Is it wrong for me to like.......The Vibe?
 

Guys I dont know maybe its just me but the Pontiac vibe is really growing on me. Now that you can get them in monotone instead of having the flares and handles a different color I'm liking it a lot.

I'm really talking about the vibe GT with the yamaha engine which is also used in the matrix.

Anyways I found some pics of this one on car domain. I think one could look really sweet if it had 18's, lowered 3 inches and thats right a big front mount up front.

Oh yeah they come with a 6spd manual which sounds mighty appealing and I could fit all my stuff in it and not have a problem like i do with the sunfire. 180hp stock and runs about a 15.7 from what I saw at car and driver.

Anyways is it wrong for me to like this "thing" lol

I'll post some pics, the color is also very similair to the color i painted my sunfire....

http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...19_86_full.jpg
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...19_89_full.jpg
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...19_87_full.jpg
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...47_12_full.jpg
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plenty of room for turbo right?
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...19_84_full.jpg
See that nice spot for a front mount down low. I could cut that bumper at that body line and I'm sure a 6" intercooler would fill that gap nicely


Do you guys think I'm nuts? I can't afford one for a while but maybe later down the road. I dunno..... just kinda appealing to me right now

Re:Is it wrong for me to like.......The Vibe?
 

wow man you have some strange as taste in cars, i woulda figured appealing to you would be a wrx sti or a s2000 but hey whatever floats your raft. i personally couldnt be paid to drive that thing but it could be a hellofa sleeper with the right sized turbo

Re:Is it wrong for me to like.......The Vibe?
 

Thats not bad but I like the toyota matrix better.I know its the same car but that front end is knida fugly.

Re:Is it wrong for me to like.......The Vibe?
 

yes

Re:Is it wrong for me to like.......The Vibe?
 

To each his own.... :-X
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Re:Is it wrong for me to like.......The Vibe?
 

yamaha engine?? Looks like the Celica GTS engine to me? ???

Re:Is it wrong for me to like.......The Vibe?
 

Yes its the same engine as the celiva GTS, i thought i read somewhere that yamaha designed it but cannot find it. So I must be wrong....anyways same engine yes

I know its an odd taste but I like it...i suppose i'm just strange. As for turbocharging it...i read more on the engine and its a mess. Sport compact is doing a project matrix.... this was part of the article

With the new, returnless systems, however, there's no return line to restrict and fuel pressure doesn't change with manifold pressure any more. The regulator controlling fuel pressure is all the way back in the fuel tank, and there's no easy way to make it change with boost. In order to use a rising rate regulator, XS had to convert to an old-style manifold referenced return line system. The complications don't stop there, either. Even with a re-routed fuel system, the ECU still thinks the fuel pressure will be constant, so the entire fuel calibration, even off boost, is wrong with the new system.

That sounds like a biach

Re:Is it wrong for me to like.......The Vibe?
 

bottom line, too much money for not enough car, think what you could build for the cost of that econo box

Re:Is it wrong for me to like.......The Vibe?
 

It's the same as a Toyota Matrix.

Stan

Re:Is it wrong for me to like.......The Vibe?
 

looks like a minivan