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Hello all - just bought a Vibe
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:43 pm
by jmpnjoe86
Hello to Genvibe! Just bought an '05 AWD (Platinum/Graphite) last weekend for my 43-mile daily commute up US 1 and the GS Parkway in NJ. So far, I love it - curious how it will do in the snow.
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:55 pm
by BlueCrush
Welcome to GenVibe! The AWD does great in the snow. When I was lowered 2", I plowed thru 10" of snow with no problems. I was literally plowing it! It blocked my headlights and started coming over my hood. It was a light fluffy snow though. As long as you have a good set of all-season or winter tires, you should have no problems. Unless, of course, you get dumped on with 12"+ of snow. Then you might have a problem. lol.
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:03 pm
by Kamikaze
Welcome to GenVibe! You'll find just about anything and everything you need to here. If you don't find it, ask and you will probably receive it.
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (BlueCrush)
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:13 pm
by jmpnjoe86
Thank you!I have the OE Goodyear Eagle RS-As - I'm curious how they are in the snow as well as how long they last.
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:20 pm
by Kamikaze
I've not experienced the RS-A's in snow, you could try checking with Whelan, I know he had them, and is from CT (I think it snows there...)
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:12 am
by RIT
If you put snows on it - not a big investement, you'd be able to drive up the side of the Empire State Building. Without them, you'll be just fine. The snows will improve your stopping ability - often important in winter driving.
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:05 am
by keithvibe
welcome,I have an 06 awd and last winter with the stock rs-a's on I was still able to drive around in 8-10inchs of snow. Starting on Hills and watching people galk at you as you just pull away with out spinning your tires is priceless!
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:13 pm
by MRCN RCE
welcome to the family. enjoy your new baby
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (keithvibe)
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:36 pm
by jmpnjoe86
Thanks to all - I'm (almost) looking forward to the snow! Anyone have info on the tread life of the stock RS-As? My last car ('01 Ford Focus ZX3) was very good on tires - 82.5K on the OE Firestone Firehawk GTA02s and 46K on the replacement Kumho ECSTA ASXs with a decent amount of tread remaining.
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:02 pm
by ArcsVibe
Welcome to the family! If I were you I would invest in a good set of winter tires
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (ArcsVibe)
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:27 pm
by 808 Vibes
Welcome!!!!
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:11 pm
by keithvibe
with the AWD you will be lucky to see 30k on the stockers. Some lucky people who drive mostly highway have see 40-45k.
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:05 am
by flywithabowtie
Welcome to the East Coast Vibers!!!! I live in Delaware and put a 100mi a day on my Vibe AWD.
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:49 am
by gr8vibe
Bienvenue!
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:13 am
by jwalcik
Welcome aboard and congrats on the new Vibe!
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:40 am
by 02csnow
Welcome!
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:51 pm
by mjbsb69
Welcome to the site from another newbie.06 fwd abyss two-tone base
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:56 pm
by ToolGuy
Welcome! My Vibe eats snow!
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:27 am
by slvrvibes
Welcome!
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:37 am
by ajflan
Welcome.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:19 am
by ramenboy...
welcome to the family. post some pics when you can!
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:53 am
by eilros
I live in North Dakota (we do get a fair amount of snow!!) and the Vibe handles great in snow. I did replace the original Conti tires with Yokohama AVID TRZs though. I'd highly recommend those tires.
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:49 am
by Atomic
Welcome to the site.First thing you might want to do is disable the noise from the angry red flashy guy, about your seat belt not being done up.There's a post here somewhere about that, (this gives you a good excuse to try the "search" function too).About the RS-A tread life? crappy. I'm just barely at 30,000km, and these are almost toast.And they aren't too terribly sticky either.
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:00 am
by CountryVibe
Welcome to the site Here is the link for the seatbelt mod
http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=18678
Re: Hello all - just bought a Vibe (jmpnjoe86)
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:50 am
by Mavrik
Quote, originally posted by jmpnjoe86 »Thank you!I have the OE Goodyear Eagle RS-As - I'm curious how they are in the snow as well as how long they last.I had those on my Sunfire GT before I bought my Vibe. While they were better then the Continental tires my Vibe came with, still not the best all season tire. I'd run those for summer and maybe pick up a good winter tire.Welcome to the board.
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:49 am
by WaveAction
welcome to the forums