My uncle has had several corvettes and now he is trading in for a Scion. Will he be happy?

 

I know I am

 

I guess that depends. If he wants something that is slow, can carry and/or tow virtually nothing and gets average fuel economy, I'd say he will be happy.

Oddly the Scion has been a generally unreliable vehicle, near or at the bottom of the various studies.

 

Steve, Edmunds lists the Scion xA and xB as the 8th (32/38) and 9th (31/35) most fuel efficients cars, respectively. Take out the hybrids and TDI's and they're 4th and 5th, beaten only by the Civic HX and two other Toyotas, and not by much. For a gasoline car, I'd say that's better than average.

Where did you get the info about the unreliability? I am considering getting a Scion now that I sold my '79 Vette and I get all giddy when I think about the big chunk of social life I'll be getting back from not spending my weekends trying to keep the damn thing running (hence my post above, albeit a bit premature). Are they really that bad?

 

I dont really like them very much. If I was going to drive somthing like that I would just get a hybrid and have really good fuel economy. Maybe he is going to get another vett later.

 

I would get a CRV or Element, but thats just me

 

Scion....blah, Toyota marketing scheme with low power and average style. I don't see anything special about these things really at all. All the ads they look all sporty and such, when that is the total opposite of what they are. I'd buy a Celica before I'd buy a Scion if I was going the ways of a Toyota in that price range.

 

I don't know. He just thought they were cool. It just blew my mind b/c that is so uncharacteristic of the cars he usually likes.

 

It just something new I think... thats the whole big ordeal

 

It's amazing how you hate everything