What do you drive?

[quackPOT]

Here's a before/after of my Gen 1 xB, may it Rust in Peace...

I had slowed to about 5MPH, to yield to a LEO with his lights on, but the dude behind me in a Dodge Ram P/U was chatting to his passenger and didn't see the LEO or me. He hit me doing about 30ish MPH.

[caveman]

Originally Posted by quackPOT

Here's a before/after of my Gen 1 xB, may it Rust in Peace...

I had slowed to about 5MPH, to yield to a LEO with his lights on, but the dude behind me in a Dodge Ram P/U was chatting to his passenger and didn't see the LEO or me. He hit me doing about 30ish MPH.

and that totalled it? Well, thats why I don't buy roller skates to drive on the road.

[quackPOT]

Originally Posted by caveman

and that totalled it? Well, thats why I don't buy roller skates to drive on the road.

Yeah, I was a bit surprised when they totalled it. The guy pushed the trunk into the rear passenger bench area. Good thing I had no one back there, especially on the passenger side, they would have been hurt pretty bad I think.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by caveman

and that totalled it? Well, thats why I don't buy roller skates to drive on the road.

Originally Posted by quackPOT

Yeah, I was a bit surprised when they totalled it. The guy pushed the trunk into the rear passenger bench area. Good thing I had no one back there, especially on the passenger side, they would have been hurt pretty bad I think.

Unibody construction... safer, but are totalled way easier...

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Unibody construction... safer, but are totalled way easier...

the fact that the back got pushed into the passenger seating area (where child carseats reside) doesn't really seem to support the "safer" theory...

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

the fact that the back got pushed into the passenger seating area (where child carseats reside) doesn't really seem to support the "safer" theory...

4,500lbs at 30mph plus the height difference... but if you ran the fucker into a wall it'd be safer than a non-unibody!

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by caveman

and that totalled it? Well, thats why I don't buy roller skates to drive on the road.

That thing actually does look like a roller skate.

[HurricaneHeather]

Originally Posted by quackPOT

Here's a before/after of my Gen 1 xB, may it Rust in Peace...

I had slowed to about 5MPH, to yield to a LEO with his lights on, but the dude behind me in a Dodge Ram P/U was chatting to his passenger and didn't see the LEO or me. He hit me doing about 30ish MPH.

Poor thing.

How do you like the Gen II compared to I? I got mine in 04 and now have 140K on it. We've done nothing but maintenance on it up until this last weekend. The water pump's got a leak, so we have to replace that. I love that stupid thing, but we need to upgrade. I prefer the look of the old one to the new, but at the price I'd consider getting a new one.

[quackPOT]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

Poor thing.

How do you like the Gen II compared to I? I got mine in 04 and now have 140K on it. We've done nothing but maintenance on it up until this last weekend. The water pump's got a leak, so we have to replace that. I love that stupid thing, but we need to upgrade. I prefer the look of the old one to the new, but at the price I'd consider getting a new one.

I like the Gen II in that is feels more like a real car and less like a pizza box. Don't get me wrong the original xB is a great little car. The Gen II is all the nice things (except fuel economy) the original was, but faster, and it has a little more space inside. I'm glad I made the upgrade.