Used Car of the Day: 2005 Scion XB

by Tim Healey

Published: February 3rd, 2023

Today's used car of the day is a quirky little runabout that has an owner uniquely qualified to care for it. This 2005 Scion xB has been owned by a Toyota tech.

He or she is the second owner of this 126,000-mile car and has had it for eight years. It's being sold because the seller bought a newer xB. It's in Maryland, and this apparently well-maintained, manual-transmission xB has custom wheels, a custom stereo, a custom grille, a custom exhaust, and more.

What "more" means here is not clear, the listing is short. So we'll encourage you to check it out yourself.

Click here to do so.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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ToolGuy on Feb 04, 2023

Not all Toyotas are worth owning.

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- Pianoboy57 on Feb 05, 2023
  
  I was in a church praise band and we used one for hauling gear. It's square shape was ideal for speaker cabinets. it would hold an amazing amount of stuff
  
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- El scotto on Feb 05, 2023
  
  @ToolGuy; Sir, you dodged a bullet. A great many of the cheap Toyota jihad are cleaning their New Balance walking shoes with Mr. Clean magic erasers and paying no mind. Stan Smith Addidas here.
  
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Aaron on Feb 14, 2023

I see a white XB at a local store almost every day, and I can’t help but chuckle.

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