Meet the new beater, (kinda) same as the old beater

[Elkins45]

I sold my 2009 Scion xB (5 speed manual, 169K miles) back in May for $3000. This popped up on FB last week and I picked it up for the same amount I sold the older manual for. It's a 2012 automatic with only 80K miles...and peeling paint. It was used in a high dollar private golf resort as a security vehicle so it spent most of those miles going 10-15 mph through a subdivision all night long. I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but it felt like too much of a bargain not to buy it. They sold it because their residents were making fun of it because of the bad paint.

I'm going to give it a Rustoleum roller job and if it looks halfway decent I'm going to donate my 09 Scion to a relative who needs a batter car.

 

[PF52]

10+ years old with peeling paint.... Probably ran afoul of the HOA rules. A good pick up for you!

 

[loneryder]

You sold your 09 and then you are giving it to a family member? Which is it?

 

[nwjones18]

You sold your 09 and then you are giving it to a family member? Which is it?

Maybe he had 2 09's..

 

[Elkins45]

You sold your 09 and then you are giving it to a family member? Which is it?

I had two, a manual and an auto. I sold the manual after I bought the auto.

 

[fantastic]

Welp that'll probably need a new cat. Looks like a decent beater that can be refreshed a bit. Show us what it looks like before you part with it.

 

[shortyb]

You need to attend an xBers anonymous meeting. I think you have a problem .

 

[TheOilWizard]

Very cool. Good on your for fixing these vehicles up and getting them back on the road (or at least better then before...)

 

[bullwinkle]

You need to attend an xBers anonymous meeting. I think you have a problem .

That's a 4-slice toaster, the real one is the 2-slice... ('04-'06)

 

[michaelluscher]

I approve of the xB collection
Still has better paint than mine

Too bad this wasn't two years ago, Toyota had a LSC for failing white paint, but IIRC it was only 10 years from in service date

Lots of pictures on the build

 

[Elkins45]

I approve of the xB collection
Still has better paint than mine

Too bad this wasn't two years ago, Toyota had a LSC for failing white paint, but IIRC it was only 10 years from in service date

Lots of pictures on the build

When I bought it they started dragging out all the documentation from their safe. One of the things they gave me was the notification letter for the super white paint service campaign that expired in 22. From the look of the roof it had already started failing back in 22 but apparently nobody with any authority to act read the letter.

The spare is in it but the jack, lug wrench and towing eye aren’t. It’s also missing the hood prop rod of all things. On the plus side it has a new valve cover gasket and a new alternator. I’m going to hit the u-pull next week for the prop rod and hopefully a towing bolt. And maybe a fourth Scion wheel cover to match the three that are on it.

 

[Elkins45]

That's a 4-slice toaster, the real one is the 2-slice... ('04-'06)

Believe it or not there’s an 06 I’ve been watching. I would love to also have a two slice, but at some point it just becomes hoarding.

 

[bullwinkle]

Believe it or not there’s an 06 I’ve been watching. I would love to also have a two slice, but at some point it just becomes hoarding.

I actually like the older ones better (& their cousins the xA, Echo, & Yaris) for their better, non-oil burning 1.5s-they seem tougher than the low tension ring 2.4s. The 1.5 in my ‘05 will be around long after the body collapses from rust. Somewhere out west there is a rust-free early xB body with my name on it…

 

[Elkins45]

I actually like the older ones better (& their cousins the xA, Echo, & Yaris) for their better, non-oil burning 1.5s-they seem tougher than the low tension ring 2.4s. The 1.5 in my ‘05 will be around long after the body collapses from rust. Somewhere out west there is a rust-free early xB body with my name on it…

I’m not worried about the 2.4 after seeing the effect of Berryman’s piston soak on my first one. It was burning a quart every fill up when I got it, and wasn’t burning any when I sold it.

 

[brages]

Too bad this wasn't two years ago, Toyota had a LSC for failing white paint, but IIRC it was only 10 years from in service date

They had several "phases" of the program - as they added covered vehicles in later phases, the newly added vehicles had later dates.

I just had a 2010 Prius repainted this year, similar (worse) peeling as this Scion.

 

[michaelluscher]

They had several "phases" of the program - as they added covered vehicles in later phases, the newly added vehicles had later dates.

I'm usually pretty good with my campaigns, but I've missed the boat on several of Toyotas
Them letters be stealthy
Only American Honda is stingier
It still seems the subject is out of coverage
I'd still try a polite argument with the DPSM, worst they can say is no

I remember the thread about your Prius, how did it come out?

I'm still amazed at this point in history we can't get white paint to stick to a vehicle
GM trucks white paint came off in sheets
Ford's Peelformance White/Oxford White doesn't hold up
Honda's Tafetta White didn't last
GMs infamous El-Po primer in the late 1900s couldn't keep the paint attached

At least Toyota did something

 

[brages]

I remember the thread about your Prius, how did it come out?

I put some pictures in that thread: https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/i-bought-a-2010-prius-for-3000.374617/

It looks pretty good. If I was paying my own money for it, there would be some things about the job that seemed substandard to me, but I'm not complaining. One interesting thing is that they replaced some of the glass, including the windshield and some of the small triangular windows. I was glad they replaced the windshield - the old one had a big blob of goo on it, maybe from a melted phone mount, and when I cleaned it off I left a ton of scratches.

 

[Elkins45]

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I'm usually pretty good with my campaigns, but I've missed the boat on several of Toyotas
Them letters be stealthy
Only American Honda is stingier
It still seems the subject is out of coverage
I'd still try a polite argument with the DPSM, worst they can say is no

I remember the thread about your Prius, how did it come out?

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I'm still amazed at this point in history we can't get white paint to stick to a vehicle
GM trucks white paint came off in sheets
Ford's Peelformance White/Oxford White doesn't hold up
Honda's Tafetta White didn't last
GMs infamous El-Po primer in the late 1900s couldn't keep the paint attached

At least Toyota did something

The irony is that white is my least favorite car color and now I’m going to be painting a white car. I don’t see myself putting my best effort into this. As long as I can keep it from rusting through and it can pass a quick look at 10 yards I’ll be fine with it.

How much does it cost to have a shop do a full paint job? Since it only has 80k miles I might potentially be driving it long enough to justify having it professionally done. Without the bad paint this car would sell for at least 7k around here.

 

[Exhaustgases]

The rustoleum will outlast that factory water color paint job anyday. Also you could get a few cans of 2K clear that will even help more.
But the rusto paint will need a month or more to cure.