It's HERE!!!!!!!!!!! Scion xB in my driveway!!!!!!!!!!

[SWScorch]

welll..... if it makes you happy, congrats! Good gas mileage, but good lord... that's even uglier than the Aztek. I think it made me ralph a little when I saw it.

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
It looks kind of cool, but I doubt the highway mileage is that good with the aerodynamics of a house!

35mpg baby~!!!!!!

and then you woke up report on the actual mileage if you take note.

Calculated tonight - 27mph in pure city driving. (210 miles on the odometer). I expect that to go up 1 or 2 mpg once it starts to warm up here (about a month).

Dang....thats pretty good. Does the Xb seem to have enough power though???

 

[Chadder007]

Here is a site with pictures of peoples Scion xB's ....most moded.
http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/search_results.pl?make=Scion&model=xB

 

[Dars]

Poor car designers...I bet the concept looked half decent, they thought they'd made a success, until safety regulations slap on some cute bumpers and various plastic hollow thingys to make it that much more correct and idiot proof.

See other concept to in-design failures:

Honda Element
Ponitac Aztec

 

[kracmunkie]

yikes. looks like that commercial where everyone is driving a cardboard box...the bad thing about these fad cars is that you'll probably hate it in a year and then slap your forehead and finally realize "WTF was I thinking?!" Or so we hope....

 

[LiquidN30]

humn what are the specs to that ...
it looks cool and all but it looks like an LA techy type persons car

 

[bolido2000]

I heard that Scions have really bad crash ratings. Anybody heard of this??
Congrats on the car. I personally would buy the tc unless you need the extra room

 

[GrumpyMan]

I'm glad I picked the 2004 Chevy Silverado SL EC with fat 20's instead. Not my kind of car at all. Of course you get almost twice the gas milage I do.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
can you take some pics of the xB parked right next to other normal cars like a Corolla, Civic, Camry, etc..?

I'd like to see the size difference. Take some pics from different angles if you can.

Thanks.

I'll see what I can do tomorrow

Well, I couldn't do a camparison picture, but these should be ok:

http://www.yv-1.com/jb/sv.JPG

http://www.yv-1.com/jb/sv2.JPG

Ryan

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: bolido2000
I heard that Scions have really bad crash ratings. Anybody heard of this??
Congrats on the car. I personally would buy the tc unless you need the extra room

They haven't been tested yet (well, not in any public tests). They are built off of the echo platform, which has generally gotten a good rating in all of it's tests. In Japan the car is rated good.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Stifko
Thats a hot car, I want one too. The color is nice, did it come with clear corners or you modded already? How much was it ? Whats your monthly payment and how much down please ?

Everyhting is stock on the car.

Price after tax, tag, and other expenses was $16888. I put $5000 down, financed for 5 years at 3.99%, and payment are at 224 a month.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Chadder007

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
It looks kind of cool, but I doubt the highway mileage is that good with the aerodynamics of a house!

35mpg baby~!!!!!!

and then you woke up report on the actual mileage if you take note.

Calculated tonight - 27mph in pure city driving. (210 miles on the odometer). I expect that to go up 1 or 2 mpg once it starts to warm up here (about a month).

Dang....thats pretty good. Does the Xb seem to have enough power though???

Power is not a problem, the car is actually fairly light, around 2300lbs, so not as much power is needed to get it going. The fastest quarter mile tested is 16.7.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Dars
Poor car designers...I bet the concept looked half decent, they thought they'd made a success, until safety regulations slap on some cute bumpers and various plastic hollow thingys to make it that much more correct and idiot proof.

See other concept to in-design failures:

Honda Element
Ponitac Aztec

Actually, no, they all looked pretty much exactly the same as their concepts. THe xB have been around for a long time in Japan, so it's always looked the same.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Dars
Poor car designers...I bet the concept looked half decent, they thought they'd made a success, until safety regulations slap on some cute bumpers and various plastic hollow thingys to make it that much more correct and idiot proof.

See other concept to in-design failures:

Honda Element
Ponitac Aztec

Have you seen the sales figures on the Element?

You can't call something a failure just because you don't like it.

 

[thawolfman]

Originally posted by: notfred
Congrats! I've heard only good things about it. It's not really my style, but I'm going to be thinking about getting a Scion tC when it comes out this summer

Wow the tC looks pretty sweet - Not a big fan of the xB but congrats anyways~

 

[sash1]

My friend says you need to water your grass

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Kauru
My friend says you need to water your grass

Watering will do nothing - we've gotten rain every week for the past month, but it's dormant this time of year due to the cold weather (well, not anymore, temps are near 80 degrees today). The grass is just started to resprout.

 

[Mr N8]

Looks good. I would love an xB, but I would have to do some traveling to get one. No dealers around here until later this spring.