What is the Official Classification of the xB?
04-07-2008, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by bB2NER
Originally Posted by prescottn
sometimes it seems like you post things on this website just to read your own words..
A group of people all got tickets and are planning on going to court. I don't make this stuff up. They wanted me to back up my opinion. bite me.
I cant answer for VA, but in NJ last i checked the box was listed as a utility vehicle not a SUV just a utility vehicle.
What i can tell you .. any car that comes to the states needs to pass a universal DOT laws and inspections. Window tint would be one of the things that they would need to make compliant for all 50 states. Think of it as the same issue for the new xB2 with a single reverse/back up light on the drivers side. Scion couldnt make them if it werent legal.
04-07-2008, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by CBSIMONSEZ
Originally Posted by bB2NER
Originally Posted by prescottn
sometimes it seems like you post things on this website just to read your own words..
A group of people all got tickets and are planning on going to court. I don't make this stuff up. They wanted me to back up my opinion. bite me.
I cant answer for VA, but in NJ last i checked the box was listed as a utility vehicle not a SUV just a utility vehicle.
What i can tell you .. any car that comes to the states needs to pass a universal DOT laws and inspections. Window tint would be one of the things that they would need to make compliant for all 50 states. Think of it as the same issue for the new xB2 with a single reverse/back up light on the drivers side. Scion couldnt make them if it werent legal.
04-08-2008, 12:09 AM
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the XB is an MPV (covers trucks/ vans ect)
look at the pics and next to the vin number one says "mpv" the other says pass car that is the legal definition of what is what
first pic is an XB second a camry
look at the pics and next to the vin number one says "mpv" the other says pass car that is the legal definition of what is what
first pic is an XB second a camry
04-08-2008, 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by CharredEarth
Here in Manitoba, it's classified as a Station Wagon. Makes sense to me... Would rather have it a truck tho.. I'd be saving like $400 a year... 
http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/impor...Section5_4.htm
scroll down to toyota
(pre sept o7 ALL mpv except a model of blazer are importable)
04-08-2008, 04:06 AM
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texas calls it a microvan. we could paint our rear windows black and it be ok. as long as the front two are 35% or less. if you cant load hay in the back or put your toolbox in the bed its not a truck in texas. our liscence plates will say truck if its considered a truck.
04-08-2008, 05:14 AM
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Guess the TN law has been changed to read: ANY tint darker than 35% is illegal. Does Toyota now have to change all our glass over to completely clear? That would be sweet and allow me to do my fade to chrome tint I really wanted all the way around.
04-08-2008, 10:15 AM
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I would think that this wouldnt be possible with out a huge fight. Drive to any local dealership and take notice if their cars/trucks have factory tint in their vehicles. Look towards your Durangos ... Escalades etc. I would think they all have tint on the back windows. I dont see the factories making special cars for certain states.
IMO this just reeks of being singled out. Kinda like the busts they do in Cali while people are just hanging out in parking lots sipping coffee and BS'ing.
IMO this just reeks of being singled out. Kinda like the busts they do in Cali while people are just hanging out in parking lots sipping coffee and BS'ing.
04-08-2008, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by aalbertson3
Jeff, in Indiana the BMV has them down as a wagon. Also, there are a couple of threads on clubxb about people getting tickets for the factory rear glass.
04-08-2008, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by darthclutch
somebody told me that in California the DMV classifies the xB as a mini van. Personally, I classify it as a station wagon, since that what Scion advertised it as, and it's too small and light to be a van.
04-08-2008, 01:15 PM
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New York considers the xB to be a suburban:
http://tinyurl.com/6c367u (link to NY DMV FAQ)
This is distinct from a cargo van or truck classification, oddly enough, but is a catch-all for SUVs, passenger-vans, and wagons.
Mind you, this classification existed long before GM trademarked the name (which, I believe, wasn't until the mid 90s). However, my insurance policy doesn't specify what kind of vehicle they think it is.
http://tinyurl.com/6c367u (link to NY DMV FAQ)
This is distinct from a cargo van or truck classification, oddly enough, but is a catch-all for SUVs, passenger-vans, and wagons.
Mind you, this classification existed long before GM trademarked the name (which, I believe, wasn't until the mid 90s). However, my insurance policy doesn't specify what kind of vehicle they think it is.