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it's for sale on ebay... take a close look at the engine bay photos... EVERYthing is rusted.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...wItem

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man that looks like it jumped into a lake..it's amazing a car that new is already rusted like it is

just look at the strut tower... man that is just bad... i smell serious water damage....

just everything..the strut tower..any little metal hose clamp..even the rubber intake looks rusted..and definitly the throttle cable thing

Quote »This vehicle runs like the engine was very well taken care of. too bad it doesn't look itQuote »This vehicle has a few electrical problems that can be fixed by your local dealer. Nothing about this vehicle is defective.BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

yea it's more like EVERYTHING is defective... EDIT:I asked the seller two questions... Just how much water was this car sitting in?How come the entire engine bay is rusted?HAHAHA i will let you know the responce

He's probably gonna say it is due to all the snow and salt, since they are selling it from Maine.

it shouldnt be from snow and salt....salt doesnt do that much rust in that short of a time..i've seen cars..such as my sunfire..7 yr car..not a spec of rust on it..unless they just grabbed a bag of salt and dumped it on the engine and let it sit their for awhile

It's an '03 and could have been bought in the fall of '02 which makes 4 winters. If the owner lived near the ocean the poor car would have year round salt exposure. My '04 Vibe was always salty when I checked under the hood during the winter. The '06 does not seem as bad. Maybe the front end design change improved the road spray intake.

It is very close to the coast....Salt air could have been a factor in all that rust.

Quote, originally posted by zionzr2 »It is very close to the coast....Salt air could have been a factor in all that rust.That or it was shipped up there from New Orleans.

The last time I had seen a car like that would have been two or three years ago after a car was pulled out of a lake. I went to CARFAX and they said that there was seven items on the report that could lead to problems. I just did not want to spend the money on the full report.

ok i got the info from the seller... this is just too funny...."The electrical problem was a mis-print on my part. Carfax is clean on this car, No flood damage. Pics were taken prior to any recon, so it looks a bit rough. Thanks, Bob"YEEEEAAA RIIIIGHTTT!I don't know about the rest of the vibes but I can attest to a few other cars that I have owned here on the east coast that have seen plenty of beach days, massive snow storms and TONS of rocksalt. Never have I seen rust like that. In this day in age a clean carfax dosen't mean squat anything is "fudgeable"I currently live down wind from a cement factory... so I see a lot of acid rain and even that hasn't caused any rust.

I just hope that the poor person who is bidding on the car is not depending on the car to be a long term reliable option.

Quote, originally posted by keithvibe »ok i got the info from the seller... this is just too funny...."The electrical problem was a mis-print on my part. Carfax is clean on this car, No flood damage. Pics were taken prior to any recon, so it looks a bit rough. Thanks, Bob"Funny, that's the same answer I got.

lets email him back and call BS.... LOL i feel sorry for the new owner of that vibe . I suspect that they will have nothing but problems with that car.

Quote, originally posted by keithvibe »lets email him back and call BS.... Sounds like fun.

Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush »That or it was shipped up there from New Orleans. Come to think about it, I do remember seeing a news segment during the Katrina aftermath. There was a guy stranded inside a black Vibe GT and refused to get out, dispite being partially submerged in water. The rescue team tempted him with cigarettes to get him out.

Quote, originally posted by Herb »Come to think about it, I do remember seeing a news segment during the Katrina aftermath. There was a guy stranded inside a black Vibe GT and refused to get out, dispite being partially submerged in water. The rescue team tempted him with cigarettes to get him out.Someone who's writing the seller back should ask if the previous owner smoked.

My guess is it was always parked outside and the mileage has alot to do with it since it has been driven. Does not mean it is a bad car...