I hear people on here saying that they are slow to gain speed but are they really? I will be traveling on the freeway to and home from work all the time. Is it a good freeway vehicle or am I going to be going 65 the whole time or can it get up to a cruising speed of 75-80

 

i have no problems exceeding speeds of over 65 i do it everyday n i ocasionally go above 80

 

No mods had to be done to achieve this did they?

 

i did it b4 my mods with no problem i just tend to exceed 80 more often nowadays with my mods

 

If I drove 65 on LA freeways I would be run off the road by little old ladys in 10 year old chevys. I regularly drive 75-80 in the middle lane. I recommend the stick over the auto unless you are going to be in a lot of stop and go traffic. The stick will give you better acceleration getting on the highway.

 

Yeah... I want the stick anyways... The color I am looking to get tomorrow is the maroonish red color... What is that called and it has the ipod capability i think

 

Black Cherry Pearl......... you could always convince them to let you Test Drive it on da highway and c how it handles

 

Is that an older color... I love the Torched Penny color but haven't seen one anywhere

 

yeah, black cherry was discontinued for Salsa Red... which is a gorgeous color...

and if you get a 5 speed, your doing 60 midway (3500-4000) in third gear...

 

so am i getting an older vehicle or what? It only has 13 miles on it...

 

You are probably getting the Salsa Red. the 06's are Ipod ready.

 

I hope so cause I test drove it and they said it was an 06'

 

Bulldog, I just got my Salsa Red 2006.5 xB 5-speed Saturday (with 1 mile on the ODO, BTW) and I have NO trouble getting the boX up to freeway speed. I've driven it a lot since I got the car and all the talk about it being slow is a bit over the top IMHO. I know there is a sliding scale of what people consider fast, but the xB is more than adequate. It's not going to win any races (unless it's against another xB maybe ) but for commuting it's fine.

Also, does the car you drove have radio controls on the steering wheel?
DaveK

 

mine's completely stock, and a 5 speed.

I have absolutly no problem merging, accelerating, or keeping pace on the freeways. I'm actually usually one of the faster cars... I have also not had a problem cruising between 85 and 90 for long periods of time. Even hit 3 digits once or twice...

But I drive it like I drive all of my cars... Like a rented mule. I hit the rev limiter once a week, and am constantly over 4500rpm. the car just feels like it 'wants' to be revved up...

 

i also have a stock 5 speed. no problem with acceleration, etc. i drive her like a sports car and she reacts that way. most of my freeway driving is at 80, which i don't have to push for, she just seems to want that speed. i used to drive a camaro, which would have left the xBox in the dust, but for a non-high performance vehicle, she does just fine.
im planning on eventually adding some performance mods, tho im not really sure how big a difference they will make.

 

damn! I haven't pushed it past 4k yet.

 

LOL @ the question. I think if it did take a significant time to reach highway speed, the car would not be approved for US roads in the first place. The HP the box has is perfect for it's size. It's not like it weights 3 tons and has 100 horse. How unsafe would it be on the highways if you couldn't get to highway speeds fast enough?

You're buying a car - not a turtle!
- sh00k

 

i cruise at 70-75 all the time. no problems. your gonna be downshifting to pass ppl tough.

 

I get the freeway speeds real fast. Since it is 70 miles just to get to work, my cruising speed is usually 80, and the mountains (nice steep ones) hardly slow me down. My RS 2 is a stock automatic.

 

I've been having trouble keeping it below 75-80 lately! Mash the gas (sc kicks in) and it goes. No problems!