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watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics**
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:54 am
by trtlflwrs
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
Re: watch out - newbie on the site! (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:58 am
by Mrizzle05
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
Re: watch out - newbie on the site! (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:06 am
by trtlflwrs
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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Re: watch out - newbie on the site! (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:11 am
by Mrizzle05
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!!!
Re: watch out - newbie on the site! (Mrizzle05)
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:22 am
by ajflan
Congrats! Good lookin Vibe!
Re: watch out - newbie on the site! (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:45 am
by ArcsVibe
Welcome to the family! Glad you joined us
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:28 am
by northvibe
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
Re: (northvibe)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:45 am
by BlueCrush
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.
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:19 am
by nuvibe
Welcome to your new family and congrat's on the lucky 13 ride.... nuvibe
Re: (nuvibe)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:32 am
by Mavrik
get em!!!Welcome to the site
Re: (Mavrik)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:51 am
by Tubaryan12
Welcome! Good to see more Ohio in the house!
Re: (Tubaryan12)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:52 am
by SuperSpeedWagon
welcome to genvibe! the vibe is an awesome car lol i love mine any future mods, and dont forget to post more pix
Re: watch out - newbie on the site! (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:01 am
by slvrvibes
Welcome to genvibe.
Re: watch out - newbie on the site! (slvrvibes)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:44 am
by 808 Vibes
Welcome and congrats!!!!! Pontiac Enthusiasts unite! What a nice Vibe and awesome Dad!
Re: watch out - newbie on the site! (HawaiiPontiacLover)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:14 am
by keithvibe
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.
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:37 am
by trtlflwrs
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!
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:50 pm
by damronjr
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.
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (damronjr)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:55 pm
by Mrizzle05
i think thats the engine light buddy.i dont know if yours is different then the newer ones
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (Mrizzle05)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:04 pm
by damronjr
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).
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:18 pm
by NascarXprt
Welcome! Hahaha my names cole and the car came from Cole.
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (NascarXprt)
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:36 pm
by Viberrrr
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.
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:17 am
by jwalcik
welcome aboard! glad you're enjoying your new ride.
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:06 am
by Merzbow
Welcome.
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:59 pm
by ToolGuy
Welcome to the site!
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (MiVibe-ToolGuy)
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:41 pm
by GrayFox
Welcome to the site!
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:24 pm
by new05vibeowner
Welcome fellow NE Ohioan!
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (new05vibeowner)
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:23 am
by ZubenElGenubi
Welcome to GenVibe!Chalk up another Abyss vibe! Nice pinstripe, too.Yer off to a good start...posted pics right out of the gate!
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (ZubenElGenubi)
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:04 am
by mathteacher'04vibe
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}
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (mathteacher'04vibe)
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:49 am
by trtlflwrs
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!
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:59 am
by drunkenmaxx
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (drunkenmaxx)
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:37 am
by trtlflwrs
interesting pic there DM... i'll award you a nifty-fifty for it! & thanks for thinking about me, hehe.
Re: watch out-newbie on the site! **edited to add pics** (trtlflwrs)
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:52 am
by drunkenmaxx
pardon me for asking, but what the sam hill is a nifty fifty?
