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Old Apr 10, 2004 | 03:02 PM
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Doesn't it seem like somebody (Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Motor Week, etc.) would have had a test drive of the tC by now and reported on it? We are a little over two months away and still nobody has given this thing a test drive and reported on it.....

HURRY UP, already!

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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 01:02 AM
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Boy I remember when I was waiting on the Matrix.... Take a look at SportCompactCar... Thats the FIRST magazine to have test driven (and hop up) a Matrix XRS...

The only thing that sets the tC apart is the launch of the S/C will be in Nov... So SCC won't actually be interested till then I would guess...

I'm waiting heavily on the test drive as well... You're not the only on toughing through this one :D

Btw, I still have the centerfold poster of the Matrix in red posted on my wall :D (What kind of weirdo posts pics of 18K cars?)
Old Apr 11, 2004 | 04:30 AM
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i'm also waiting for somebody to reveiw/test drive the tC. i want to test drive the tC myself too.
Old Apr 11, 2004 | 05:16 AM
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you won't see a full review of the tC until its release in june. magazines will test a new car a month or two before its launch and the factory will let them have a pre-production model for a couple of days. all these stories we hear of seeing tC on the road could either be a corporate employee driving or a road test by one of the mags.
Old Apr 11, 2004 | 06:07 AM
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Didn't take awhile before a car mag did a test on either the xA or the xB?
Old Apr 11, 2004 | 06:24 AM
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when was the xa and xb released first in california? i remember seeing somewhere a review of the 2 cars in AutoWeek in April 2003.
Old Apr 11, 2004 | 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by djimpak
when was the xa and xb released first in california? i remember seeing somewhere a review of the 2 cars in AutoWeek in April 2003.
scion officially opened june 9th on my birthday. :D

i have that issue of autoweek and it was a june issue.
Old Apr 11, 2004 | 07:13 AM
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ohh. i thought it was and april issue.
Old Apr 14, 2004 | 12:26 AM
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did anyone notice in the sport compact car's review that they put the wrong interior picture? its the mazda picture from an artical a few pages behind it.
Old Apr 14, 2004 | 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by tC4me
did anyone notice in the sport compact car's review that they put the wrong interior picture? its the mazda picture from an artical a few pages behind it.
SCC has a reveiw?
Old Apr 14, 2004 | 06:57 AM
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yeah, the may issue. the front says: Hollywood After Hours, under SCC.
Old Apr 14, 2004 | 10:08 AM
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HAHAHA SCC does it again!! First the Matrix now this... Oh boy... Now we all know where to look in the future!!!

(And I thought it would take them some time... :oops
Old Apr 14, 2004 | 06:57 PM
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It isn't really a review. It's more of a blurb from the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The only really new information is a quote from Gary Boler, who says that the TRD supercharger will be a Vortech centrifugal, rather than an Eaton roots blower like previous TRD superchargers.
Old Apr 14, 2004 | 07:07 PM
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but it is more than what's been said before.
Old Apr 14, 2004 | 07:12 PM
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can someone scan this please?
Old Apr 14, 2004 | 08:15 PM
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can someone scan this please?
Just get a copy... I mean if it was just a pic, then I guess it's cool, but these folks do stay in business by selling their mags... Aside from helping them out, you'll also be helping this site out by not putting (potentially illegal) scans of copyrighted material...

Just a little friendly public remidner :D
Old Apr 14, 2004 | 09:45 PM
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Easiest way w/o buying is to hit your local bookstore. Then if you like the issue, etc., buy it.....

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Old Apr 14, 2004 | 10:32 PM
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i wish i had a ride to the nearest bookstore...
Old Apr 14, 2004 | 11:11 PM
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magazines earn 95% of their money from selling advertisements... in fact when you subscribe you become part of the product that magazines sell... don't get me wrong, i love my mags, but i wouldn't feel too guilty if me or someone else scanned a page...

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Old Apr 14, 2004 | 11:36 PM
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I belive that issue had a white R34 GtR on it right?



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