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There's no description on the dealer's site, but it only has 15k miles on it and was registered in Saginaw, MI.

First time I ever saw a Vibe with a hood scoop!

To be fair it is only an aftermarket stick-on nonfunctional scoop.

That poor, poor Vibe !

Amen to that ... and agree with all of you. Grille is too "fine" of a pattern and probably won't let enough air through to cool the engine. Hood scoop (if you want to call it that) is too small and does not blend in with the body lines. This Vibe just depreciated even more with these poor aftermarket mods

I couldn't resist looking into this Vibe a bit more. The price says $16,983 .... They won't get ANY takers at that price! Then you got this rear end for all oncoming traffic to look at

Tim, was there anything done to the interior? I tried looking at it on the website, but the pictures wouldn't load on my computer .

IMO, the grilles would be okay if they were painted black. I mean, the OEM grilles on the Bases and AWDs don't match any way, so at least these aftermarket ones match. The silver of them is just way too much though.

Take off the hood scoop (obviously), take off the "Limited Edition" badge, get rid of the quad tip exhaust and cheesy Harley Davidson hitch thingy, re-paint the side skirts and lower rear fascia black, take off the chrome trim on the fenders and remove the color matched stick on window deflectors and it'd be a decent Vibe. I mean, the mileage is impressive, assuming it hasn't been beat on, but the price is definitely too high. I am picturing the owner was probably a Caucasian male in his 40s based on the "mods" done to it !

vibenvy wrote:.... I am picturing the owner was probably a Caucasian male in his 40s based on the "mods" done to it !

You forgot " d o r k " in the description of the previous owner. Cuz those are some dorky mods!!

Maybe replace the "limited Edition" with the "Kardashian Edition".

Early in genvibe, there were debates about whether various mods were rice or not. The general consensus was that if its your car, you can do whatever you want to it. Personalizing a car via mods was encouraged. I wouldn't do these to my car, but they are more tolerable than some.

I didn't notice any interior mods

Someone thought these mods were a good idea, and there is probably some potential buyer who will look at them as beneficial, but I I think more potential buyers would look at these as a reason to look for a different Vibe. That seems to be true for most mods. I tend to keep cars until they die, so resale is not a big factor for me, but then again, I tend to not do any appearance mods either.

Okay, I was finally able to check out the rest of the pictures. I am very surprised to see that the interior is completely stock. I also noticed the color matched sunroof deflector which I hadn't noticed before . I would totally buy this Vibe purely based on the mileage and that it seems to have been very well cared for, despite all the exterior "mods" which could be easily removed.

As far as modifying goes, I totally agree with the saying "It's YOUR vehicle, do what makes YOU happy!" I would never say anything negative to someone's face, however, that doesn't mean that I won't cringe when I see your vehicle covered with every available stick-on part known to man !

Found another 2nd gen with a stick on hood scoop ...

That white one is not too bad as it is not all rice/transformered up. Scoop does look a bit too stick on though

Not sure about those wheels

I'm partial to a clean white vibe though, hence why i bought a black one, ha!

I agree. The white GT looks good, except for the stick on hood scoop !

BTW, that's the biggest stick on hood scoop I've ever seen ! It almost goes all the way to the front of the hood !