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Re: My new 08 Scion xB [altont] by drfill
Jul 14, 2007 (3:21 pm)
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Replying to: altont (Jul 14, 2007 11:03 am)

I agree to the xB's greatness, but you're not the customer Toyota is trying to impress.
 
   Hopefully the 34 and under crowd is just as impressed.
   
   I just fit in thur!
    
   DrFill
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LA Times article this week by natatac
Jul 14, 2007 (4:13 pm)
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http://www.latimes.com/classified/automotive/highway1/la-hy-neil11jul11,0,1966401.story?track=rss
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Leather seats and side panels by altont
Jul 15, 2007 (9:10 am)
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My leather upgrade ran $1495 and was done in one day by local people in San Antonio thru the dealer. The leather is charcoal with ash (gray like) inserts with ash stitching.
The colors exactly match the xB headliner and xB side panels. The side panels have the Ash color also which set off the Charcoal interior. The sport steering wheel reflects the same two colors. The leather makes the seats very comfortable.
 
The upgrade was excellent. You can contact Toyota dealer in Boerne, Tx for name of installer. He orders the kits from another source and just installs them.
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to All who have questions about Alpine Nav on xB by altont
Jul 15, 2007 (9:37 am)
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I have had at least 6 different GPS Navs in my automobiles and this new Scion xB navigator is one of the best I have ever used. You can pick a trip and have it play the trip back to you through the whole route. NEAT. The sound system is great with 160W audio. Screen displays give you all kinds of equalizer settings, sound surround settings and much more. I have XM activated on mine and what a unit. If you get the radio alone you pay $1495 and the Nav radio unit is $1995. This unit has a huge screen. You can play DVD's on the screen while you are parked and have parking brake on. There is not much this unit does not have. Too many features to mention.
 
Be prepared to pack a lunch and a 6 pack of drinks and sit in the vehicle with the instruction manual. It is thick and full of pictures and procedures. Don't get frustrated.
 
The VW TDI Jetta Nav system was over $2000 and did not have anything to compare to this one. That is why I chose Magellan plug and play unit for it instead of factory.
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2008 Owner Since May Launch by frozenguymn
Jul 20, 2007 (9:26 am)
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Here's a bit of feedback I can provide after owning my 2008 xB (automatic) for 2 months.
 
Fuel economy: Avg is 27.5 mpg if you can trust the computer. When I was tracking it manually, I was getting about the same so I'm relying on the machine now.
 
Drive: pleasant, considering how inexpensive the vehicle is. Sure it gets buzzy when you pedal to the metal, but that is rare for me. I'm often ahead of everyone taking off from a traffic light and I'm barely touching the gas. I will say that some of the funniest wind noise I get is from the roof when its windy (and up here in Minneapolis it can get that way often.) Overall, I love my xB much more than my 2005 Mustang (ugh, I hated how that thing handled in traffic -- no more American makes for me!)
 
I did not put much in the way of options on the vehicle, as I'm not big on bling or dvds or nav systems (its called a map!) Still, I love my wagon meets SUV love child of a car.
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Re: to All who have questions about Alpine Nav on xB [altont] by eldaino
Jul 20, 2007 (10:09 am)
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Replying to: altont (Jul 15, 2007 9:37 am)

wow from a tdi to an xb. you are pretty darn optimistic about the mileage. I'd be depressed.
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Re: Leather seats and side panels [altont] by aatherton
Jul 21, 2007 (4:37 am)
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Replying to: altont (Jul 15, 2007 9:10 am)

Most leather seat kits are by Katzkins. I had my 2006 xB done for $1250 as part of a combo deal with a sunroof for another $1250. The installer was a firm that was a dealer for Webasto and Katzkins. The leather kit included front and rear seats, headrests and door panels, replacing all the original fabric. The fabric covering is slipped off the front seats and the Katzkin leather seat covers are slipped on. The leather has a padded backing, and the seams are pulled down into the cushions by tie down straps that penetrate through the cushions. The rear seats were more complicated as the fabric covering was bonded. To avoid pulling off chunks of foam, the cushions had to be "skinned" with a knife.
http://s49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/vintagefortytwo/xB%20Leather%20Seats/
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I liked the old one by clecayenne
Jul 23, 2007 (4:13 pm)
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On the new '08 they curved off all the cool boxy lines and gave it a more powerful engine. I liked it better when it was boxy and underpowered. I diden't mind the underpowerness.
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Re: Leather seats and side panels [altont] by natatac
Jul 23, 2007 (6:13 pm)
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that's a great price,the local dealer in SCal{Orange County}lists leather for $1895 with no discounting.Don't know if it includes seat warmers, same price for the sunroof. $3790 vs. $2500 a big savings!
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there is by eldaino
Jul 24, 2007 (6:20 am)
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a 20k xb sitting on the lot at a local dealer. its been there ever since the xb came out. i thought that the customization was suppossed to come after the purchase? maybe thats whats putting people off. they have a couple others that are less than 18k, but have hubcaps and such.

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