AutoMag staff tests xB for 1Yr
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AutoMag staff tests xB for 1Yr
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Four Seasons With the 2004 Scion xB
By Jean Jennings - Automobile Magazine
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Four Seasons With the 2004 Scion xB
By Jean Jennings - Automobile Magazine
Originally Posted by Automobile Magazine
..."It looks awful." Yvonne of the night shift was nicer. "So you got the Vault today, eh?" she wisecracked.
Yes, the Scion xB looks different. The Vault. The Paddy Wagon. The Toaster. The Refrigerator. We heard it all. To see an xB on the roll is to stare. Ours attracted attention like the villainous Magneto waving his magic fingers around in a ball-bearing factory. Nicole Lazarus, our assistant art director, put it best when she wrote in our test car's logbook, "If you're ever feeling lonely, take the xB." ...
Yes, the Scion xB looks different. The Vault. The Paddy Wagon. The Toaster. The Refrigerator. We heard it all. To see an xB on the roll is to stare. Ours attracted attention like the villainous Magneto waving his magic fingers around in a ball-bearing factory. Nicole Lazarus, our assistant art director, put it best when she wrote in our test car's logbook, "If you're ever feeling lonely, take the xB." ...
... We called it "something basic, remarkably rewrapped in unique packaging, like new fridge-packs of Coke." We described it as "a Beetle for our generation." We decided that it wasn't a minivan or an SUV but "an odd little box." ...
... a nail was pulled from the right front tire and a patch installed. (It would hold for a few months until it blew, forcing a roadside tire change that exposed the difficulty of hauling the jack out from under the driver's seat.) ...
... We gave the xB some attitude with spidery eighteen-inch PIAA wheels ($1476), grippy 225/35R-18 Yokohama Parada Spec-2 tires ($464) designed for street tuners, new doorsill inserts ($139), and a whimsical rear roof lip spoiler ($385). Never mind that America's interstate potholes and PIAA's aggressive wheels disagreed with a fatal bang...
Read the full review:
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http://automobilemag.com/reviews/wag...ons/index.html
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http://automobilemag.com/reviews/wag...ns/index1.html
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