i think these cars shouldn't be available to anybody over the age of 35, unless they are really cool.

some middle aged woman got an xB in my town..... she's the type of person who drives a honda element............................................... god i wish part of financing was "not being in metapause or senile" cause it just ruins the demographic of the car... misrepresenting.

oh well, just what i think, kinda stupid, but come on, the woman was born before WWII......

That's like saying only old people should drive caddy's and only militay or ex milirary should driver hummers. .. in a perfect world, sure ... but cars appeal to lots of different people ... look at the civic, designed for a middle aged commuter.. but how many tricked out civics do you see now.. they're all over the place ...

btw .. I'm 23

My wife and I are both 32, and we're definitely not too old for a ride like this. Believe me, if you make it to 35, it won't be so "old" then. BTW, we think we're still pretty cool.

Ahhhhh ... to be young and stupid. Tell ya what, it is accociated with money and old men, so maybe everyone else should be begging on the street corners for scraps, including yourself. Some day, your gonna be old too.

to keep the scion to a young comunnity only would be wrong, I think its cool that older people have to ask me about the car that I drive. also from a business standpoint , I don't care if your 80 , get the car and then get an axle back from me! :lol: Yet another shameless plug for the PrecisionMuffler.com Axle back! :D

35 isn't old, DAMMIT :evil: Just wait a few years and you'll see...

My wife and I are both 32, and we're definitely not too old for a ride like this. Believe me, if you make it to 35, it won't be so "old" then. BTW, we think we're still pretty cool.

No, he's right, you're old and uncool :)

I'm >30, but I married a 20 something.. keeps you young!

Seriously though, to the kids out there.. you have no idea how young 30 is until you're there.

im'a just tryin to get a rise outta yall :) i guess its completely dependant on the attitude

im'a just tryin to get a rise outta yall :) i guess its completely dependant on the attitude

There's the problem with 30+ It's hard to get anything to rise no matter the attitude.. but they make meds for that problem now.

:roll: I couldn't imagine being 21... then I couldn't imagine 25.... now I'm not imagining being 30 in 4.5 years... time will teach that youngin' a lesson, no worries there...

toyota is in the business of making money not discriminating.

im'a just tryin to get a rise outta yall :) i guess its completely dependant on the attitude

There's the problem with 30+ It's hard to get anything to rise no matter the attitude.. but they make meds for that problem now.

Speak for yourself, Holmes... That ____'s for old farts

Spice things up, try you left hand next time. :lol: :P

Just want to let you all know I just turned 40 and I still skateboard and mountain bike and make kids a lot younger than me play catch up. It's not the age. it's the way you look at life. Grow up ? NEVER !! Waiting for my Hot Lava any day now. Peace to all. :wink:

My wife and I are both 32, and we're definitely not too old for a ride like this. Believe me, if you make it to 35, it won't be so "old" then. BTW, we think we're still pretty cool.

I don't care how old you are...if you've got a Cartman avatar, you're off the shindizzler!

Can a certain age group really support in sales a whole line of cars? I think it is part marketing and hype. The toyota people are trying to get into the minds of 25 and minus age group. Really, does this car make you more young and hip?

My wife and I are both 32, and we're definitely not too old for a ride like this. Believe me, if you make it to 35, it won't be so "old" then. BTW, we think we're still pretty cool.

Well said. Trying to define old is not an easy task. 32 is not old 50 is not old... 60 and up is old :shock: , but if they like the xB, by all means I want them to get one :wink: . If anyone likes the xB they are cool, young or old..

Nathan 8)

i think these cars shouldn't be available to anybody over the age of 35, unless they are really cool.

some middle aged woman got an xB in my town..... she's the type of person who drives a honda element............................................... god i wish part of financing was "not being in metapause or senile" cause it just ruins the demographic of the car... misrepresenting.

oh well, just what i think, kinda stupid, but come on, the woman was born before WWII......Are you like 12 or something?

for me its not about age, just nice to get these goddamn friggin SUV's off the road...

i think these cars shouldn't be available to anybody over the age of 35, unless they are really cool.

some middle aged woman got an xB in my town..... she's the type of person who drives a honda element............................................... god i wish part of financing was "not being in metapause or senile" cause it just ruins the demographic of the car... misrepresenting.

oh well, just what i think, kinda stupid, but come on, the woman was born before WWII......

So let me get this right. You're depressed now that you realize that Toyota marketing has manipulated you into thinking that xB is the ultimate KeW1 D0odz car when it's really the ultimate mommymobile?

So sorry. welcome to real life.

BTW,

1. If you're going to dis someone by assuming that they have a medical condition, it would help if you knew how to spell it.

2. Someone who was "born before WWII" would be at least 66 years old, a mite beyond "middle age" by most measures, particularly those used by Gen-Y D0odz.

3. Putting restrictions into the financing agreement wouldn't affect most older folks. They don't have to finance.

4. You will be old sooner than you expect, providing you survive puberty.

No, he's right, you're old and uncool :)

I'm >30, but I married a 20 something.. keeps you young!...

Yup. My old Gunny used to say , " You're only as young as the girls you feel." :lol:

yeah! I'm 21 and my husband is 45. Everyone thinks that he's around 30

The coolest thing about the xB is that it is an inexpensive and "populist" car. In my opinion these are the coolest cars to pimp out. Ever seen a wood panel station wagon with fat tires and a scoop on the hood , low rider van with wire rims or a fat vintage VW bug? Awesome! It takes work to make you car stand out from the old folks (like my 33 year old ___). Especially when some of us old folks are gonna make our xB's the ____.

george, this is an ONLINE FORUM.. don't get ____y, its just a thread.



i was trying to make people get their opinions out, more for fun than anything else. Oh but, yeah you're right, this is serious business, I cannot fool around... online... hmm, i guess i had better get back to not offending anybody, anywhere... guess i had better stop driving my car, because that might offend someone who thinks its ugly.



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i don't care if you think i'm mature

so bugger off

i was trying to make people get their opinions out, more for fun than anything else. Oh but, yeah you're right, this is serious business, I cannot fool around... online... hmm, i guess i had better get back to not offending anybody, anywhere... guess i had better stop driving my car, because that might offend someone who thinks its ugly.


Great country we live in, our Bill of Rights doesn’t condone the right for anyone to discriminate against a group of people. Even if a group of people or the President thinks it is a good idea. Our Constitution also allows you so say what you want, as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others. If you can dish it, then you should be able to take.

It's not what age you are ....it's how you roll

I think there should be some sort of restriction, not to 30 year olds but to those over 45.

The constitution doesn't say anyhting about companies limiting their product. Look at cigarettes, they are limited to those who are over a certain age (Yeah it probably is because of health reasons ) But why not have a product that only younger people can buy?

The reason I say this is because at the local car show, i went to the Scion booth and there were all these old frugal farts that would just sit in the car for 10 min. when everyone else is waiting.

i think these cars shouldn't be available to anybody over the age of 35, unless they are really cool.

some middle aged woman got an xB in my town..... she's the type of person who drives a honda element............................................... god i wish part of financing was "not being in metapause or senile" cause it just ruins the demographic of the car... misrepresenting.

oh well, just what i think, kinda stupid, but come on, the woman was born before WWII......

No.

I'm 28 now. I still play video games daily, rock out on my guitar, and am into cxustom cars...etc. None of this is going to magically change in 7 more years. Age really is just a number. It's about who you are and what you do, not how old you are

So would that mean that if you bought a scion when you were 34 that you would have to sell it by the time you turn 35??? How ridiculus. What are you going to say next....that overweight people aren't allowed to buy cookies? Short people can't play basketball? Women should stay in the kitchen where they belong????You just wait until you turn 35. Make sure that you don't allow yourself to have fun of any kind b/c you seem to think that you'll be too old for it!

I guess when your younger, you don't know any better and make comments like that. I'm 28 and age is a state of mind. Besides, why would you want to descriminate against anyone. It's cool to see and older man or women enjoying the car and same as a younger person. Your only as old as you feel!

a product that only young people could buy, would have to be really inexpensive, since generally people between 12-17 years of age have the largest amount of disposable income.
So lets see, maybe Scion could offer a new loan program where they take your milk money during the school week, and if you can verify that you mow lawns during the summer you could get approved for a Scion...

sorry if i've offended anyone :!: i agree it shouldn't be limited, and that its all about personality. i just wanted to start a new topic, all the others seemed to be a little... well... uncontroversial :D


right.

I think there should be some sort of restriction, not to 30 year olds but to those over 45.

The constitution doesn't say anyhting about companies limiting their product. Look at cigarettes, they are limited to those who are over a certain age (Yeah it probably is because of health reasons )

No, it's because the government has passed laws restricting sales of those products to children. The companies involved would just as soon sell cigarettes to 9-year-olds if they could.

But why not have a product that only younger people can buy?

The reason I say this is because at the local car show, i went to the Scion booth and there were all these old frugal farts that would just sit in the car for 10 min. when everyone else is waiting.

Actually, they can sell to anyone they like as long as they don't tread on race, religion, etc. The fact is that Toyota knows that it would be stupid to restrict sales by age, because they would anger potential customers.

Those "frugal farts" were far more likely to come up with the money to actually buy a Scion than those impatient teenyboppers. Money talks and everything else walks!

George

When I'm 35 I wouldn't buy a cheap ___ tuner car, I would strive for something a little easier to make it go fast and corner well , (Hell I would die in another 35 why not die while having fun, either that or have a midlife crisis and go join a biker gang)

george, this is an ONLINE FORUM.. don't get ____y, its just a thread.

On the internet, nobody can see you smile...

i was trying to make people get their opinions out, more for fun than anything else. Oh but, yeah you're right, this is serious business, I cannot fool around... online... hmm, i guess i had better get back to not offending anybody, anywhere... guess i had better stop driving my car, because that might offend someone who thinks its ugly.

If you throw a rock into a hornet's nest, don't be surprised if a few hornets notice you. That _is_ what you wanted, right?

George

Y'all chill, my brother is just being an ___ and stirring up a little controversy. I'd say that Toyota is doing its damndest to make this a mostly >35 years old car so they can keep the brand image together. I don't see scion ads with middle aged women or old farty men, do you?

Listen up...I'm 45 and I play one mean mother f*&%$#@ guitar, I bench press 350 and the old johnson don't need no viagra, just a good stiff wind can get a rise outta me. Besides, if I was under 35 (and I was once) I wouldn't be driving this car, I'd be blowing doors off in my old Camaro. This is strictly a cruising kinda thing with the Xb, laid back and cool ya see. 8) Been there...done that.

After I read the start of this thread, I had to go change my Depends :lol: What you point out on the current advertising may be true, but as Toyota studies the demographics of the ones plunking the money down, that strategy may change. They're in business to do what? Make money. They readily took my money. Sure, they might have given me the once over. I sure enough don't fit the target market. I'm 49, 6'1", 188#s, bicycle 4000 miles a year, sorta athletic, heels locked I palm the floor. But so what, it doesn't matter. Like George said above, the money talks. You wanna be upset at old farty men buying these thing? You ought to be raggin on Toyota for violating their strategy by selling them to us!

i think these cars shouldn't be available to anybody over the age of 35, unless they are really cool.

some middle aged woman got an xB in my town..... she's the type of person who drives a honda element............................................... god i wish part of financing was "not being in metapause or senile" cause it just ruins the demographic of the car... misrepresenting.

oh well, just what i think, kinda stupid, but come on, the woman was born before WWII......

The scion xB is marketed toward the young generation. And they did a good job on doing it. to answer ur question ummm no i dont think it fits nicely but hey if ur a dealer you cant say no to a deal.

If you have read this far, you must understand what an utterly inane thread this is!

Cool, huh?

Paul

I think he should be steralized for that racest statment about people over 35 . Someone like that needs to be prevented from mutiplying .

I think he should be steralized for that racest statment about people over 35 . Someone like that needs to be prevented from mutiplying . :lol: