Purchased a Used Scion xA

It has about 10.5K miles one it. The dealer is fixing a scratch and
installing cruise control. I'll take delivery on Thursday.

Glad to be part of the family.

-- Christian

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:07:14 -0600, CMM <newsgroupinky@m>
wrote:

>It has about 10.5K miles one it. The dealer is fixing a scratch and
>installing cruise control. I'll take delivery on Thursday.
>
>Glad to be part of the family.

Welcome and enjoy your new car. :-)

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:17:30 -0400, Stuart Krivis
<jd@mongo.krivis.com> wrote:
>
>Welcome and enjoy your new car. :-)

Thanks!

-- Christian

They delivered the car on Friday. I am **extremely** happy with it.
It's a definite step upward in many ways from my previous vehicle (an
'02 Kia Sedona).

-- Christian
'06 Scion xA

CMM wrote:
> They delivered the car on Friday. I am **extremely** happy with it.
> It's a definite step upward in many ways from my previous vehicle (an
> '02 Kia Sedona).
>
> -- Christian
> '06 Scion xA

an 06? and "used"??? did the original owner think it was too small?

Ive got an 06 xA myself, indigo ink pearl. Love it! After having a
stripped 1998 honda hatch the xA feels like a lexus.

one thing i noticed is that the used scions sold for the almost the same
price as a new one. almost $12k for a 2004... and the pickings on the
used market are slim.

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:04:54 GMT, SoCalMike
<Mikein562athotmail@m> wrote:
>
>an 06? and "used"??? did the original owner think it was too small?
>
>Ive got an 06 xA myself, indigo ink pearl. Love it! After having a
>stripped 1998 honda hatch the xA feels like a lexus.
>
>one thing i noticed is that the used scions sold for the almost the same
>price as a new one. almost $12k for a 2004... and the pickings on the
>used market are slim.

Apparently the resale value of the Scion xA is high. Good for someone
looking to move on but not as good for someone looking to buy used. We
did save enough to make it worthwhile, though. We had gone in looking
to buy a new Yaris but it was slightly outside of our price range. I
do not have so much as one regret that we drove away with an xA
instead.

According to the salesman, the previous owner is a doctor with a
family and the car was just a bit too small. His loss, my gain!

-- Christian

pars wrote:
> It's too bad that the States don't get the 5 door model cause there

the xA basically IS a 5dr yaris, isnt it?

> lots of room in the back for bigger passenger and having the extra door
> would make sense for ease of access. Plus, in my opinion, the 5 door
> liftback looks nicer then the 3 door version.
>
> Hope you're having fun with your xA SoCalMike, cause my Yaris is just
> as entertaining as my old 98 Civic Hatch and it's a quieter ride on the
> highway and this time I got AC...don't know how I managed to survive
> without it.

yup. amazing what toyota can deliver for about the same MSRP as a 1998
civic hatch... 8 years later!
>
> Pars
>
> SoCalMike wrote:
>> CMM wrote:
>>> They delivered the car on Friday. I am **extremely** happy with it.
>>> It's a definite step upward in many ways from my previous vehicle (an
>>> '02 Kia Sedona).
>>>
>>> -- Christian
>>> '06 Scion xA
>>
>> an 06? and "used"??? did the original owner think it was too small?
>>
>> Ive got an 06 xA myself, indigo ink pearl. Love it! After having a
>> stripped 1998 honda hatch the xA feels like a lexus.
>>
>> one thing i noticed is that the used scions sold for the almost the same
>> price as a new one. almost $12k for a 2004... and the pickings on the
>> used market are slim.
>

SoCalMike wrote:
> pars wrote:
> > It's too bad that the States don't get the 5 door model cause there
>
> the xA basically IS a 5dr yaris, isnt it?
>

Basically the same drive-train and configuration, but what I heard is
that the Yaris is on a all new chassis while the Scion (xA,xB) are
slated for a re-do. What it will be is anyones guess. It'd be
interesting to see if they try to keep the Scion name fresh by
releasing an all new model, or simply tweak the Yaris and slap on a
Scion badge. If they do come out with an all new Scion model, hopefully
they can find it in their hart to appease us Canucks (from once again
getting the short end of the stick) by dropping the Corolla engine into
the Yaris.