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Bye, Bye Vibe
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:17 am
by flywithabowtie
Sorry guys, I know I haven't been on here very much, but the information and respect I have gotten from this site has been awesome.Just to let you know I didn't drift very far. Yesterday I traded in the Vibe w/ 176k miles to get a 2009 Pontiac G6.
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Re: Bye, Bye Vibe (flywithabowtie)
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:24 am
by BlueCrush
Glad you enjoyed your time on the site. you got 176,ooo miles out of the Vibe? That's great! nice upgrade!
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:39 am
by ou.grizzly
We are currently on 156,000 miles on our 2004. Glad to so see it serves you well. Stick around!
Re: (ou.grizzly)
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:13 pm
by 808 Vibes
Congrats! Thanks for keeping it in the family
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:47 pm
by safooma
That's funny...we traded in our 06 G6 on our 09 vibe. We really liked our G6, it just wasn't versatile enough(needed a hatchback). The G6 was a great car that we had no problems with over 45,000 miles. You get the I4 or the V6?Good luck and enjoy the G6!
Re: (safooma)
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:15 am
by jake75
Quote, originally posted by safooma »That's funny...we traded in our 06 G6 on our 09 vibe. We really like our G6, it just wasn't versatile enough(needed a hatchback). The G6 was a great car that we had no problems with over 45,000 miles. You get the I4 or the V6?Good luck and enjoy the G6!Yeh - I think going from Vibe to G6 is a lateral move - not an upgrade. Same for G6 to Vibe too - not a downgrade. Never compared prices - G6 might be less.
Re: (jake75)
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:42 am
by vibolista
Quote, originally posted by jake75 »Yeh - I think going from Vibe to G6 is a lateral move - not an upgrade. Same for G6 to Vibe too - not a downgrade. Never compared prices - G6 might be less. Less utility with the G6, but more 'cityfied' or uptown than the Vibe. The G6 has a very good chassis, the Epsilon platform that first came out as the Opel Vectra and the Saab 9-3. I think the Chevy Malibu and Saturn Aura are also Epsilon based. Very good cars. I tried out the Saab 9-3 manual with the low pressure turbo (small t) 4 pot engine in 2004 and was impressed. Briefly drove a G6 that my son rented in 2007, but it had the V-6 and seemed like a rocket by comparison to the Saab.Only had three 'sedan' type vehicles with trunks out back. A 1970 Maverick in 1969 (first car), a 1968 VW Beetle in 1978 (trunk out front!) while in Germany, and my 1993 Civic Coupe EX in 1993 (this one I kept). Have always been a fan of the small 'wagon', and a fan of the Vibe since it was first introduced. Before the Vibe I drove a 1999 Saturn SW2 that will not die and is still the ski car/sacrificial anode to the salt Gods, except the body sides. Considered a CRV or a RAV4, but they were way more money, less mpg and worst of all, no manual option! So the 08 Vibe finally got a place in the garage when sales made it too good to pass up. Hope you don't miss you Vibe too much!
Re: (vibolista)
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:48 am
by jake75
Quote, originally posted by vibolista »Hope you don't miss you Vibe too much! It is flywithabowtie that exchanged his Vibe for G6. I merely upgraded - actually "renewed" might be a better characterization - from a 2003 to a 2009.
Re: (jake75)
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:39 pm
by 808 Vibes
I see TONS of G6's here. Very nice car.
Re: (jake75)
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:53 pm
by vibolista
Quote, originally posted by jake75 »It is flywithabowtie that exchanged his Vibe for G6. I merely upgraded - actually "renewed" might be a better characterization - from a 2003 to a 2009.That last little bit was meant for fly... should have added his quote before I wrote 'Hope you don't miss your Vibe too much.' My bad.