Yeah i made that mistake (carwash) and now i am paying for it. I have to have it all buffed out and stuff, not fun and looks crappy

 

I use the hand spray wash in winter. It will get most of the salt off. It will probably be March before mine gets a proper hand washing. :?

 

I bought a demo TCM 2004 xB. It had just over 6000 miles on it and they sold it to me as a used car. It had the remainder of the factory warranty so I am happy. It has the Scion Alarm, 6-CD changer, Fog Lamps, Intereior Accent lighting, Scion 'S' side body graphic, bumper protector and alloy wheels. All in all, the sticker price of the car was $17,400 and I bought it for $13,000 + tax.

I am quite happy with my purchase

 

cant go wrong with that

 

Nice deal OMAC!

I was hoping to get the Hot Lava out of one of the local
dealerships, but they weren't sellin'

 

I bought this as a demo


And this is what the old demo looks like now


When I bought mine it had 2300 miles on it. And it was still considered new because it was never registered with the DMV

 

 

I got a demo too, but not a driver demo. It sat in the showroom. They had to move half a dozen tables for us to go test drive it. 175 miles on the odometer. I walked into the dealership hating boxes.... then I drove out in one.

 

OakToddler i think there is a hand car wash in westwood called Donavin's hand car wash, and he is the best there is around here. Or there is a new place in HoHoKus called "OBH (Only By Hand)" never been there but drove past.

 

 

 

Well, it only cost 21k... but came with a sound system, nice wheels, and a few other mods. I could make it sound better, but it really needs to be seen. I'll post pics when it gets back from the audio installer (they're adjusting the rear view camera and adding an alarm).

 

what kinda suspension are you running?

 

Definetely, test drivers of an xB with a Salesguy in the car are not going to thrash the BOX.
I just bought mine in DEC.`04, and my xB/bB had actually been sold 3 months prior to me buying it. It had 5300miles on it . But it was Still in NEW condition with ALL New car Warranties and Goodies/options.
Luckily for me, they must not have been able to keep up payments and thats why it came back to the dealer. And I really checked out the car. And again Luckily, the car had just come back , not long enough to do a lot of Repairs or Painting. I checked the engine compartment to see if it had just been steamed cleaned, and No, it had what looked like a few miles of dirt on it . The tires looked as though they had been driven on Normally with no Skids or funny wear on them . I took my hands off the wheel while on a staight away, and it drove completely straight . I even saw a post with a guy saying that after a couple thousand miles his Mats were All worn out , Mine still looked New at 6000mi.?!
Now I know 5300mi. sounds like a lot of miles . But the car I was trading in was an `03 Honda Civic EX Cpe with 5600mi. on it . So I was basically in the same usage of the cars, although my old car was 1 yr older. And they sold it to me for $10,000 !! plus the bal. still owed on my Lease . So I now am paying just as much as I was on the Lease , but Im BUYING NOW! :D
****Now, to what someone said about *CARWASHES* and *SCION`s Soft Paint* ????
Are you serious !?!?!?! Im glad that at least I have a
Hand Wash near me . But what does that mean as far Waxing / how many times / can it be Over Washed . Anything else I should worry about ? I live in Los Angeles and I dont have Salt to worry about, and my car is in a fully covered No Sun Carport .
Thanks
I hope I wasnt ing

 

WOW , that was either the LONGEST test drive or it was an EXTREMELY LARGE dealership showroom . It cant sit in a showroom and get 175miles on it , and it definetly does not get that many getting off the truck either.
Dont get me wrong, you got a great xB ! And it looked nice then and looks great now. But maybe it was a Dealer car for a little bit , or it was the Donut getter. But it can`t get those miles sitting or being dropped off in the showroom .
And definetly Im glad they sold it to you as NEW with that many miles, it would have looked bad had they tried to sell it as Used . Or something , I know it had not been registered.
All in All I havent heard any Horror stories when buying a SCION .

 

I got a demo 04 Camo with almost 5000 miles on it, it came with a lot of options I didn't really want but the color was most important. I have not seen any other Camos on the road around here in Michigan. I still get a ton of looks from other drivers and it is the funnest car i have ever driven.

 

 

I have the Goldline coils on it. But with the kit it sits hella low.

 

Why would u buy a demo for only 45 bucks(300 * .15) off the price lol. I'd rather just buy it new. You never know what idiot test drove the car.