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Old Jan 31, 2017 | 02:01 PM
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Okay so I bought a Mitsubishi Eclipse GT a while back and I've personally never seen a Scion tC until now, and the only Scion I've seen was my grandmother's Scion xD. So I'm thinking about selling my Eclipse and getting a tC. What do you guys think I should do?
Old Jan 31, 2017 | 10:02 PM
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you'll probably get a lot of biased views here, but i personally love my '16 tC auto has a few rattles but for the price can't complain. great sporty commuter car. depending where you live, i live in southern wisconsin and in my city of 60,000+ i've only seen 3 other tC2.5's, it'll turn heads and you'll get dirty looks from the auto illiterates who think its a full blown sports car if that's what your looking for. plus you get toyota dependability.
Old Feb 1, 2017 | 10:14 PM
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That's a tough call... I really like my 2015 TC... But it's incredibly under powered. Here in SoCal they are a dime a dozen... I've seen 4 2.5s today alone.
Old Feb 1, 2017 | 10:33 PM
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If you have the 3.8L 263 hp V6 engine that is much more powerful than our tC2.5 2.5L 179 HP I-4 engine.

But, I personally LUV my 2015 RS9 for it's Uniqueness and the Toyota Dependability.

Now if there was somehow someway we can put your engine in our cars
that would be Awesome!




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Old Feb 2, 2017 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by MR_LUV
If you have the 3.8L 263 hp V6 engine that is much more powerful than our tC2.5 2.5L 179 HP I-4 engine.

But, I personally LUV my 2015 RS9 for it's Uniqueness and the Toyota Dependability.

Now if there was somehow someway we can put your engine in our cars
that would be Awesome!



Yeah I've got the V6 engine in my Eclipse and its damn fast with it too, but I've got a friend who has a turbo tC and he somehow beats me every time we race, why is this if my car is somehow more powerful?
Old Feb 3, 2017 | 01:22 AM
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I guess I'd you want to invest another $5k into a Scion, you will have a car that performs to the same level as your Eclipse...
Old Feb 8, 2017 | 04:47 AM
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The 2011-2013 TC seems to be more heavily supported by the aftermarket community vs the 14-16 years. I have a 2013 manual, fun little back road car. I heavily vouch for the manual especially if you can get one under the 60,000 mile warranty. I had the syncros go out and got a brand new tranny in mine. Previous owner must've beat it to death. However I dog mine pretty hard as well and it's held up good. The FRS is the next step up in mods though and is probably worth the upgrade. If you're an 18 year old guy like me insurance might wreck you financially.


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