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I just got my new vibe this afternoon. I leased a beautiful neptune Vibe. Nothing special in it, just the power package, but man, was it cheap! I traded in my 99 cougar to get it, and I like the Vibe much better. The seat comfort alone was worth it!My only pet peeves about the car are the automatic headlight feature, and the wimpy horn. My friends ridiculed me after I sounded it. I also don't like how there's a very noticable radiator hose visible when you look at the front of the car, but what are you going to do? I can't wait until summer to see how many bikes I can stuff in it.

Welcome to the forums. There is a total of 62 Michigan members now and if you do a search in the forums you will find most of your answers. BTW, did you get a base or the GT?

I got the Base Vibe.

I just replaced the horn with a 'normal' sounding low note horn from Framm. 130 decibels. Nothing grand but much better sounding. Easy to do, only took me 15 minutes. And yeah, the auto headlights can be wimpy since they turn on my headlights and dim my instrument panel making it hard to see just because the sensor is in the shade on a bright shining day.

Congrats on the new Vibe, and welcome to the forum!Browse and Search around the forums and you should find alot of topics on the pet peeves you are having, plus others, with some good suggestions.

quote:And yeah, the auto headlights can be wimpy since they turn on my headlights and dim my instrument panel making it hard to see just because the sensor is in the shade on a bright shining day.Hey fast eddie, welcome to the gang...i've been a member for a few days, i feel like i get to say that ...anyway with your lights, if you look to the left of your steering wheel there'll be a dial that says something like "interior lights" or something like that...and there's an on, off, a big thick bar and then a bunch of increasingly smaller bars...if you set the dial on the big thick bar just under the on/off position, it'll keep your instruments at the same lighting (it will be bright) whether your lights are on or off....but your radio and stuff will still flicker on and off, nothign to be done about that....

I am used to the sound of the Vibe horn....my Hyundai Accent sounds like it too, I call it the "Roadrunner horn"...beep beep!!Maybe I should be different and get one that plays 'La cucaracha" when I press it....lol