tuvanhillbilly

Okay, I'm getting used to the stares, finger pointing and smiles wherever I go. I'm even used to peole running up and asking to see inside it. But why oh why does the first question out of everyone's mouth have to be "is it a hybrid"? When I say "No", they always respond "...well it IS green...".

I tell ya, judging by the seat-of-my pants marketing, if Scion were to make a hybrid model they would sell a gazillion of them.

ack154

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I don't know... if people already think they're all hybrids (I even get that question with my tC), having another one that IS a hybrid would REALLY confuse people.

jasonlm429

^^^no doubt!!

scionofPCFL

Customer: I'm looking for something roomy and good on gas

Me: Great, let me show you one of the Scions

Customer: Is that one of those Hybrids.


That scenerio happens at least 5 times a day. Glad it's not just me ;)

ChefXB3

Okay, I'm getting used to the stares, finger pointing and smiles wherever I go.

Its funny you said that I have had several people at work say that, "just looking at that car makes you smile"

Its a "happy Car"

Hey maybe thats a good plate for mine HAPYBOX

RaginCajun

I had a guy flag me down today leaving the gas station. He said he and 4 other guys had a bet going about who made my Scion. Strangely none of them were right. When I told him it was a Toyota he flipped out and instantly became interested in the box. If this car was badged a Toyota they would be even more popular.

kustom_play

yea i always see people stairing at it when there crossing the street and im parked at a red light

YourNameHere

had some big lumberjack kinda guy in a lifted ford pickup ask me "is that there one of them hybrid cars" i get asked questions just about everytime i go get gas. i actaully need to leave 5min earlier for work when i have to fill up cause otherwise the question and anwser sention makes me late haha. man i love this car!

blitz_xb

i get asked if its a hybrid by mostly older people ie 60 and up

TempleOwl

I thought the first question everyone would have for RS3 owners is anything related to the tv monitors on the headrests. That's what I wanted to know.

grizzly_choppers

I actually had a lady ask me if mine was an "electric car" WHILE I WAS FILLING IT UP WITH GAS! No lie either. Oh well...


A question I get on the lot many times a day is if Scion or Toyota is compatable with E85 fuel. I'm guessing that this doesn't happen outside of the Midwest.

-Alex

Baine

The only bad part of our drive to Ames was that damn ethanol tainted gas. Gave my box the farts.

guitarsurf

I've only had mine for a week but I mostly hear, "Wow. That's really greeeeeeeen."

Several, "Who makes that?" I haven't even debadged it yet!

Some little kids started pointing and jumping up and down when I drove by.

Coworkers typically ask, "What was wrong with the new car you just bought???" (I had a tC for about 7 months I traded for it)

OldYeller

There was a post that stated by 2010 Toyota would have a hybrid version of every model they sell. Of course driving an RS2 I know all about bright colors!

DiStUrBeD_AzN

You can't get an RS 3.0 xB anymore huh?

lilpklebox

RS4 debut in October!!!
Color TBA
RS3 getting hard to find!
Howard in Gilroy Ca

rivrtc

The RS 3.0's are still out there, you just have to look for them. I just bought one on Monday in Los Angeles, but they are selling pretty quickly.

I have to say I agree, lots of stares from other drivers and smiles... it just screams pull me over and gimme a ticket! But you gotta love that GREEN!

mad-sciontist

I get eye-balled at redlights, i even get people at redlights telling me to roll down my windows, to ask me if this color is stock. But the majority of the comments I get are people telling they cant believe "how green it is".

tuvanhillbilly

I guess the weirdest question I got was on the first day I had it. I was at a stoplight and this old guy pulls up next to me in a Buick. I see him eyeballing the car, but I am trying not to stare back at him. Finally his window rolls down and he waves at me. I roll down my window, expecting the usual question, and all he yells at me is "how tall are you?"
Not exactly what I was expecting.

sstcrew

I've owned my car less than a week and I've been asked 3 times if it was a hybrid, 5 times what the MPG is and 2 times if I actually paid money to own a car that color (both by old redneck guys that work out in foundry where I work).