Scion xB toaster
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- thisispete0
- sweetflashbender
- These are apparently coming to North America soon.czawada
- haven't you guy seen the top gear test on this one. let say, it didn't get any points. hah.akrokdesign
- Llyod0
those lunch box cars are a joke
- Schmaldviche0
I own one (2006, older, boxy) and I love it. I commute daily and I don't have any complaints - it gets amazing milege - no window chips. Go buy one - every designer should own one.
- not every designer...there too many of them in NY and there no parking there. lol.akrokdesign
- akrokdesign0
i'm not feeling the new rounder version. even do think its a city car. with its zero air dynamics. hah.
- instrmntl0
i like the mini station wagons
- liquid0
the new civics look nice...
however... look into the mitsubishi evo or the WRX STi omg... the speed those little freaks can do... 5.3 secs off the line 0-60...
suggestion..if you get either of those... get a big brake kit... brembos the best but most expensive... wilwood is okay but not fabulous...
you will need it... those things are monsters in small packages...
- WTF are you talking about? STI's are like 32K. thats double his budget.Antonelli
- Brembo's are stock on STI's anyway.Antonelli
- same with the evo. these cars are in a different class than what he's looking for.Antonelli
- ...and the new civics has same suspensions like mustangs now. the ones of a horse wagon. great!akrokdesign
- emokid0
i used to have a mazda before it got totaled. liked it a lot. then i had a corolla before it got totaled as well. liked that a lot too. there are a lot of fancy cars to choose from but my issue is mostly budget and fuel economy. as sad as it sounds, even the prius is a out of my budget. hence i am looking into corollas, scions and maybe even a civic.
- liquid0
I have the TC... It's a great car albeit the fact that after putting lots of miles on it...all sorts of rattles develop... then again I live in NYC and potholes will rattle apart a mercedes....
- GreedoLives0
My buddy has an old style toaster and he really loves it. He's 6'4" so the headroom and huge windshield was selling point. The newer ones are a little lower, have a little less head clearance. He bitches that they advertised the mpg as 31-35, but he's never gotten better than 30.
If you're looking for fuel economy, maybe wait for this:
http://www.edmunds.com/insidelin…- He said if he wasn't so tall, he'd have gone for the Toyota Yaris.GreedoLives
- the newer XBs aren't slower, they're faster.Antonelli
- lower, not slower, as in head clearanceGreedoLives
- StratusGD0
My wife's 2 year old Corolla has the least comfortable front seats I've sat in in a while. In there for more than an hour, and my back is killing me. It's an individual thing though. I'm 6'2" - might just be my dimensions. Also, the steering wheel doesn't telescope, so I have to sit really freakin weird when I have to drive that car.
Check out a Mazda 3. Love my hatchback.
- Meeklo0
- What a waste of money, time and resources.brandon_phillip
- seed0
My mom has one of the old ones. She liked the square look. It is fun to ride around in an has plenty of space for it's size. I don't know if they are all like this but it drives rough over certain surfaces like the shocks aren't good or something.
- Mimio0
There's the Nissan Versa too.
- sung_konajalinejox0
i think the corolla is ugly too. you should get that since it's more economical.
- Mimio0
I'm curious about the Xb, but it looks like they just dripped plastic on the outside of the old one.
- Mimio0
Start test driving other cars. The Flex is really nice but it's 26k +.
Drive the Honda Fit, the VW Rabbit The Mazda 5 etc.
- emokid0
that's waaaaaayyyyyyyyy out of my rather modest budget.
- joyride0
The ford flex is the nicest of the bunch IMO:
http://www.fordvehicles.com/flex…
- emokid0
because i rode in one over the weekend and absolutely loved it. for the price and the features offered, it sounds like a great deal plus i do like that its ugly.
- do you like the element? i was actually thinking of getting one of those as well. it's more solid, but more money.lvl_13
- You might like this as well: http://www.edmunds.c…czawada
- the vibe is pretty good. its basically a toyota matrix with a pontiac logo on it.emokid
- lvl, yeah i like the element a lot. but yes, price and gas mileage has been a concern. i drive a lot (about 45 miles/day).emokid
- i think the pontiac vibe is more toyota than the matrix. i heard the vibe is built in japan while the matrix is built in CAsung_konajalinejox
- miles a day) so gas mileage is a big factor in the car that i get. currently i am car-less.emokid
- I <3 my Elementjevad
- Says the guy who also has a VW bug, convertible to boot!
; )czawada
- czawada0
That has to be one of the ugliest vehicles I've ever seen. Why would you subject yourself to that?