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So I've been needing a new car for a while the one I had has been in two wrecks has a leak in the radiator the cadilatic converter is shot the ac has a vacuum leak and only the drivers side window works. So me and the wife were at the mall today and I said so hey... Want to go look at cars? We went to the Honda dealer in town and took a few cars for a test drive when we found the 06 Pontiac vibe. It was about 10k with 850 down and 218 a month but we plan on paying it off with our tax return. Also switched insurance from geico who wanted to charge us 200 a month to allstate for 107 a month (about 30 bucks more than old coverage amount with pos car). So boo ya! New car!

From what I hear, the Vibe isn't that bad a TCO choice, either.

--Patrick

"I just saved a bunch of money on car insurance by switching.... from Geico?..."

Marketing has deceived me.

I really love the look of the Vibe. I was never sure if I would it in one, though. Enough head and leg room?

Congrats on the car.

Take care of your driving record, your insurance sounds pretty high for a used car. Pester your agent for discounts. Also pester them again every year when you renew.

sixpackshaker said:

Congrats on the car.

Take care of your driving record, your insurance sounds pretty high for a used car. Pester your agent for discounts. Also pester them again every year when you renew.

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I don't even have a speeding ticket on my record and only one written warning because my inspection was out by a month (and I was on the way to get it inspected damnit!) the 107 is for my 2000 camaro and the vibe, not just for the vibe

Get in good with a large company like State Farm - and after 2 years you get some ridiculously cheap insurance.

Then again I've been with the same company for 20 years.

Also pay for your insurance at 6 month intervals that is a BIG discount. Then they let you break that payment in half. I pay $100 a month basically for full coverage on a new car that MSRP's for $24k

I liked the models Pontiac was producing towards the end. The Vibe, the G6, G8, and Solstice were nice cars. I know they were just adaptations of various common GM Platforms, but I thought they were generally the best looking of the lot, compared to the Saturn or Opel or Saab variants. I'm a bit sad that there's no official Firebird / Trans Am to complement the new Camaro - though the custom ones I've seen produced have been excellent.

Imagine what they could do with a new-generation GTO muscle car. Hell, they could even do like with the G8 and reskin a Holden - like the Monaro VXR8.

I was pretty upset that I did not have the funds to get a G8 GXP before it folded.

I <3 my Vibe.

Hah! That's dirty.

Baerdog said:

Hah! That's dirty.

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I thought that but i didn't say it lol

CrimsonSoul said:

the cadilatic converter is shot

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Not a bad stab, but I think you meant catalytic converter... unless your old jalopy transforms into a Bonneville or something. Heh.

GasBandit said:

Not a bad stab, but I think you meant catalytic converter... unless your old jalopy transforms into a Bonneville or something. Heh.

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I think you mean deVille not Bonneville...

sixpackshaker said:

I think you mean deVille not Bonneville...

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Well, I didn't mean the deVille, for some reason I actually had it in my head that the Bonneville was a Cadillac make.



But no, it's a pontiac. Soooooo...

GasBandit said:

Not a bad stab, but I think you meant catalytic converter... unless your old jalopy transforms into a Bonneville or something. Heh.

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To I heard you like cars...

Congratulations on the car.

The Pontiac Vibe is basically a re-skinned Toyota Matrix. Which makes it the most reliable GM product sold in recent history.