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UPDATE: Bad noise
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:25 am
by wyatt89
brought my car into the dealership yesterday at 5 o clock and told them that i was hearing a nasty, tinny noise from the cat/midpipe region and asked them to check it out. instead of telling them i got effing airborne, i just told them i bottomed my car out hard (believable where i live) well after waiting a day i got a call and evidentially one of the exhaust hangers got bent to hell and was rubbing on the inside of the body when i was accelerating and cornering. *whew* 68 bucks is worth it to know that nothing else is wrong!the vibe lives on...for now...
Re: UPDATE: Bad noise (wyatt89)
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:42 am
by keithvibe
what have you learned from this experience? ......
Re: UPDATE: Bad noise (keithvibe)
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:45 am
by wyatt89
not to get a vibe airborne :Dhehe, although it was an experience...the only thing ive ever got airborne before that was my 05 f150 4x4 it was a little different...im really glad its not screwed up though...
Re: UPDATE: Bad noise (wyatt89)
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:46 am
by keithvibe
Quote, originally posted by wyatt89 »not to get a vibe airborne :Dhehe, although it was an experience...the only thing ive ever got airborne before that was my 05 f150 4x4 it was a little different...im really glad its not screwed up though...
Re: UPDATE: Bad noise (wyatt89)
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:59 am
by 02csnow
Lesson learned.Don't do it again.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:16 am
by jimincalif
I still think you should take it to a tire store for an alignment. Even if it seems to be going straight, hard to imagine it can take that kind of landing and not be out. At the very least, watch out for uneven tire wear.
Re: (jimincalif)
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:20 am
by wyatt89
yah ive got my eye out for odd tire wear...amongst other things...
Re: UPDATE: Bad noise (keithvibe)
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:10 am
by drunkenmaxx
Quote, originally posted by keithvibe »what have you learned from this experience? ...... haha! drive like a responsible adult that is not in a race car!
Re: UPDATE: Bad noise (drunkenmaxx)
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:48 am
by Herb
Quote, originally posted by drunkenmaxx »haha! drive like a responsible adult that is not in a race car! I tell my friends that the GT stands for "Grocery Transport"
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:27 am
by Sublimewind
Quote »what have you learned from this experience? ......Quote »not to get a vibe airborne MUCHFisked for you... I would take it to check the alignment as well like mentioned... good idea..
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:39 am
by ajflan
Good to hear that its not serious.
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:43 am
by northvibe
go get a lift kit so next time you dont bottom out
Re: (northvibe)
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:20 pm
by Whelan
I bet it looked something like this when you did it!
Re: (Whelan)
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:29 pm
by Mavrik
gotta love it when a customer comes in, wants you to find and fix the problem but will not tell you the full story.going airborne is for rally cars, not Vibes lol
Re: (Mavrik)
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:52 pm
by Kamikaze
whelan, that's better than my drawing skills!
Re: (Whelan)
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:48 pm
by wyatt89
holy crap, thats exactly right!! it looked just like that, i had the afterburners on and everything!!! just no ramp, more like a lip and a cliff