My Volvo Is Possessed By The Devil

So I arrive bright and early to retrieve the metal abomination that possibly Satan himself blessed personally . The mechanic jovially approaches me with a sunshine smile and firm handshake. He suggest we take this modern marvel of Swedish machinery for a test drive and soak in his skilled fruits of labor. I suggest to the pleasant man that he should have the honor to drive my steel carriage all throughout the fine town of North Park. We begin are travels down the majestic Polk Avenue that has both unique character and most unusual natives.

As we glide effortlessly intersection to intersection, a smell and sound begins to manifest from the bowels of the Swedish motor. Under the hood, a present that would even make Santa Claus speechless, begins its ascension into this reality. The driver soon loses his composure and words of foul fill the car. I decide to join in with this fellows release of frustration and curse all car gods that be and ever will be.

The will of the engine brought us back to where we began this journey. Before opening the hood in fear of what we may find, we both prayed silently in unison. Now displayed to us was the metal whor## dirty work. A mother fuc#### fuel injector went ape shi# and squirted all over the engine. Yep, this fuc#### bitc# whor# of a car has a mind of its own. Its suicidal and hates the world. If I had the money, I would take it out to a field and shoot it. Soooooo, its time for an ER operation bitc#. Tools, air hoses, wrenches,two hours, $200 more, and maybe a few tears later, its once again "fixed". It doesn't end yet.

A nice Appalachian hillbilly man (with overalls) cleaning the 50 foot tall sign next to the building starts having issues. His hillbilly ladder comes crashing into the repair yard. The following is exactly what happened and is not an exaggeration. The god damn ladder hits the rear wheel of his hillbilly truck and it fuc#### explodes. Now this was about 15 feet from where we are standing. With the ghost of shi# in my pants, I begin to feel that maybe I'm not really here and really having a nightmare.

The good mechanic retrieves his ladder and the sasquatch climbs clumsily back to Earth. This Sanford and Son set soon begins to wear on my increasingly loss of composure. The dudes truck is blocking the exit of where my car is. Yep, its time to change a tire. The vagin# starts talking about fishing and hunting to the mechanic while hes changing the tire. Forty five minutes later I drive home confused and in question of my purpose on Earth. The car now drives very well, but the day the title comes, its up for sale. I feel like I'm driving a fuc#### haunted house and just get the willies sitting in it. This abomination is an 86' 740 supposedly turbo mobile junkyard.
I've had this car for 5 weeks and it has been to the shop 3 times now.

2008 Scion Lineup

Scions Getting A little Pricey :(

2008 has been an ever increasingly expensive year as it is. Scion's are no exception to this trend. The Scion tc will be crawling ever so eagerly to reach the $20,000 market.My parents bought their first house for 24k in the 70's. 2008 Scion tc's will be going for $17,000.But a few minor "improvements" have been made to justify this increase. This introductory price is for the manual version, but it does come with an ipod connector and a Pioneer sub woofer. The automatic is listed as $17,800 and of course comes with the same new accessories.

Cosmetic changes include a new front grill, taillights, headlights, and different interior finishes. Now you do have an option to get even a cheaper deal by buying a steel shell that you can add options too. Toyota calls this the "Spec Package" This package comes with less standard features and allows the buyer to add what they want. Hidden cost here is that the price does not include destination and handling charges. The manual starts at $15,300 and the automatic is $16,100.

I went to the Scion site to build a basic model xD and wanted to include the navigation system until I saw the price. $1950 for a navigation system!You can get an after market GPS system for under $200. Just adding a few basic options the price easily exceeds $18,000. Maybe I'm being cheap, but if I'm going to spend near $20,000 on a car, I have many, many more choices available.

Everything Scion-Enthusiast Welcome!

Welcome everyone! I have started this blog to post your Scions, talk about mods, and discuss future Scion products. Lately, I have seen a few prototypes that look verrry interesting. In particular, the Scion Fuse looks killer. Feel free to post any picture related to Scions, keep it clean please.