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New old member here
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:01 pm
by crazytrain
Joined in July '06 when I purchased my '06 Vibe, but I think my last post was sometime in '08 when my car died and needed the PCM and throttle body replaced.
So, yesterday I get an email from GenVibe with my username & new password. I thought to myself "Wow, haven't been to GenVibe in years - got to check it out again". So, here I is
Still got the '06 Stealth Vibe, now with 116,000 miles. It's running better than any car I've ever had with this mileage and averaging 28MPG. On my third set of tires & second set of brakes. Still a very comfortable & smooth ride and looks great when washed & waxed even with all the pitting on the hood and windsheild. Gotta love driving behind dump trucks at 70+ MPH.
Hopefully I can stick around longer this time. Seems like a good group of folks around here.
Re: New old member here
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:55 pm
by mkowdley
glad to see you around again
Re: New old member here
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:05 am
by jkm311
Welcome back. I joined in 2006, too. Well, just barely. I am due for the second set of brakes you speak of, and my second set of tires still have a lot of life left in them, seeing that I haven't hit 75k just yet. Hope you stop back in again, seeing that you still have a Vibe in the family. It speaks volumes about these cars when you can be off the forum radar for a few years and not need too much of the sage advice we offer here!
Re: New old member here
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:17 pm
by crazytrain
jkm311 wrote:Welcome back. I joined in 2006, too. Well, just barely. I am due for the second set of brakes you speak of, and my second set of tires still have a lot of life left in them, seeing that I haven't hit 75k just yet. Hope you stop back in again, seeing that you still have a Vibe in the family. It speaks volumes about these cars when you can be off the forum radar for a few years and not need too much of the sage advice we offer here!
Yeah, I'll tell ya, except for that issue I had back in 2008 with a PCM board it's just been routine maintenance. I did get a recall notice notice sometime last year, but my car didn't need the replacement (I think it was about the PCM board anyway).
Re: New old member here
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:26 pm
by vibenvy
Welcome back! I love Stealth! Definitely one of my favorite 1st gen colors.
Re: New old member here
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:49 pm
by tpollauf
crazytrain wrote:
So, yesterday I get an email from GenVibe with my username & new password.
Welcome back. How was it that you got a "reminder" of a new password and username? I don't expect you to have the answer but maybe thousands of members got those e-mails like yourself since the site was just recently overhauled. I didn't get one and had some minor difficulty getting back in. I'm here to stay. Now that you too are back get re-involved and visit often. This is an unbelievable informative site
Re: New old member here
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:20 pm
by Ponyota
Same here, I got the email. I'm glad I did, I've tried several times to get back in but never got an answer back from when I requested a new password or old password. Nevertheless, I'm here. I don't have my vibe anymore though. I about cried the day I had to trade it in on another car. I racked up over 130k on it and because I drive about 150 miles back and forth to work each day I just had to have something that was going to last me at least 3 more years and 100k more miles. My clutch was going out again, needed the air conditioning fixed and the headlights kept blowing out for some reason. I had a good hull with the vibe and she never stranded me for even one day. Anyways, good to be back!
Re: New old member here
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:17 pm
by NascarXprt
crazytrain wrote:Joined in July '06 when I purchased my '06 Vibe, but I think my last post was sometime in '08 when my car died and needed the PCM and throttle body replaced.
So, yesterday I get an email from GenVibe with my username & new password. I thought to myself "Wow, haven't been to GenVibe in years - got to check it out again". So, here I is
Still got the '06 Stealth Vibe, now with 116,000 miles. It's running better than any car I've ever had with this mileage and averaging 28MPG. On my third set of tires & second set of brakes. Still a very comfortable & smooth ride and looks great when washed & waxed even with all the pitting on the hood and windsheild. Gotta love driving behind dump trucks at 70+ MPH.
Hopefully I can stick around longer this time. Seems like a good group of folks around here.
Ponyota wrote:Same here, I got the email. I'm glad I did, I've tried several times to get back in but never got an answer back from when I requested a new password or old password. Nevertheless, I'm here. I don't have my vibe anymore though. I about cried the day I had to trade it in on another car. I racked up over 130k on it and because I drive about 150 miles back and forth to work each day I just had to have something that was going to last me at least 3 more years and 100k more miles. My clutch was going out again, needed the air conditioning fixed and the headlights kept blowing out for some reason. I had a good hull with the vibe and she never stranded me for even one day. Anyways, good to be back!
Welcome Back to the two of you!
shame to hear you have to give up your Vibe Ponyota! she was a beauty! always enjoyed seeing your pictures of that Abyss Beauty! You'll have to share your new DD with us!
Re: New old member here
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:33 am
by crazytrain
tpollauf wrote:crazytrain wrote:
So, yesterday I get an email from GenVibe with my username & new password.
Welcome back. How was it that you got a "reminder" of a new password and username? I don't expect you to have the answer but maybe thousands of members got those e-mails like yourself since the site was just recently overhauled. I didn't get one and had some minor difficulty getting back in. I'm here to stay. Now that you too are back get re-involved and visit often. This is an unbelievable informative site
The email just appeared in my inbox. Here it is:
Hi crazytrain!
GenVibe.Com, the community website for enthusiasts of the Pontaic Vibe, the Toyota Matrix, and life in general has recently converted its forum software to phpBB3.
You're receiving this email because you are a registered user of the genvibe.com website. All of your account information has been migrated from our old forum software to our new forum software, except for your password. Passwords have been reset and your new password is listed below, along with your username.
This message is a one-time mailing and we won't be emailing users of our old forum software any more (after today, April 19th 2012).
If you don't want to participate in the online community any more, you can safely ignore this email. The old forum software will be taken offline in a few weeks, permanently.
GenVibe.Com is an independently owned website and we don't share our user lists with anyone. However, if you'd still like your account removed from our new forum software, log in using the credentials below and send a private message to me (mkowdley) indicating that you'd like your account deleted, and I'll be happy to do so. Please note that I can't take account delete requests over email as I have no way to authenticate them, so please visit the forums to send me that message.
If you were formerly active on genvibe.com and have been away for a while, we'd love to hear from you again! The GenVibe.Com community is active and thriving, and there is still an active market around these great vehicles.
Here is your new log-in data for GenVibe . Visit us at
http://www.genvibe.com !
Username: crazytrain
Password: mama may have raised a crazy child, but she sure didn't raise no dummy
Re: New old member here
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:43 am
by crazytrain
Ponyota wrote:I don't have my vibe anymore though. I about cried the day I had to trade it in on another car.
Yeah, I kind of felt the same way when I sold my '92 Saturn SC2. I drove that car for 14 years, or was it 12? Hmmmm, onset of alzheimers - you heard it here first
Re: New old member here
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 4:16 pm
by xenictime
I, too, am back with a new login name. I wish there could have been a bit more notice, but that's that. The important thing is this site still exists and is invaluable for a vibe owner. Now about that radio knob . . . .
Re: New old member here
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 4:53 pm
by vibenvy
xenictime wrote:I, too, am back with a new login name.
Welcome back
!
Re: New old member here
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:03 pm
by ramenboy...
Welcome back everyone... I feel like the blues brothers... 'we're gertin the bands back together!!'
Re: New old member here
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:19 am
by zyzyix
Hi, welcome back.
Re: New old member here
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 10:40 am
by mkowdley
tpollauf wrote:Welcome back. How was it that you got a "reminder" of a new password and username? I don't expect you to have the answer but maybe thousands of members got those e-mails like yourself since the site was just recently overhauled. I didn't get one and had some minor difficulty getting back in. I'm here to stay. Now that you too are back get re-involved and visit often. This is an unbelievable informative site
When we converted the database from the old forum software to the new forum software, the passwords weren't migrated. To deal with this, the consultants gave me a computer program that was supposed to email every user with their new password.
I started using the program, which runs pretty slow (estimate one user every 5 seconds or so). I had gotten about 1/3 of the way through the database when I found out that there was a bug in their program. The bug was causing it to send dozens and dozens of emails to the same person - any person with an apostrophe in their username was getting like 50 copies of the same email. So I had to stop using the program. I didn't get any complaints, but I do feel foolish.
I finally got a fix for it and I am still sending out those emails. Of course all the regular users are already back online, but I wanted to go through the whole user list anyway, perhaps we'll bring back a few users who have been away for a while. It also gives me the opportunity to purge from the database users who would rather not have their accounts with us anymore.
You may still get an email - now that the problem with the emailing program is resolved *and* I made some good progress on the problems that people were having regarding receiving their "forgot password" email, I'm back to running the program. We'll see how it goes.
Re: New old member here
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 10:41 am
by mkowdley
and nobody emailed me to point out that i misspelled pontiac
Re: New old member here
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:30 pm
by crazytrain
ramenboy... wrote:Welcome back everyone... I feel like the blues brothers... 'we're gertin the bands back together!!'
Love it!
Every once in a while when my wife asks what I want for dinner I say "four fried chickens and some dry white toast." She looks at me like I'm crazy. One day, when the planets are aligned properly, the movie will be on TV and I'll tune in right on that scene......and she's gonna kill me
Re: New old member here
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 8:11 pm
by ramenboy...
crazytrain wrote:... One day, when the planets are aligned properly, the movie will be on TV and I'll tune in right on that scene......and she's gonna kill me
Or she'll bring you 4 fried chickens and white toast!