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Old 01-04-2008, 04:09 AM
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Default Million mile xB's-or Who has the Highest here?

Somebody with a tC was telling me that there was a dealer in Cali (or people that Scion/Toyota was sponsoring) that were given xB's to try to get them to the Million Mile mark for promotional exposure for Scions.

At first I thought it was a rumor but then I saw it on a forum somewhere about Million Mile cars and dit was said that Scion was doing such a thing.

Does anybody know anything about this?

Also- Who has the Highest miles on their xB? And what have you seen long term as far as wearing out?

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i have the most miles on mine. 6,112 after a year..... 2200 came from a trip to Denver and back to Illinois.
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My '04 has ~93,500 on it, though I'm only responsible for the last ~2000 or so.
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my 04 has 80,000 and i have driven them all
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my '93 Previa has 333,042 miles , not an xB, but thought it was cool
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^ his previa is possessed. it'll give you 300k+ more miles even without tires. true story. l0l0l0l
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Where's Aaron? The Rally Box has tons of miles.
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Old 01-04-2008, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by midtowndesi
^ his previa is possessed. it'll give you 300k+ more miles even without tires. true story. l0l0l0l
haha, things a beast, it runs on failed hopes and dreams
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:06 PM
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to "ottomoto" -any problems,anything wear out besides tires are regular wear stuff?
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For an xB to have a million miles you would have to drive 250,000 miles in a year. That means you need to drive 685 miles every day.
My 05 only has 70,000 on it.
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Old 01-04-2008, 11:03 PM
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That's what I said as well but this guy said that the Scion sponshorship was giving these to delivery people, regional sales reps and just some people who had the time to travel or drive a great deal...

So at 70,000 miles-anything that seems to be a weak link in these boxes?
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My 2004 is almost 97,000 and still looking like new and also rides like the first day,the key is oil chage religiosly and garaged every day,wax every 3 mos.
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I had 105,000 miles on my '04 when it was totalled. Never had any problems.
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Old 01-04-2008, 11:25 PM
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With some 05 there was a small problem with the can censor, but that was fixed free and so far nothing else wrong.
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i have 9,046 on my box i know thats not a lot but she is my baby and just wanted to share Eleanors mileage with everyone
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toyotas will last forever just as long as you take care of them like changing your oil every 3-5000 miles and all that. my old 90 toyota pickup had almost 400,000 miles on it before i sold and i still see it driving around every so often. my 04 xB has a little over 76,000 miles on it. i've driven every single one of them without any kinds of problems.
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05 XB-78,XXX miles...I drove them all...my wife can't drive a 5spd.....rock solid
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Dino (Aminal with Xclusive Scions has OVER 160,000 on his 04 BCP.
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37K on my 06 xA...had the car for little over than a year.
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I would dare to venture that 160K would be about the highest to date but would love to know for sure. I plan on getting 300K plus outta mine but it may take 20 years to do it.
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