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Chuck
August 13th, 2005, 05:28 PM
The big red Blazer the was seen around town in the past left me last Wednesday. Most that have know the troubles I was having are cheering in the background.

The truck had serviced me well with the exceptional door falling off on the AA Hwy and the Trans starting to slip abit. All that considered I will miss that thing.

My wife informed me Last Tuesday that my fuel bill had hit and past the $500 dollar a month mark. (Explains why I been feeling kinda broke yet working twice as hard.)

With that in mind we choose to shop for a new service truck and the options are many. We both decided to focus on fuel economy but it still needed to be roomy. Not a whole lot of options till we looked at the Scion xB, Pronounced Sy-on I believe.

We found a couple to look at after she spent several hour shopping by Internet and telephone. The one that matched the color and style I was looking for was in Lexington.

I was mopping a little and could feel the Blazer begging me not to trade it in. I thought for sure it would be a wasted trip but the truck looked unique so I gave it a shot and we where off to Lexington.

When we arrived it was love at first site. The strange looking beast is technically an SUV the averages over 30 mpg. The performance is much better than you would think or believe from a 4 banger that only has 108 ponies.

Yes, we bought it and I love it. You will see it around town with the same computer service sign in the rear window.

The close friend I lost didn't turn out to ONLY be the red blazer. It also turned out to be the guys that pumped my gas. The 2nd half of the week he thought I was on vacation. I only went in today to get fuel because I missed him. I think I could have made it another week before needing fuel.

The Scion boosts 31/34 on fuel consumption but my first tank and mileage was a little better.

It took $18.00 to fill up or 7.1 Gallons of unleaded. Total mileage on that tank of fuel was 246. That came to 34.65 miles to the gallon. That was Maysville city driving.

Thats right I put 246 mile on a new car in 2 days. The blazer would have been a $40.00 dollar fill up and I would need gas again on Tuesday or Wednesday, I feel confidant I can go a full week without refueling the Scion,

Scion is it's own name but is made by Toyota. Atleast the ones here in the USA are.

If your looking for a fuel mileage car that has some guts on the pedal I can recommend the Scion and Green Scion of Lexington. Stop on down if you want to look at it. i would be glad to show it off.

kcredden
August 13th, 2005, 10:27 PM
Thats right I put 246 mile on a new car in 2 days.

Oh I can belive it. I can put on 100,000 miles in 4 years EASLY. Appraisals arn't just in Maysville, you know? :)

Good buy though!

ponto
August 13th, 2005, 11:22 PM
If you have a scion, check out this custom body kit.
Details:
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Eddie
August 14th, 2005, 12:25 AM
Congrats on the new truck Chuck. I've looked at those and found them to be very versital little trucks with lots of room, and of course you can't beat a Toyota! I'm still driving the 95 bright blue Neon, but it does get good MPG at around 35 as well, and with 100,000 I can't seem to part with it. Also, I'm just too tight for those monthly payments....

ponto
August 14th, 2005, 08:00 AM
So you chucked the ol' red truck,
so now we ask......

How much truck
Would chuck chuck
If chuck could chuck truck?

He'd chuck all the truck
That a chuck could,
If chuck could chuck truck.

Chuck
August 14th, 2005, 08:33 AM
lol ponto, and Mine came stock with most of these custom extras. The skirts and exhaust kit. I am looking for things that will tweak it a bit. This thing is like a toy.

I bought a electric Hummer for the kids last Christmas and this thing is not much bigger.

Over the Blazer I only lost a total of about 2 foot of space internally with that being only about a foot in the rear. Got more leg room and more rear passenger room. Lots more head room. Better visibility.

Thing I will miss is the overhead console with temperature. Center console arm rest. Thats about it. I cam add arm rests to the from seat to compensate that loss.

frankie 2 times
August 25th, 2005, 07:58 PM
no offense chuck but that thing is ugly.

sounds like a good deal economically,
but it probably couldn't hit 60 if you dropped it out of a plane.

LOL !!!

high priced gas makes us all do crazy things.

Chuck
August 25th, 2005, 08:45 PM
no offense chuck but that thing is ugly.

sounds like a good deal economically,
but it probably couldn't hit 60 if you dropped it out of a plane.

LOL !!!

high priced gas makes us all do crazy things.

Bawhahahahahaha, u way 2 fun-knee

It gets to 60 in about 10 seconds going up hill getting 30 mph. Keep laughing bro. I will be laughing all the why to the bank. Kids will have a good Christmas this year. lol

Really nice seeing you here,,, btw

I downloaded the code from the puter. It is killing me to see what kinda mod's
I can code into it. It is hackable,,, yes I got written permission. (Case you was thinking that way....) The thing has an extra 256 meg of empty space to play with.

I got the digital displays to personalize my show name on start up.

Bet I can hack another 5 mpg's out of the beast.

Would you expect any less out of me?????

PS,
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You still think you are almost cute????

I rest my case...

Be Safe my good friend.

frankie 2 times
August 25th, 2005, 09:05 PM
LOL !!

my mom and my wife tell me i am quite handsome,
okay my doesn't but wife does .... especially after a few drinks.

if anybody can have a blast with an onboard computer it is you,
you need to make it recognize between you and daphne just by the key you put in.

sweeeeet !!

being safe takes most of the fun outta stuff,
but my advanced age, fun is a little outta my league.

LOL !!

you stay cool.