Lack of acceptance. If you don’t fulfill a certain criteria you aren’t a real car guy and will be shunned and shamed.

Wranglers currently have side-markers in their fenders, and some aftermarket flares do accomodate them.

It’s a smaller Model S with a front that appears to have cues from the Panamera

As a student going through the GM co-op program at Flint Assembly, I can only say proper PPE and precaution must not have been taken. GM is very clear and very strict that it wants you to adhere to every last safety precaution you can take. You need approval to use a damn stepladder because people were getting hurt.…

Nope. Still quite useful back there. It’s not as big as my Vibe, but then again nothing really is. After looking at it and the Scion IM yesterday at the show, the Cruze is a better thought out vehicle with a hatch that’s just as useful.

Except it isn’t. I got to spend some time with the Cruze hatch yesterday, and the cargo area is very useful. Just as useful as the Scion IM. And the rear seats fold down to let you take advantage of the additional space.

I was at the show yesterday and spent some time with the Cruze Hatch. The opening isn’t as small as you think. While it’s no cavernous entry like on my Vibe, it’s still a good sized opening.

As someone starting an internship with GM, owning and loving a Pontiac Vibe seems like the best way to follow the parking rules and own something that shouldn’t qualify. Does my place-of-work have this rule? I don’t think so, and my other friends that work at GM don’t have this rule either, judging by what they drive…

I got the four-cylinder version. I don’t think they were playing it cheap, I think it was foretelling my love affair with small engines.

The only purpose of these is to keep the rotor on the car while it’s going down the assembly line, before the wheels are put on. You could remove them pretty much the day you buy the car and nothing will be affecting.

Rear wiper

My adventures around the Internet led me to this picture.

Reverse GIS led me to this site:

I own a Pontiac. So that’s out the window...

My family has an ‘02 Chevy 2500HD, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Celica, ‘97 Silverado, and me and my Pontiac Vibe. At first glance we’re Chevy truck people with an affinity for the 1ZZ-FE powered Toyotas (Vibe being cousin to the Matrix), but that was purely an accident. I am not…

Once again proving that engineering and marketing are two very, very different departments.

There’s a rattle caused by the seatbelt bracket on the passenger side that bugs me when I start accelerating. Then the supercharger whine overpowers it and all is well.

Pontiac Vibe

I think they know exactly what they're doing, since trucks sell by the bundle and they put millions into their products.

Nova =/= No Va. Nova is a name. No va is Spanish for something relating to no go.

My car is a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. It has an ECU, airbag computer, and that's pretty much it. Even the HVAC is operated with metal cables. It still has a cable operated throttle. Remarkably old tech compared to modern cars.