The Scion xB Effect
02-06-2016, 05:59 AM
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The Scion xB Effect
Has anyone else experienced this? I can be driving anywhere, and if I move over to pass a slowpoke, they speed up to keep me from passing. At other times, they'll come up behind me, pass, then slow down slower than I was driving. I've talked to a couple of other xB owners, and they agree with me that there is just something about the 1st gen xBs that tends to cause anger and disgust in other drivers, especially sports cars, muscle cars, and lifted pickups. Or maybe I'm imagining it... 
02-06-2016, 08:35 AM
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Honestly I haven't seen much of this effect and I've been driving my xB1 for around 10 years. I drive faster than the average driver and it's usually me out front.
I think it might matter where you live though. I've been in Vegas and a couple of medium sized town in Florida..I do think that here in Florida there's a little more anger towards my xB than anywhere else I've been..still, not enough to really notice much.
I think it might matter where you live though. I've been in Vegas and a couple of medium sized town in Florida..I do think that here in Florida there's a little more anger towards my xB than anywhere else I've been..still, not enough to really notice much.
04-18-2016, 05:59 AM
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Has anyone else experienced this? I can be driving anywhere, and if I move over to pass a slowpoke, they speed up to keep me from passing. At other times, they'll come up behind me, pass, then slow down slower than I was driving. I've talked to a couple of other xB owners, and they agree with me that there is just something about the 1st gen xBs that tends to cause anger and disgust in other drivers, especially sports cars, muscle cars, and lifted pickups. Or maybe I'm imagining it...
Actually, if anything, I got a lot of cute looks and compliments. Maybe, because it was a Novelty. Then, in the last few years, there was competition from the Nissan Cube
and Kia Soul.
But, I can see the Rodney Dangerfield Effect: "I get No Respect"
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04-20-2016, 09:11 PM
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06-09-2016, 11:48 PM
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Can't say I experience that in the xB, but I will say Prius & Smart car drivers seem to like to cut off the Hummer every chance they get.
It is simply out of the mercy in my heart, they are not crushed for being dill weeds.
It is simply out of the mercy in my heart, they are not crushed for being dill weeds.
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