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Another great one - the Ohio rally has concluded w/ many Vibe and Matrix owners, including great weather!Got to meet many new faces as well as the rally 'usuals' ... Around 25 Vibes/Matrices were on hand today and were able to enjoy the food and drinks provided by Dan Tobin Pontiac.My photos can be found here:http://gallery.genvibe.com/gallery/04ohioIf anyone else has photos, post them up here - I'm especially desiring to see the pics from our caravan over to the restaurant! *hint hint*Look for a write-up and additional info when I return from vacation.Once again, great rally, thanks to all who attended, glad to be able to meet you all! Thanks to Dan Tobin Pontiac for providing the location once again, as well as the food, drinks, and hospitality.

Look like a great time. Sorry I couldn't make it this year.

looks like a great showing! lotsa vibes and some trix!

Wouldn't be a rally if I wasn't tearing apart SOMEONE'S interior! http://gallery.genvibe.com/gallery/04ohio/DSC00772

Great meet, nice to finally match faces to the names. Thanks a TON to everyone who organized and took part. Dan Tobin Pontiac did an excellent job playing host. My pics will be up within a few days.

In the one where he made you smile...I look scared. LOLEdit: Pictures are here.

One last post before I crash in this lovely king-sized bed in my luxury suite...heh...I had a great time today/tonight, so thanks to everybody for being such great people and so fun to hang out with. It's great to finally be able to put faces and voices with names and text. I can't wait to go to another rally now! That's my car Mike is ripping apart in the photo gallery...installing an FM modulator for my iPod. And it works great, so thanks to Sir Ragingfish for having so much experience and volunteering to do the install. To those who haven't been to a rally yet...you need to go to one. Make time. Travel if you have to. It's so worth it.

Had a great time....Thanks to everyone especially Dan Tobin Pontiac! Nick, nice pictures! There's a lot of them! To those I have met before, nice seeing you again and to those I haven't, nice meeting you.... What a great success!

Nice pics, I had a good time and plan to come next year. P.S. Thanks to saturn9 and the "juice." He gave me a run for the money on the way back to Cleveland

'Twas for sure the most excellent rally!Nick -- Thanks again for basically doing my spring install (with minimal help from me). I owe you one man!(removed) -- Thanks for being "phone support" and IM support for us during the install.Kari -- Hope the FM Modulator works out -- let me know if you have any problems.vibe_raider, colonelpanic, phantomoperator, mr. poopypants, kari -- dave and busters and fridays were a riot! thanks for the good times.mrgoodrt - Let me know if those are the wrong part numbers, but I'm pretty sure they're right. To any and all -- if this was your first rally, and you've been bit by the bug, don't forget Toronto coming up in a few weeks, and then next summer, make your way out to Jersey for my Jersey Shore rally!Hotel worked out nicely. I got a couch! Much gratitude to Dan Tobin pontiac for the great food, great location, and the jump start. Yeah, don't forget your lights. Thanks also to Dan Tobin for letting us turn on an 05 model and hear the Monsoon system. It's pretty nice actually! That will likely be my next mod - retrofitting an 03 with an 05 sub - so watch here for information.

matrixboy9 is between saturn9 and ColonelPanic

I enjoyed meeting everyone and am looking forward to another rally (although probably not Toronto). Thanks to:Mike for the part numbers and humor!Nick for organizing the event and the great photos.Dan Tobin Pontiac for their hospitality.Everyone for being so personable!

The FM modulator works awesome, BTW. I got the iPod all tuned to the right equalizer setting to work very well with the system, and now it sounds just exactly like a CD. I found turning the iPod all the way up doesn't introduce any distortion, but actually gets rid of the whine. I'm loving how it's completely hidden when I wind the cord back up into the storage compartment, and I can put the iPod in there on top of it. Great job with engineering that one. I'm going to love this on the drive home Thursday or Friday...thanks again.

I had a great time I will definently be going to some more meets. that pic really turned out great mike! Thanks for the lunch box and thanks for the buddy christ poopy pants

It was nice to meet everyone. I wanted to go eat afterwards, but had something going on. Hope to see you all soon

peep my steering wheel, and armrest in nicks gallery.good times, good times.

did everyone make it home safe? Oh! and ragingfish, i was just going through my pictures from the show and i found a pic of your list of mods ... your car's name is Emily? lol, that's awesome!

Finally, the pics!

hey everyone... this is emilys friend Robert... Glad to hear everyone made it home safely. If anyone has webhosting space, feel free to post my pics. you can download them from the folder on my server. just copy/paste the folder to your computer. the addy for the server is ftp://planetsix.no-ip.orgI'll probably hang around the site now that I know people here.Talk to you later. Oh, and since some people asked about my car. check out my cardomain page http://www.cardomain.com/id/97strnsl2 the pages is under rennovations, so I know I have a bunch of empty pages and dead links... deal with it! lollaterz

Quote, originally posted by vibe_raider »did everyone make it home safe?I DON'T even want to TALK about my ride home!For the record: the trip back from Ohio should have taken approximately 8-9 hours tops going posted speeds.It took me 13 hours 45 minutes. I left the hotel at noon today. It's 1:52 AM and I just got home. Quote »Oh! and ragingfish, i was just going through my pictures from the show and i found a pic of your list of mods ... you car's name is Emily? lol, that's awesome!LOL! Coincidence I assure you.Kari: Glad to hear the FMM is working out!!! And see, we can install stuff without breaking cars! I only break my own...Quote »matrixboy9 is between saturn9 and ColonelPanic Thanks dude, sorry about that, I'm bad with names! To all: Sorry I F'ed up the placards -- I promise to try to do better next time I have to do them. My photos should be up tomorrow-ish.

great pics, poopy! looks like you guys had lotsa fun!

A blast!

Hey All!! Just wanted to say I had a REALLY great time Saturday. It was great to meet everyone and finally get some faces to go with the names. I do apologize for not getting around to everyone, but my stay was limited. We had a block party to go to in the development where we live. The builder is about done, so it was time to start talking about Homeowner's Associtations and stuff. While I will say it was nice to meet more of my neighbors, it still wasn't as fun as meeting all of you!!! Anyway, Just wanted to thank Nick and whoever else organized the rally, and of course thank everyone else who was able to attend. It was a great afternoon and I hope to meet all of you again sometime. Hope everyone had safe travels back home and I will look forward to chatting with you all on here... Vern

I was actually looking at Nick...so I'm not sure why the pic came out like that...haha. You'd look scared too if every extra part in your dash was laying all over the floorboard. My mom has asked me three times if everything is still working...LOL.Edit: What was wrong with the placards? Mine was fine...

Those picture are great poopy! I got a couple good ones I need to post also, and I'll post a couple pics of my LEDs since a lot of people left before it got dark. Ooh, perdy

I am figuring out how to post the video of your Icecream music.

awesome i would post a clip myself but my cousin is borrowing my video camera. btw, buddy christ says hi

hah! while i was looking for a pic you already posted one. Like my new avy? heh

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »Wouldn't be a rally if I wasn't tearing apart SOMEONE'S interior! http://gallery.genvibe.com/gallery/04ohio/DSC00772I was wondering what you were doing to this car? At first I thought it was a radio installation, but then I saw you take off the shifter cover. So then I thought, oh he must be putting in a short shifter or something. But then I noticed it was an automatic! So what exactly are you doing to this car?

I love the ricer pictures...though it would have been funnier if one of them had come out at that very moment and wanted to know what the hell we were doing to their car. Edit: It's my car...and he's installing an FM modulator so I can hook up my iPod. The reason the shifter cover was off was because the cord has been run down into the storage compartment under the shifter, so he had to drill a hole in the top so the compartment would close.

Quote, originally posted by Mr. Poopypants »I am figuring out how to post the video of your Icecream music.i can host the file if you e-mail it to me

Cool, I'll email it in a minute. Thanks!!

ice cream videohttp://www.shulsmann.com/downloads/icecream.mov

Quote, originally posted by Salsa! »Someone had an eye on Ragingfish!!!!http://gallery.genvibe.com/gallery/04ohio/DSC00786 (removed) I look horrid in that picture!!!

So do I...

Looks like everyone had a great time. I will definitely be there next year.

Had a great time, folks! The pain from the sunburn is starting to ease up a little... Next time, I'll remember the sunscreen (before it's too late, unlike this time!) Nonetheless, it was a blast! D&B broke me, but at least I got snakes...Was very nice meeting you guys! I'll have my pics up on my site later on today: http://www.rebootthis.net/vibe

"I've got snakes!" ROFL...

Snakes!!!! A moment of silence for the pretty butterfly glass............LOL

BTW: I think I knocked something loose when I hit the curb with my exhaust...there was a loud-(removed) metal rattling on the way home...all 14 hours...I believe I've traced it back to the metal shield covering the fuel tank...UGH...

It didn't sound good, plus, you had 3 of us in the back, that couldn't have helped.

Have an appt at the dealer tomorrow to have it checked out...It was the second time that day I'd done it -- so it's very possible the "damage" was done on the first hit.

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »Have an appt at the dealer tomorrow to have it checked out...It was the second time that day I'd done it -- so it's very possible the "damage" was done on the first hit.did you hit because of your car being lowered?

Not sure...I've always heard a rattling when I slammed the hatch, which sounds exactly like the sound I"m hearing now (only it's constant now), so it's possible it's been a problem since delivery.Dealer called, BTW. Some new guy who booked me did so accidentally, they're not available until, Monday. ugh.

You didn't actually hit the curb at Friday's though...just at the hotel. Or did it happen before the rally, too?"He's got snakes" was the title of my blog entry Saturday night.

Quote, originally posted by Kari »You didn't actually hit the curb at Friday's though...just at the hotel. Or did it happen before the rally, too?In the morning when I was going to breakfast I hit it.BTW: Everyone congratulate me -- despite my added 6 hours on my trip, I STILL made it home without being pulled over! WOOOOOOOOOO!

SNAKES!!!! AHH!!!

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »BTW: Everyone congratulate me -- despite my added 6 hours on my trip, I STILL made it home without being pulled over! WOOOOOOOOOO!Woohoo, congratulations! Is that why it took so long, because you didn't speed? j/k

hey ragingfish... this is how low you were pulling into Dave and Busters with 5 people on board...