Another xB has reached the 100,000 mile benchmark; 05 Camo - in service April 05

 

Congrats on the milestone. I can't wait to see when they start reaching 300K plus.

 

dang 2 yrs and 100k good show.

 

300K is the plan. Unless, of course, I get car fever first.

 

that is outrageous..

 

I'm the same way but the box ain't going nowhere even if I end up getting something else. I'm keeping mine forever.

 

Any items of concern at 100k? Have you been following recommened maintenance or not? I'm about to hit 50k in a few days and it has been flawless so far. Very impressed with the car... especially considering the price!

 

I do 5,000 mile oil changes with Walmart's synthetic and one of Fram's mid- to hi-grade filters. Changed the air filter once. Haven't serviced any other part of the car.

Not sure what I'll do when the time comes to replace the xB as a daily driver. In the past I've passed the cars down to TheKids.....then on to my mechanic in trade for labor. But they were very common fords. Likely this one will just become a spare.

 

im runnin mine in to the ground, im never gettin rid of it! when it has 400,000 and every thing is so rusted it just falls apart ill park it in my back yard and sit in it on the weekends. ill crack open a beer and put my foot up on the bumper and say " yep, best car ive ever owned"
im going to have my heart wired to the ECU so that when it dies i die.

 

^^^ muhahahahahahahahaha l0l0l0l0l


Ditto but I think I will die before my car does. In the 18 months i've owned it, i've managed to put like 16,600 miles on it.

Just for the hell of it, assume that i put 1k miles on it per month. at that rate, i will break the 100k mile mark in 7 years! hahahahahaa.

so i'll break 300k in about 23 years. ^_^

 

crap- how do people drive so much? must be a mainland thing....

 

your name wouldnt happen to be HANK HILL would it? LOL funny i let my fiero sit in my drive way for a year i never drove it but i would sit on it on the weekends and wash it 2

 

The miles I put on a car is a cost of doing business. That's the main reason I ended up with the xB to start with. I'd been driving Taurus/Sables for a number of years. I like/need wagons - need front drive - and good gas mileage.....that really narrows the field - though it seems to be growing.
But its not all roses. The xB is louder (road and wind noise) than I like.....and the ride is harsh (not unexpected). However - I did not anticipate the aching back I unscientifically attribute to the car.

 

Ive only put on 13500 since oct 2005 lol I dont drive

 

I got my '05 in Sept '04 and I have 17,500 so far.
I think my car is planning on out-living me.

 

Congratulations!!! I hope you get to keep yours as long as you hope.

I had planned to keep mine for many many years and had crossed the 100K threshold but someone ran me off the road and totalled it. I guess I'll try to keep my gen 2 for many many years.

 

To bad Fo.....

I was hit in the driver-side rear a year and a half ago. About 4K damage. I went the "cheap" route on repairs. Its not perfect. But I suspect it wouldn't be after another couple hundred K anyway.

 

so can we all pitch in so you can get the scion emblem tattoo'd on you?....that is IF you do have your heart in that car!

 

I'll be gettin' a Scion tattoo as soon as I figure out where I want it to go. Scion for life FTW.

 

I'll be gettin' a Scion tattoo as soon as I figure out where I want it to go. Scion for life FTW.[/quote]

that is knarly! I say go down to Miami Ink, have Ami do it and say hey on tv to all us fellow SL members! especially me, geoff for thinking its knarly that your getting the scion tattoo!