Some things about my Pontiac Corolla hatchback

Kinja'd!!! "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
11/13/2015 at 18:35 • Filed to: Vibe

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It’s easy to speed when you’re not used to the speedometer having 0 mph at 6 o’clock vs 7:30.

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This has adjustable intermittent wipers in 2008, but the 2014 Taco has still them as an option.

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It says I can turn my headlight on and off, but they’re always on no matter what I do. I don’t see a driving light button anywhere.

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This center glove box can if freaking huge. That’s a bulbous ipad in there.

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This blind spot felt huge at the beginning but you get used to it very quickly. The side mirrors are really wide so they do a great job to help this.

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And most importantly: my wife loves her new car.


DISCUSSION (19)


Kinja'd!!! TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/13/2015 at 18:42

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Why hello there, Abe. I understand you’re new in town.


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/13/2015 at 18:46

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Does it really rev to 8k?


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > PS9
11/13/2015 at 18:47

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The Vibe GT with a proper transmission probably could... But this? Hell no.


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11/13/2015 at 18:50

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6400 by the looks of it.


Kinja'd!!! Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/13/2015 at 19:01

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That is what irks me about my works Taco, the wipers suck. Even my ‘95 4Runner has those wipers.


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
11/13/2015 at 19:06

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My ‘80 pickup has intermittent wipers as well, if only one setting, but it is an SR5. But still. 34 years later that still wasn’t standard on the Taco? I mean it’s a great pickup but there are some serious cost-cutting decisions on mine.


Kinja'd!!! Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/13/2015 at 19:12

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ALL THE BLANK BUTTONS.


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11/13/2015 at 19:15

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Red Hook!


Kinja'd!!! PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/13/2015 at 20:00

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GM does this for all cars. Auto headlights. There was discussion at the Matrix launch about how a backlit speedometer should require auto-headlights, but this is a GM thing. My 2009 Vibe has auto lights as well and you can’t defeat them, meaning you can only flash high beams at people at night.


Kinja'd!!! PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/13/2015 at 20:01

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My favorite part of the car, the AC plug. Increasingly more common now, but at the time it was fabulously novel.


Kinja'd!!! CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/13/2015 at 20:46

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I love the glovebox, and its curiously place cigarette lighter. And I see you also have the awesome factory power inverter..

And you can never turn off the driving lights. There are guides on the Matrix/Vibe forums on how you can manually control them.


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
11/13/2015 at 21:39

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I have 13. 14 if you count the missing key lock on the tailgate


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
11/13/2015 at 21:39

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Thanks! That was driving me fucking crazy.


Kinja'd!!! Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/13/2015 at 21:51

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This probably has that many. I quite like the truck though. I think I will do a review of the 270k mile beater.


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11/13/2015 at 23:03

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My wife just got a Vibe as well - bought it from her sister who was headed overseas. So far she finds the clutch a lot different than her Cavalier.


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11/14/2015 at 00:10

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As you can surmise we have the autotragic, though I have danced with the idea of getting a Vibe GT 5-speed for myself possibly...


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11/14/2015 at 00:15

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There’s nothing wrong with an automatic, especially on a daily driver. I think we get too hung up on that around here.


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11/14/2015 at 00:46

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My next car is almost certainly going to be an auto, if it’s not an older Celica. Traffic here blows.


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11/14/2015 at 09:49

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Sure, some automatic transmissions do a lot of hunting for the right gear, but some are pretty good, can shift faster than any human can, can provide better fuel economy, etc. E really do hate on them too much.