"The funky Scion xB makes a place for itself"

I coulda sworn Gord Beaman typ'd:

I've heard it said that Toyota owners are stodgy. I think this is the most telling example I've seen of that concept.

-Don (my other car is a Camry -- maybe I'm stodgy when I drive it?)

I coulda sworn "dh" typ'd:

That's what the kids are doing, I guess. My son showed me a set of 17" alloy wheels I HAVE to have on mine to be REALLY KEWL! And I should LOWER it, and add an INTAKE KIT, and . . . . (I can't afford that kind of cool . . . . ;^)

That's the same thing my wife said. Then I got her to come on a test ride. It was all over. The only things I had to concede were: a stick (I wanted that anyway, but I didn't tell HER that ;^) and the color (I think silver is THE best car color, but I can live with camo (dark green)).

She even "let" me order a rear spoiler after I told her how practical they are at helping keep the rear window clean . . . .

If you can't talk her into a test drive, sorry about that. I DO understand her role in determining vehicle choice.

-Don

Now, now - no need to get snippy.

I know people of all vehicle preferences that think lots of different cars are fugly - such as that damned Aztec (sp?), the Element, my Echo, and now the xB.

Different strokes, dude...

Gord has been razzing my Echo for years - it's his M.O. :-)

Natalie

SEE! :-)

I try not to be too superficial (Hence buying the Echo), but that one is just too icky for me.

And the LSD

That's exactly what my husband said about the Echo when we saw it in the showroom. The salesman *really* didn't want to sell it to us, since they had a huge overstock of used cars; plus we're in our 40s, so we're the wrong 'demographic' - what a crock of shit! But to his dismay, we bought it anyway.

That's what I think of my Echo

Mine's a pregnant roller-skate

Natalie