“My god David, there are somethings you just don’t screw around with,” Adrian Clarke chastised me for my decision to use a $600, 350,000 mile Pontiac Vibe in a significant situation. “Driving a child to hospital= reliable car, going to a wedding with a paramour = reliable car…I mean a wedding, that’s when you borrow a Bentley press car,” he expressed before the rest of the Autopian staff joined in. However, they failed to realize something important: The Pontiac Vibe is an incredible, unkillable workhorse and the perfect car for wedding duty, even at 350,000 miles.
While I’ve been teased for “going Hollywood” after years in the frigid rust-orchards of metro Detroit, one thing that hasn’t changed is the fact that I’m frugal. So, when it was time to plan my best friend’s bachelor party, I did so economically. I utilized a groomsman’s lakehouse and borrowed my friend Jamie’s 330,000 mile Mazda MPV minivan as the bachelormobile. The groom’s wedding was just a month later, and the flights to Detroit were adding up, so I had to save money.
After the budget airline flight, I reached out to my friend Jamie for a car and decided on the Pontiac Vibe. Despite the car’s high mileage, Jamie had put in the effort to fix it up, revealing its true potential as an incredible and reliable car.
So, at 350,000 miles and only costing $600, the Pontiac Vibe exceeded all expectations and cruised at 70 mph flawlessly, proving that it was a trustworthy and dependable choice for wedding duties. It’s persistence on the road made it the ultimate bargain workhorse, and the testimonials about its reliability from Jamie made a distinctive impact.
