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Old 02-27-2008, 04:15 PM
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On feb.27 2004 my affliction with scions began. ....73.765 miles later I still love it! ! Typical Toyota reliabality,no mechanical problems what-so-ever, paint still looks great,interior still looks great.We bought the 4th one toyota of richardson(tx) sold the day their first ones came off the truck and the only 5sp they had.Just passin' it on,

have a good day and enjoy many happy miles in yours.
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Old 02-27-2008, 04:27 PM
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Congrats on 4 great years!
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Old 02-27-2008, 05:11 PM
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4 years old since January '08.

I traded in my brand new '03 Matrix XRS for the first black xB I could find.

I've had a few scrapes and dents, plenty of windshield pits. I'm in need of a new front lip after all the road debris, plus I had one CEL after the short ram intake(now fixed).

Other than that, it still runs like a dream.

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congrats guys. I just hit the 2 year milestone and i'm up to about 23k miles on mine. l0l0l0l. i want this thing to last 20 years. and i'm going to try and make that happen!!!
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Mine just made 3 years...which is nice that I just got it back from the body shop after some idiot hit me....

I'm already thinking about trading her in on the xB2 5.0
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Old 02-27-2008, 05:42 PM
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Congrats on the 4 year aniversary. Id love to see someone keep one untill it dies. Judging by other toyotas from people I know that should be past the 200k mark.
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Old 02-27-2008, 08:13 PM
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w00t w00t!
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Old 02-27-2008, 08:20 PM
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Congrats!!
4years for me too, Feb 14th...gonna keep it forever!!!
now have 73,946miles and have had front bumper replaced (75mph + dog) and one windshield from road debris...
still getting great MPG and fun fun fun w/ 5speed....
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any of you replaced the clutch yet on those 5 speeds with 70+k miles??
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Old 02-27-2008, 11:09 PM
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No but my throw out bering is making "clattering "noise when in neutral w/clutch out(?)
Will change clutch/press plate when getting fixed..some clutch "chatter "when taking off in first gear
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Old 02-28-2008, 12:21 AM
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My Box hit it's 3rd B-Day last week. I only have 31,500 miles on it...
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Old 02-28-2008, 12:26 AM
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my tC is about to be 3 yrs old :D
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Old 02-28-2008, 01:11 AM
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congrats on the 4 years
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Mine will hit 4 at the end of June. Still looks better than new with 35K on it. Looking forward to the next 265K.
Congrats to all and many more happy miles.
Lonely Raven, please don't fall for the xB2 hype. You will always wonder how you made that big mistake.
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Old 02-29-2008, 02:22 AM
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Mine will be 4 on Halloween...82,XXX miles to date OG clutch
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4 yrs as of Jan 19. 43K and is an auto. still lovin it, and many more mods to come.
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mine just hit 1 year old last saturday with 10,000 miles on it
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Mine is 16 months old and has only 52,000 miles on it.
The 4 year Anniversary will be Oct. 2010.
Looking Forward to around only 160,000 miles then.
Hey, everyone knows that 1stGEN xBs last forever.

True Story: I 'm still on my Original OEM Goodyear tires
with still some thread left. 40k miles a year and still waiting for
tires to wear out!

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That means my Goodyears will dry rot before they wear out. I have about 10K on them right now.
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74,714 miles as of this morning and I still love my xB.

Matter of fact, I love my xB so much, I bought one for my girl.

As cheesy as it sounds, I think it's awesome to have an 05BSP and and 05 Camo Green parked next to one another.

I was actually considering trading mine in for a tC so it would have a warranty, but not having ANY problems with my xB, I'm planning on running it to the ground.

Scion FTW!
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