Scion xB Sport - 2006 Review

One of the others said this is the best car on the planet. I agree whole-heartedly!

I have two sons over 6'2" tall. They can sit in the BACK seat with plenty of head and knee room.

I get claustrophobia and this has lots of big windows that I can see out of, despite my shortness!

With bad knees, I appreciate that I don't have to climb up or down to get in, I just slide on over. And with a bad back, there is enough back support that even long trips have never bothered me.

I get 38 miles to the gallon highway. Unless I use ethanol gas. Then it drops to 28! In two years I put 70,000 miles on this car.

Okay, I live in the hills, and when I go uphill, I have to move the little panel in the floor and run like Fred Flintstone. (just kidding - but there isn't a lot of power on hills) But I don't care because it still makes it up the hill and I'm in no hurry.

It has LOTS of personality. So much that my first thought was that I would never be caught dead in it. But now it has grown on me big time.

There are some disadvantages. The front windshield catches lots of bugs. The front bumper has gotten caught on things because it is so low. The radio is really not XM compatible like they told me. But that's about it.

And now that I am pushing 100.000 miles (and no major repairs), I am upset that the new ones have big, gas guzzling engines, and they have lowered the roof and closed in the windows. So this wonderful design is gone for good. Bummer.