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Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:40 pm
by REN69
Hi guys, new member here (though I've been around a few Toyota sites for a while) So finally found a new beater for my wife... she was driving our Sonata and I was driving a 96 AE102 Corolla sedan, however she always thought the Sonata was too big for her and no way in h.ell she would ever drive the AE102 "deathtrap" as she calls it (gas tank or filler neck leaks, so she was afraid of getting blown up if someone threw a smoke under the car, lol)
So here's our new to us 04 Vibe AWD, looking forward to replacing the stereo and speakers on it and maybe some wheels.
steelies on, for winter duty.
and this my summer ride...

Re: Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:33 pm
by tpollauf
Welcome to GenVibe

The Vibe is a tough durable utility car so when your wife "beats" it rest assured the Vibe will be there to take all the punishment she can give it

Winter ?????? Where you located? Update profile showing us. Visit often

Re: Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:18 am
by Doug14
Welcome! The Vibe will take that beating gladly and ask or kindly for more! How many K's/Miles on it?
Re: Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:33 am
by thebarber
Welcome to the club
Re: Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:54 am
by trb
Welcome and nice beater! And a very nice Supra! I really liked them when i was in high school and would have loved to own one. I still have a plastic model i never finished assembling, so that is the closest i will ever come. One of my teachers had a new Celica GT-S with all the fender flares and such, basically a Supra with the 4 cyl motor. Nice car.
Re: Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:48 am
by Chiadog
Hey REN69,
That is a great beater! I Like the supra, too. In my opinion the Scion FRS would have been better and more successful had it been a retro-86 Supra look-alike design.
Re: Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:45 pm
by REN69
tpoullauf: I'm in Clarington east of Toronto... she does a lot of driving due to our kid's sports events, so she was racking up the mileage on the Sonata, now that she has the Vibe, the Sonata has become my beater, lol
thebarber: that's a familiar name from TN, I think I almost bought some of your stuff a few times, lol.
Doug14: 150k Km's (92k miles).
trb: thanks!
chiadog: the FR-S is what I want next, if I can keep her happy I may be able to trade the Sonata in for an FR-S... hopefully she doesn't force me to take automatic, lol. The car is still very successful so far, I keep seeing more of it than I ever saw Scion tC's on the road.
Re: Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:51 pm
by thebarber
I get around
Don't forget matrixowners.com for awd info, too
Re: Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:11 pm
by cptnsolo77
Your "beater" is my year round daily driver

Great choice. Nice looking supra, you dont see those on the road everyday !
Re: Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:43 pm
by REN69
Thanks...
here's a little funny I did a few weeks back, lol.

Re: Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:22 pm
by Chiadog
That is Excellent!!!
Re: Wife's new beater... 2004 Frosty Vibe
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:44 am
by Doug14
HAHA jokes