As i was filling up my xB this morning at the gas station, i could see the attendent staring at it through his window and i knew i was gonna get some questions about it when i went in to pay... here's how it went.
Guy: "What the hell kind of make is that damn thing?"
Me: "It's a Scion xB"
Guy: "It looks like some kind of minivan"
Me: "Yeah, Cept in only took me $29 to fill my tank."
Guy: "Damn"

 

the gas station is always an adventure...i had a guy in a ferrari ask me about the car and looka round. had more then a few ppl ask to sit in it. i cant fill up in the morning anymore cause it makes me late for work.

 

i fill at random times usually when the people are less to save time...

 

 

Get this....when I first got my Lava in 2004 I was sitting in Taco Bell/BP Gas station I looked outside a some old man was sitting in my car...so I ran out and he said "This is the ugliest car I have ever seen and I had to sit inside it and look around." I was like what do I do to an old man that can hardly walk...so I made sure he did not steal anything and let it go.

 

i had a guy wanting to know if it was AWD!

 

the old guy was gonna jack your box, did it smell like bengay and denture cream when he left?

 

I just picked mine up Saturday, first stop after picking it up was to a place to get some food that had an outdoor cafe seating area. As I am parallel parking the box, half the people sitting outside alll start turning around to look at it. Pretty awesome first story I think.

 

no one has asked me about my xB yet, i feel so left out lol

 

Why was your car unlocked?

 

guess it's a non cali thing everyone here pretty much knows about it.

 

never leave your car unlocked. even if you can see it from where you are outside of the vehicle. that is Car Safety 101.

but yeah, people look and point all the time. most people say "i really like your car" or the like. The most involved convo was when waiting at an intersection, and a guy in a truck next to me asks me questions about it like "how does it drive, 4 cylinder right ? , how's the gas mileage , lots of room, blind spots, etc ..." pretty cool stuff.
then there are the kids with riceroni cars who try to act all thug when they pull up next to you. i hate those kind of drivers.

 

what he said

 

I have never ever been asked anything other than how much mileage I get. I guess the early 2004 owners got the working out here...........

 

Since my beard is gray and my hair is missing, other middle-aged people target me with xB questions. Mostly "my daughter/son wants one, should I buy it, is it safe" etc. I actually drew a crowd once outside a Borders once.

Of course, I tell them "you'd better buy two; you'll want one of your own."

RichC

 

I've caught people looking in through the windows and even checking the doors , and like all kinds, oddly its usually older people that check to see if the doors open.

most times i hit the "panic" button just to watch them run off scared.

 

I've had to show off mine a few times- in the Kaiser Permanente lot, at the gas station, rest stop, and in the Pepboys lot... not to mention the lot at work...

It 's TCM, so it doesn't attract as much attention as some of the other colors... and the 15" alloys aren't very flashy... it's really one of those love it or hate it deals...

 

actually funny story:
yesterday at work a lady came in with an xB, we got to talking she liked mine and stuff. She loved her xB, but she had 2 complaints, the way that it handled in the wind and the radio quality

well i exlained to her what i did to my suspension to help and how to change the car type and sund on the stock h/u, she was real greatful and real cool.

 

I always get comments about it when I'm at the bank, depositing $$ with the teller, as well as when I'm at places like drive-ins.

No one has told me to my face that my car sucks though. Probably because I'd beat the ____ out of them if they did.

 

I've had a guy driving a Saturn ask me about my xB.

There's a black xB that I parked next to at work and the dang evening sprinkers left my TCM xB looking like crap.