles on my 2010 Vibe......not a repair yet...knock on wood!

I'm going on 92,000 miles with my '07. Had it going on 4 months and have put nearly 7,000 on it.

Well, my Vibe is now five years plus a couple months old and is all the way up to 10,668 miles. Eat your hearts out.

Got a question for you: I stuck to the Owner's Manual while it was under warranty, but now that it isn't I've decided to go six months between oil changes. As little driving as I do, it doesn't make sense to me to even change it that often. How would you handle this were you in my shoes? Thanks guys and gals!

150,210 total
276 of them put on by me
owned it 8 days

Houston wrote:Well, my Vibe is now five years plus a couple months old and is all the way up to 10,668 miles. Eat your hearts out.

Got a question for you: I stuck to the Owner's Manual while it was under warranty, but now that it isn't I've decided to go six months between oil changes. As little driving as I do, it doesn't make sense to me to even change it that often. How would you handle this were you in my shoes? Thanks guys and gals!

Here's what I was told and suggested by the Blackstone folks who do oil analysis. At MAXIMUM, regardless of mileage, change the oil every TWO years. If you running on synthetic then you have a little bit of cush and added protection. Surprisingly when I changed the oil in my 22 yr old F-150 which went 7 years between oil changes (6700 miles on conventional oil) there was minor internal wear present from the sample. My 2009 Vibe only has 3100 miles since the last oil change BUT 17 months of time. I will change it this fall before winter if it looks like it will see winter driving. Otherwise next spring for sure which will be the two year interval.

tpollauf wrote:Here's what I was told and suggested by the Blackstone folks who do oil analysis. At MAXIMUM, regardless of mileage, change the oil every TWO years. If you running on synthetic then you have a little bit of cush and added protection. Surprisingly when I changed the oil in my 22 yr old F-150 which went 7 years between oil changes (6700 miles on conventional oil) there was minor internal wear present from the sample. My 2009 Vibe only has 3100 miles since the last oil change BUT 17 months of time. I will change it this fall before winter if it looks like it will see winter driving. Otherwise next spring for sure which will be the two year interval.

Thanks for this information, tpollauf. That's probably what guys and gals with antique and classic cars do with their show cars that aren't driven hardly at all.

Both our Vibes turned over 51,000 miles within the past week or so.

tpollauf wrote:

Houston wrote:Well, my Vibe is now five years plus a couple months old and is all the way up to 10,668 miles. Eat your hearts out.

Got a question for you: I stuck to the Owner's Manual while it was under warranty, but now that it isn't I've decided to go six months between oil changes. As little driving as I do, it doesn't make sense to me to even change it that often. How would you handle this were you in my shoes? Thanks guys and gals!

Here's what I was told and suggested by the Blackstone folks who do oil analysis. At MAXIMUM, regardless of mileage, change the oil every TWO years. If you running on synthetic then you have a little bit of cush and added protection. Surprisingly when I changed the oil in my 22 yr old F-150 which went 7 years between oil changes (6700 miles on conventional oil) there was minor internal wear present from the sample. My 2009 Vibe only has 3100 miles since the last oil change BUT 17 months of time. I will change it this fall before winter if it looks like it will see winter driving. Otherwise next spring for sure which will be the two year interval.

well put! i was about to say that there was an interview with some auto big wig who admitted that changing the oil 'every 3000 miles' was a way to sell more oil.... or something like that.

my o4 has over 250k miles on it. still running pretty strong. last oil change was about 7 months ago. and maybe 10 months before that. i just check the oil and level every so often, and if its still relatively clear and not low, everything's fine.

Just as a continual update, I just passed 219,000 miles on my 2009 Vibe GT. Hold steady, old girl!

musicmanmu wrote:Just as a continual update, I just passed 219,000 miles on my 2009 Vibe GT. Hold steady, old girl!

Woo hoo! Glad to hear she's still running strong!

My mom's Vibe turned over 52,000 miles this past Thursday! My Vibe turned over 52,000 miles just this morning!

vibenvy wrote:My mom's Vibe turned over 52,000 miles this past Thursday! My Vibe turned over 52,000 miles just this morning!

It's amazing how the two of you stay in sync with each other

THIS MANY

2005 base Vibe and just about to roll 222k miles.

Up to 124xxx here! Put about 35k miles on it since I got it in late 2011.

98,000 as of this morning.

As of today......



And thanks to a recent recall performed on the car for the PCM, it runs like it has less than half that mileage.

So, this happened this morning.

130,000 miles. Going for a tune-up Friday.

176K and counting. Its hard to beleive by Jan I will be around 180K. I just replaced a frozen caliper but this car still runs great !!! I have decided that I will keep the Vibe until it dies. Theres no reason NOT to. Cant go wrong with a Corolla drivetrain. I have babied it and it has given me nothin but love back

Just hit 152,000 tonight on my Lava 2004!

My mom's Vibe turned over 53,000 miles this past Thursday. Mine should turn over 53,000 miles tomorrow.

Just passed 225,000 miles this morning!

musicmanmu wrote:Just passed 225,000 miles this morning!

You are definitely leading the 2nd gen pack as far as miles go! I'm curious to see whether or not the odometer will stop (like the 1st gens) when you hit 299,999...

I just missed the even number........ 210,001 on the 03 GT.

vibenvy wrote:

musicmanmu wrote:Just passed 225,000 miles this morning!

You are definitely leading the 2nd gen pack as far as miles go! I'm curious to see whether or not the odometer will stop (like the 1st gens) when you hit 299,999...

If I can get to 300,000, I'll be a happy SOB! I will be sure to let you know.

As a side note guys, I know someone who has a Celica ( not sure if its a 1ZZ or 2ZZ engine ) that has 385K. Rest assure that our engines can hit 300K EASY

cptnsolo77 wrote:As a side note guys, I know someone who has a Celica ( not sure if its a 1ZZ or 2ZZ engine ) that has 385K. Rest assure that our engines can hit 300K EASY

I'm counting on that with my Vibe and my wife's Corolla, both with the 1ZZ. The Corolla hit 200K last year, but I'm not sure what it's up these days. Probably not more than 210K. It doesn't get the miles that it used to.

Well I haven't been on GenVibe in a long time, but I still have my '05 AWD (original owner). The odometer reads 86,668 now, but it's mainly pulling light duty these days (<50 miles/week, more once the snow flies). Other than regular oil changes, the only maintenance I've had to do is new tires (those OEM Goodyears sucked) and brake pads at ~50K miles. The car has never been into a shop or to the dealership; still has the original battery.

I'm thinking this will probably be the last year for the car...I'm ready to get something a little larger. I'm leaning towards a crew-cab Ram 4x4, but my wife is more enamored with the Durango, Acadia and Traverse. Being as we have a true need for AWD/4x4, the economical choice would be an Outback or Legacy (36/26 mpg...finally). Whatever it ends up being, the Vibe will be my trade-in.

C_V

PS: What ever happened to the guy who had close to 500K on his car? Is he still around? That'd be a great update...

Cougar Vibe wrote:PS: What ever happened to the guy who had close to 500K on his car? Is he still around? That'd be a great update...

I think you're referring to joejoev.

He made the following post in the "odometer stuck at 299,999 How to fix?" thread on 11.19.11...

joejoev wrote:As joatmon mentioned, SPECMO (specmo.com) in Madison Heights, MI offers calibration/repair services. They have a second location in Burton (near Flint). Assuming I make it that far, I may call upon them in a year or so to create an actual-mileage odometer when I lock up instrument panel #2. But I have another 83k to think aboot it. (That's right, kids! Do the math and you'll note I'm overdue to post the half million mile thread.)

According to his profile, he hasn't visited the site since 03.08.13.

His most recent post was the one partially quoted above on 11.19.11 .

An update would be great...

I'm getting 170,000 miles in the coming week

Hitting 115.000 very soon

Only took 4396 days, 22 hours, 37 minutes after the car rolled off the line at NUMMI...

My 2005 Vibe has rolled over 201,000 km's

Last week both our Vibes turned over 54,000 miles.

'07 base 137,xxx miles on her. Would go out and check but it's snowing, yuck.

My Vibe turned over 55,000 miles yesterday and my mom's turned over 55,000 miles today.

vibenvy wrote:My Vibe turned over 55,000 miles yesterday and my mom's turned over 55,000 miles today.

I say one of these days the two of you will turn over the EXACT mileage together at the exact time on the same road Looking forward to a snapshot of "55555" in another week or so! Nice synchronization there

tpollauf wrote:I say one of these days the two of you will turn over the EXACT mileage together at the exact time on the same road Looking forward to a snapshot of "55555" in another week or so! Nice synchronization there

I don't know about that Tim, but I will definitely try to remember to get pictures of 55,555. At the rate we're both going though, neither Vibe will hit that until well after the first of the year.

Hit 155,000 on my 2004 Lava last night! He will be ten years old (date I purchased him) on January 12!!!!!!!! Yes, he was made in 2004 and sat on the lot for months until I rescued him!!! (or he rescued me!!!!)

91K on my 03 GT