My 2003 Vibe!

I was given the 2003 Pontiac Vibe Base Automatic Model as a college graduation gift. It's two tone silver with the plastic moldings. It has the power package with moon roof and upgraded sound system.

LOVE IT!

I'm a yuppie. Young Urban Professional. I also travel a lot. With this car, I've been to: Virginia, NYC, North & South Carolina, Georgia, St. Louis, skiing in Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Denver, Colorado Springs, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego (twice!), and I plan on taking it with me on many more adventures. I've towed UHaul trailers with this car (had a hitch installed). I've moved five times with this car -- packing it to the max with my stuff and hitching a trailer.

I road trip a lot, with friends, and with lots of stuff...from camping gear to snowboards and skis. This car has been roomy enough for 5 and was still able to carry supplies and luggage for a long weekend.

I've driven this car through NYC, Washington DC, Los Angeles, and Atlanta = high-volume, fast (when its moving) traffic! Its zippy! Even up mountains and long steep inclines (like in Kansas close to Colorado), it'll zip along happily. Visibility is great compared to other SUV-type cars. It sits taller than cars so you have better viewing, yet its not too tall and hard to get into. The seats are comfortable for my long trips. And the dash is awesome - great thing about it is when my mom's in the passenger seat, she can't see how fast I'm driving.

There are a lot of hidden compartments in this car. Even a long one that you can only access with the back seats folded down. My cargo capacity of the car is amazing for something that looks small. I was able to fit 4 large dining room chairs in there with room for a lot of smaller boxes and loose items.

I love driving around with all the other seats folded down. The visibility is much increased and I can put stuff on the "table" next to me (the folded down passenger seat).

You can step on the rear bumper for easy access to the top of the car. I do it all the time to load the rack and to wash the top of the car.

I love washing this car! Its easy to wash, and the silver on it gives it a nice clean professional, though fun, look.

I've had this car since December of 2002. I've never needed any work done on it. I get the lube job every 3000 to 5000 miles (sometimes I forget!), and rotate the tires -- that's it! Its at 45,000 miles now.

When I brought it in to the Pontiac dealership for a 120 point inspection before the 36000 mile point, it passed with flying colors! Only thing was that the tires were a little worn...wonder why with all the driving I do!

Highly recommend this car for any young professional out there who also wants to have fun with it. Great for college students who school away from home, too!

Update (27Apr05):
I was asked about the handling of the car. As a sporty car, its kind of soft on the turns, as an SUV, its very solid, as a regular car (what the heck is that?) I guess its good. The ride overall has a great feel to it, one reason is because you're not down low near the road like a lot of regular cars, but you're not high up either like SUVs. Its definitely not boaty! The car is very responsive -- not sports car responsive, but adequate. I would say it responds better than SUVs and trucks that I've driven.