I bought a little Scion this weekend! DUMPED the Explorer!!!YAYAYAYAYAYAY!

[radwriter0555]

It's so cute and fast and uses so little gas and ahs a/c and power windows and rocking stereo and 4 doors and a hatchback and is just a little GO-GO CAR!!!!

Love it! I feel better having such a little vehicle! AND it only cost $13,000 out the door!!!!

The interior is HUGE, very spacious, plenty of room... very very well rated on edmunds, that's what sold me, that and a friend bought the boxy one and loves it.

I feel VERY european now!!!!

[tom_paine]

1. Good for you! Bet your saving much gas $$$$ now, too!

:toast: :bounce: :toast:

[loftycity]

2. I'm buying the Scion boxy one...they are great!

Congrats! The hippest car out there!!

[GOPisEvil]

3. Of course you are keeping the Miata, right?

:D

[radwriter0555]

7. oh YES! the BF has dubbed the new one "WWWWEEE" too....

WWWWEEE is the plate on the miata of course.

The truck was moldering un-used in the driveway, and I was putting a quart of oil into it every WEEK. (Bad gasket) and we won't even talk about the electric problems!

[quinn94704]

4. Scion! (did you check out the Insight?)

My roommate's cousin has one and it sounds amazing! Did you check out the Honda Insight before buying your car?

http://www.insightcentral.net/

Both are in the same category I guess. Good for you in dumping your Explorer! :) Too bad we can't make more americans to dump their bloated SUVs and buy hybrids. :P

Are you getting the 50MPG they advertise?

[pagerbear]

5. Scions aren't hybrids

But they get good mileage nonetheless.

I'm thinking of dumping the Beemer for one.

[radwriter0555]

6. Scion makes a hybrid as well, but I know the technology they're applying,

and I wasn't impressed.

The XA gets 32 - 37 mpg, and I'm monitoring it now... Sure beats the 12 - 18 I was getting on the truck!

I appreciate true electric cars. I feel the hybrids with the electric generating brakes just aren't worth all the hype. I'm very VERY familiar with EVs, having managed several EV fleet purchases. Plus, I just didn't like the car, it was larger than I wanted.

I also have a mazda miata that is my fun in the sun, wooo hooo "WWWWEEE" car...