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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 12:54 AM
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Yesterday, I had to take one of my employees at work to the bank with me, and he's about 50-60 something. As we're walking to my car, he asks what kind it is, and I said "scion." He asks, "Zylon?" "no," i said "Scion. s-c-i-o-n."

We get in, and he says, "so that's how you say it? I always call them skee-ons."
Oh boy.
He proceeds to ask a series of questions....
"is it 4 wheel drive?"
'no.'
"all wheel drive?"
'no.'
Then the kicker.....he goes....
"is it considered an SUV?"

Jesus christ man, its a subcompact......I mean, he drives a PT Cruiser, so if my little XA is an suv, what is he behind? Oh god....
Old Nov 7, 2006 | 01:47 AM
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I hear ya. When I first got mine everyone was trying to define it into one category or another. I'm thinking the Scions are a category all their own.
Old Nov 7, 2006 | 03:41 AM
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5 door hatch. . . like a VW Golf/Rabbit, but smaller.
Old Nov 7, 2006 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by djct_watt
5 door hatch. . . like a VW Golf/Rabbit, but smaller.
And better.
Old Nov 8, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by oldmanatee
Originally Posted by djct_watt
5 door hatch. . . like a VW Golf/Rabbit, but smaller.
And better.
And one heck of a lot more fun!
Old Nov 9, 2006 | 03:26 PM
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Zylon

I havent heard tha one. Sounds like a medicine!
Old Nov 9, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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I thought the Zylons were the bad guys in Battlestar Galactica...
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by oldmanatee
Originally Posted by djct_watt
5 door hatch. . . like a VW Golf/Rabbit, but smaller.
And better.
Uh, No.
Old Nov 11, 2006 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by thegermangemini
Originally Posted by oldmanatee
Originally Posted by djct_watt
5 door hatch. . . like a VW Golf/Rabbit, but smaller.
And better.
And one heck of a lot more fun!
Uh, definitely not.
Old Nov 12, 2006 | 04:34 PM
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are you an xA owner?
Old Nov 12, 2006 | 04:40 PM
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I've heard the "Skee-on" thing so much, that I added to my sig a while back.
Old Nov 13, 2006 | 01:28 PM
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That's a good one
Old Nov 14, 2006 | 06:42 PM
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Yeah well...say what you want, but I love my all-wheel-drive hybrid SUV Zylon xA.
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