tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158601016174103420.post545577784814907442..comments2024-03-24T20:30:55.379-07:00Comments on Subcompact Culture - The small car blog: My History With Scion and How It Shaped Me As a Car EnthusiastAndy Lilienthalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08962844660116593646noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158601016174103420.post-29660648785362607652016-02-05T10:00:23.906-08:002016-02-05T10:00:23.906-08:00When the xB first appeared, my dad & I were li...When the xB first appeared, my dad & I were like, "What an ugly looking piece of turd." My dad had a Toyota Sienna Symphony Edition minivan at the time. That was quite "comfortable" & "roomy". One day, we went to the mall & by chance we happened to park right next to the xB. I was like, "Ugh. What a stupid looking box." My dad felt the same way, but out of curiosity, we peeked through its back windows. Then we were like, "What the heck? It looks roomy!" We were kind of surprised. A few weeks later in 2005, the LA Auto Show was going on & we went. Just for poops & giggles, we went to the Scion display. We hopped into the xB & we were quite shocked at how comfortable it was. In fact, it had more legroom than my dad's Toyota Sienna. Yes. You could only fit 4 very large people extremely comfortably in the xB & 5 people kind of squeezed together in an emergency, but even though the the Sienna could sit 7, it was "uncomfortable" compared to the xB. It didn't have the legroom like the xB. We walked around the xB at the show, looked at it from top to bottom & figured that the asking price was a pretty good deal. Well, in January of 2006 my dad decided that he didn't need the Sienna anymore & guess what he got? A brand spanking new xB in Thundercloud Metallic. He figured that he was wasting too much gas & that the Sienna was a bit too much for him & my mom. It has been 10 trouble free years for him since then. He still has it today. The car still feels like new & it has been on several long road trips. I think it has close to 200,000 miles now & it still runs like a top. I totally love it & its boxy design grew on me over the years. I keep telling my dad to never sell it. It's a cult classic now! Hahaha! Long live the classic xB!Anime Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17686569373961466583noreply@blogger.com