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Just thought I'd post this picture since they look so good together. Not sure which I get more comments on.... the car or the canoe! The Vibe is just such a practial car, I love it!

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Did you know that you have a canoe humping your vibe....LOL

I think it is great how much stuff you can do with the Vibe. Great pic. Thanks for sharing.

quote:Did you know that you have a canoe humping your vibe....LOLThanks for that thought..... now I'll think that every time I put a canoe on a car!

Nice canoe! Would you like some Vibe with your Canoe?Shadow Realm

Nice pic.Is that a dog in the back seat?You should send that pic to Pontiac, maybe they can use it for a future ad.

quote:Is that a dog in the back seat?Nope, just a bunch of paddling gear (barrels, paddles, etc.). I was headed off for a week long trip on the Bowron Lakes circuit in B.C.

How hard is it to find an add on rack like that for the Vibe? I'm about to shoot the vehicle I carry my boat on, and will need something like that for my Vibe.

quote:How hard is it to find an add on rack like that for the Vibe? I'm about to shoot the vehicle I carry my boat on, and will need something like that for my Vibe.Piece of cake. It's just a standard Yakima cross bar with towers selected to specifically fit the Vibe. I had the rack before on my Accord so just had to replace the angle bracket on the bottom of the towers. I find that it's easiest to just use the rear bar on the factory rack and a Yakima bar on the front to carry longer loads. You can also get small plastic connectors that fit on the factory rack cross bars so you can attach other Yakima products like bike trays and ski racks.

quote: You can also get small plastic connectors that fit on the factory rack cross bars so you can attach other Yakima products like bike trays and ski racks.WARNING! most accesories will not fit in this way on the vibe due to the fact that the vibes cross rails are so close to the roof itself. not enough room for the bolts and hardware that secures the racks.

hey man Very nice Canoe! Was it hand made by yourself? great work weather you made it or not. VERY NICE

"You should send that pic to Pontiac, maybe they can use it for a future ad."That would be cool. It would also be cool if they will put that on their website.

Thanks, I haven't had mine on the Vibe yet, and was planning to take a pic when I did, and post it here under a title of "New Full Spoiler" or something like that. I bet your thread title got more people to check it out though.

quote: WARNING! most accesories will not fit in this way on the vibe due to the fact that the vibes cross rails are so close to the roof itself. not enough room for the bolts and hardware that secures the racks.True, the factory bars are very close to the roof and I did have troubles at first. Then I realized the roof itself has quite a bit of flex. If you insert the hardware at the point where the bar is highest above the roof and push down slightly on the roof surface then there is JUST enough room to slide in the hardware. You have to be very careful not to scratch the roof though. Once in place the hardware will also touch the roof so you need to put something between the two to avoid scratches. I have small pieces of plastic that I put between the hardware and the roof and they seem to do the trick just fine. I bought my Vibe chiefly because it could carry all my recreational toys at a reasonable cost so not putting things on the roof isn't an option. If you are persistent you can make it work! Needless to say I don't take the hardware on/off frequently. Once it's on I leave it there for the season.

quote:hey man Very nice Canoe! Was it hand made by yourself? great work weather you made it or not. VERY NICEThe canoe was hand made 14 years ago by my father, the first and only boat he has built. My husband and I were taking my parents on a week long trip and he didn't have a boat so he figured what the heck, he'd just make one! Some people are just born with woodworking talent.... It's a 16' Prospector, cedar strip with a fibreglass layup. A bit slow to paddle when loaded because of the short length but the looks more than make up for it!

quote:You should send that pic to Pontiac, maybe they can use it for a future ad.Maybe I will! Does anyone have an appropriate email address? All I can find on the GM Canada website is a form you fill in but you can't attach a file and it doesn't actually list the email address.

maybe an admin can pass it along to one fo their GM contacts.And that is a beautiful canoe.

wonder what a woody vibe would look like?

quote:wonder what a woody vibe would look like?don't even joke about that.