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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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My buddy was asking the dealer ship about a turbo for his scion xb. Beacause he was one of the first people to get it in riverside county when they first came out. The guy at the dealership told him, "why doesn't he wait to next year because this xb will have a turbo." Thats what it might have in this next release series.
Old Jul 1, 2006 | 02:20 AM
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A dealer that told someone to come back next year??? That is a little hard to believe.
Old Jul 12, 2006 | 11:49 PM
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yeah sounds like bs. as the bs merrygocrap spins round and round
Old Aug 21, 2006 | 01:29 PM
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if your friend want a turbo so bad...just pull the engine out of the xb and drop in a celica gts motor in it...that what my friend is doing with his xb ill wait and see if it works before i consider tearing apart my block
Old Aug 24, 2006 | 11:00 PM
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i call bs as well and i am well informed dealer!!
Old Aug 26, 2006 | 10:31 PM
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So what if it's BS, it got the dealer a year's worth of attention.
Old Aug 27, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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I would like to get a turbo xb with the waranty and all
Old Aug 27, 2006 | 08:23 AM
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yup, the xb will get a turbo and will become the world renowned compact rental car.... and kick the shyt out of the pt cruiser even more

side note..... Waranty... whats that?
Old Sep 20, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by JJs_SCIONs
i call bs as well and i am well informed dealer!!
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:26 AM
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went to the local dealer by my house today and was told there was a scion turbo installation ready for the xb through the dealership.
Old Nov 15, 2006 | 01:37 PM
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^hahahaha the internals are barely strong enough to hold up to the stock power.
Old Nov 25, 2006 | 04:14 AM
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Why would your buddy go to the dealership looking for a turbo???
Old Nov 25, 2006 | 04:33 PM
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guys keep in mind the 1.5 is history........

we will have the 1.8(Corolla Engine).....
Old Dec 5, 2006 | 07:45 AM
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the dealer told me the same. my heart is dead set on getting a tc turbo charged instead.
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