Whether you get the Tc or xA depends on what you want and need it for. I do think the xA stands out more in styling, but I think the Tc is the nicer looking car. The xA is much more practical. It is cheaper, gets better gas mileage, has 4 doors, and a bigger hatch area if you fold the back seats down.

If I didn't need to be practical and wanted a low-cost sporty car, I'd get the Tc. If I wanted a very practical car, I'd get the xA. One good thing about the xA is that is very practical, and yet it has unique styling that will get looks and alot of people like it. I think the Tc would feel like the more expensive car (and it is).

 

Just be careful when you are trying to get up to speed on the freeway LOL.

 

Oh, God, now I don't know... still, now I think I'm going back to the tC! Aarrgghh!!

 

No don't! Get the red salsa xA! No damage on your wallet for gas and it looks spiffy unlike the Kias, Hyundaes, Ford Focus.
You're talking about the tC right?

 

No! Get an xA!

I looked at the tC too but skipped it for the same reason I skipped many cars I looked at before I landed on the xA - nice car but BORING.

 

Well, I mean, does it have bad cabin noise? Is it quiet like in the tC? Also, does it have good pick up? I haven't test drove it yet, but I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed in the fact that it's a 4-cylinder and it'll feel thin and cheap... does anyone understand what I'm talking about???

I just want a solid, commuter vehicle. I looked at the yaris and the sedan version, but it just doesn't have it for me...

 

Have you ever driven any other car? The xA is way too sluggish if you have short on ramps (or long ones I have a hard time getting it to 60 by the end of a ramp). Anyone know what the 0-60 is in these things? My Durango is at around 8 seconds which is not impressive by any means and I can outrun an xA. My wife has gone out of her way to get longer on ramps to get up to speed with our xA and the mods that you can get for these things doesn't warrant spending $500 for the extra 8-10 hp. The xA needs better pickup big time. I was joking with my wife when we were stuck at a light side by side and said wanna race little did I know she did LOL. She got on it and then I realized what she was doing and I hammered it and was a car length ahead of her before I even got out of 1st. The tC would've given me a better run. The xA is a better looking version of the echo IMHO I think it has the same engine and all that. I understand everyone here likes their xA's but other than excellent gas mileage, a good price tag they are blah (to each his or her own no flaming me it's my opinion). I would go with a tC all the way.

 

Wow is it that slow??? I don't know if I wanna get one! I want a good commuter, but I want to be able to cars on the highway and have a little zippy speed to get on the ramp of the highway... Oh God...maybe I should stick with the tC....

 

That's how I felt at first but all you gotta do is hit the gas pedal really hard or put the overdrive and the xA should pick up speed just fine.

 

You only have like 80 whp in these things which is almost sufficient since it's such a small car but you also will need ac one day and that sucks even more power out of it. Go for the tC if you don't have kids to cart around and if you have some later pick up a 2nd car down the line. The tC will give you the power you need when you need it and will still give you fairly good gas mileage.

 

I have nothing against the tc, i just see way too many on the road. Don't get me wrong, it is a beautiful car and i like it, just with the xa being'' replaced'' and the tc becoming the new honda civic, i went with the xa. they are just two totally different cars. A personal preference kinda deal.

 

Yea I know what you mean. I pick up speed very slowly and I get malicious honks from behind for being slow. One time my xA was so slow to pick up speed that a redneck driver decided to tail-gate me to intimidate me to get me to go faster. But I just couldn't get faster because the xA doesn't do that. So then he cuts me off with his Toyota pick up. I was disappointed with this but then my uncle suggested I put on the overdrive button if I have difficulty in picking up speed. Have you tried to use the overdrive button?

 

Well the only thing that will help with is once you get into 4th gear it will give you better acceleration because you are in the powerband longer then turn OD back on once your up to cruising speed (I don't even drive this thing that often there are 4 gears + OD right?). I think it just needs a good 30 more whp and it would be fine for commuting but the cost of getting that much power is too much damage on the wallet and would hurt the gas mileage. I'm sure a stick shift would be a lot better for acceleration but the tC is fast enough for a commuter out of the box (auto or manual).

 

I own a 2007 tC and am very happy with it.

If gas prices are your only concern then go with the xA of course. However, no matter what anyone tells you the tC is a superior vehicle. If you don't mind driving in a sensible vehicle that is basically a fuel efficient min-van that's been chopped in half then choose the xA. The xA isn't special looking at all, not with the Fit and Versa and the Yaris and the Mazda 3 and the... you get the picture.

Quite honestly, the only way I would only choose an xA is if I couldn't afford the tC.

The tC is sleeker, faster and far more refined looking than the xA.

I'd date a girl driving a tC long before I'd date a girl driving an xA.

 

I'm sure her decision is just hinging on whether her car would increase the likelyhood of you dating her. In fact, maybe I should call my dealer right now and change my order to a tC.

Oh, and I currently drive my old '94 college beater, so I guess my boyfriend is a schmuck for dating a girl with such a lame car huh?

 

Nothing wrong with the xA... as long as it's not some old clunker I'd be forced to work on upon entering a relationship, I honestly wouldn't care too much about what car a girl drove.

 

If she knew how I treated my girlfriends of the past then her decision WOULD hinge on increasing the likelihood of my dating her.

I give great massages, I open doors, crush spiders and I always put the toilet seat down.

Nothing is specifically wrong with the xA, it just seems that there are many similar choices out there (like the Yaris, the Fit , the Versa etc...)

You bf isn't a shmuck for dating a girl that drive a 94 college beater. He MIGHT be a shmuck for dating a girl who won't let me make a flirty joke without taking offense. Or maybe he's a shmuck for not having gotten a ring on your finger just yet.

 

realistically the xa was out in america before the fit, yaris, versa. they all want a piece of the small car market that is doing well since gas prices had rose so high.

 

Touche.

I wasn't actually offended so much as my college years of dating cocky frat boys have left me with little tolerance for it. Alas, you weren't being cocky at all. If only teh intarwebs could portray tone, but then what would the lovers of internet drama do?

If you want to argue individuality, the tC is just another coupe at the end of the day. Don't get me wrong, I dig it. I looked twice, but for my needs and active lifestyle a 2 door isn't practical as I'm forever hauling *something*. Face it - the only Scion that is truely distinct is the box.

And me boy isn't a schmuck - though ask me again in a year if that ring hasn't made an appearance. Ha.

 

wow i find my car passing up the traffic on the onramps its those ppl who don't get up too speed very fast kind of well not kind of very annoying