on my way to home from work, i was stuck in the traffic. this guy in the car took a pic of me driving my box. i was like ummm ok. does that happen to you before?

 

no...was he driving a scion?

 

Did you follow him and go all Sean Penn on him?

 

I had that happen a couple times in one day. Back when my box was still new, and no one knew what Scion was back then; almost 3 years ago. One time a guy in a truck almost broke his neck turning outside his truck to get a pic on his camera phone while driving the opposite direcion.

 

I still get that happening to me. Just a couple weeks ago a guy in a mercedes convertible was taking pictures of my car. I usually get people taking pics with their camera phones. A lot of people yell out "Hey Mr Sparkle". The worst is school buses, About a month a ago a bus pulled up beside me and all the kids in the bus were screaming "Mr Sparkle!!!" after that the bus driver wouldnt pull forward in traffic.

 

i've never had someone take a picture of me but i have had people get out of their cars and come up to my car and ask me what i was driving.....i've had people roll down windows and ask me questions......and i've had people come up to me after i get out of my car and ask me questions. or they ask me if "Scikotics" is the name of a club.

 

Just last night a guy at the Olive Garden wanted to know all about my xB - course I answered since we were waiting to be seated.

 

Best for me was a guy on bicycle at a stop light. Stuck his asked me how I liked it and what the mileage was. I answered his question but told him not to stick his head in random peoples cars again.

 

ok, so it wasn't a picture, but everybody knows what a threadjacker i am.

we were all parked at a strip mall pizza joint for a club meet...
parked in the parking lot like everyone else...
lady and husband walk out of the pizza shop, and start looking at our rides...
then she opens up my door, and has herself a seat.

I stormed 'em. I said very matter of factly to the husband "GET THE F AWAY FROM MY CAR." She steps out, dumbfounded, as though she thought she was on a showroom floor of a dealership, and asks me what kind of car it is.

"Its MINE. That's what kind of car it is. Any more questions?"

He was in such a hurry to get her out of that sitch, he pulled her and bumped my mirror back with his elbow. Fortunately, we have foldaway mirrors.

normally, I'm a pretty mellow person, but we all had a good laugh about it afterward.

 

you reacted better than i would have.

but im crazy anyways.

 

As long as YOU did it . . . . The reaction of my wife's 70-something-year-old uncle was priceless. He looked at our Camo xB, scowled a bit and said "What kinda car is THAT?" I said "It's a Scion -- made by Toyota." Then he smiled and said "Oh, nice car." I guess the Toyota connection made all the difference to him . . . .

 

anytime i tell someone that around here, i get a huge frown followed by 'its not american'.

sad thing is, american cars arent american anymore. but no one listens to me around here.. *sigh*

 

Well, my Camry is made in America . . . for what THAT's worth . . . .

 

i usually get the one dude that pulls up beside my car does a double take and i see them mouth the words "what the f***" the first time it happened was like an hour after i bought my scion on my way from fayetteville nc to winston salem nc. to this day people still stare the green box down

 

You don't like your car man?

 

dodge and chevy made in japan, ford made in mexico, toyota proudly made in the usa, domestics are forign, and forign cars are american cars nowadays, I don't get people taking pics of me or my car, I get the people driving gas guzzler's that give those "I'm driving an "american" car that drinks gas, I'm better then you" looks, and all I have to say to that is I'm driving an economy car that gets 30+ mpg and I'll smoke your turd of a hummer

 

i never had people taking pictures, but a number of times i've walked to my car to see it circled with a number of people. 1st time was at a mijer, and 5 old black ladys were circling my car! kinda weird, but they all want one! this car DOES seem to beg for attention!

LOOK AT ME!

 

Did you wave and smile for the pic?

 

you know, for how much attention the xB still pulls, wouldn't it be unfair to the rest of the general public for Toyota to just up and stop building the 06/07 model xB's? if you think about it, sure the newer 08 is soon to come out, but what about those who are still looking for the original styled xB. it would make sense that they should be able to go to scion.com and build an order thier own original xB and Toyota would STILL be geting business...

this is just something that came to mind because i know by the time i'll be able to buy one, i might end up having to get a used one. i'd rather it brand new and totaly stock so everything i DO do to it is my work and not someone elses...

 

maybe he's a stalker... are you famous?