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Old 02-24-2009, 02:47 PM
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Default Von voyage to my baby xA and hello to my dream car!

been on this site for few years and my baby xa is gone......
my 2005 xa with 54000 mines on it was sold for $6,500...
and my brand new rims too...







yet.....i got the car that i've always wanted......





i traded in my xa for 2006 Land Rover LR3.
never thought i could afford this car but found a good deal used one.
kinda miss my tiny, gas-economical xa....but no regrets!

i had so much fun here and got a lot of help when i had troubles with my xa...

thank you guys and i will see you guys somewhere....
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Old 02-24-2009, 04:40 PM
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always take it off roading i wanna see it nice and muddy!!!
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Old 02-25-2009, 03:24 AM
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I traded mines for xn xb gen 2, an suv that gets 30mpg!!!!



For mud, snow, ice and horsing around, I got my blown tacoma.



My new green car was 100 bucks and is still in the shop. Cant wait to get 45mpg.

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Old 02-25-2009, 05:08 AM
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just wash the windows and that metro is perfect
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Old 02-26-2009, 05:32 AM
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Strange! A buddy of mine just traded in his LR3 for a Scion xB 2nd gen. Different strokes for different folks.

I loved that LR3. There's just so much stuff you can do to it and still have a fun off roading machine.
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whoa.... thats weird!
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Old 02-27-2009, 10:52 PM
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Rainy days and broken tractors huh?

Maybe I should combine my metro and tacoma?

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Old 02-28-2009, 07:39 AM
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whoa! thats something....
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Why was it sold for $6500? You could have sold for almost twice that.
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Old 04-15-2009, 01:22 AM
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the blue book was around that price range,
the milage was pretty bad so yeah...

plus i traded in. i didnt have time to sell it personaly
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i'm going to be doing the same thing pretty soon here
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Keep in mind the basic model is like 12 grand new. My 06 was a little under 14 grand, I traded mines for an 09xb. I had less than 25 thousand miles and got 9750 for it.

I do miss the xa, but love the xb, way more power, similar fuel economy, way more room, automatic and height adjustible drivers seat. to name a few, I could go on and on. My only regret? Not taking a second look at the matrix s awd. The rental I had got 19mpg.

I am hanging on to the tacoma as I do need to travel through a rural area and like to know I dont need a road to get there and ice and sno is no problem. I know the matix awd would not do that, but would handle ice and snow ok.
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Default thats a pretty fair price

I doubt he could have gotten twice that.

I bought a used '05 with 17k miles on it for $10,200 from a dealer in August 07.
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