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[Mineshaft_Gap]

Eh. I dunno. Car is listed for many to see.

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

Got the car. Came with nearly new (good quality) tires, and brand new winter tires that still have the nubby things. Those were on it when I bought it so I took it somewhere to have the regular tires put back on.

The guy who did the tire mounting/balancing told me that it could use brakes, but he might be bullshitting me. I can't hear/feel anything wrong with the brakes at all. Although, to be fair, I don't think it's ever had the brakes done since it was new. So it might need brakes. How hard is it to change brakes? Pads and rotors. I might try to do it myself.

Impressions: I thought it was surprisingly spacious until I put down the rear seats and realized it's extremely spacious. I could fit an amp head and 4x12 speaker cabinet in here (guitar amp/speakers) with room to spare. Handles fine. TBH I've never owned a car that wasn't shitty so I don't even know what "good/great" handling feels like. I have no complaints.

The biggest mark in its favor is that I feel safe driving it. I can't tell you how stressful having to rely on an unreliable and dangerous car.

 

[ZackieChan]

Why would you buy a car you don't even like?

 

[clav]

How hard is it to change brakes? Pads and rotors. I might try to do it myself.

Do you know how to change a tire?

If you're comfortable doing that, then changing brakes + rotors is easy.

 

[echthegreat]

Former xB owner here, wrecked my '06 last year. I would buy one again in a heartbeat if it had low mileage.
LOVED that car. sure, the cube may not be for everyone, but that shape gives you a fantastic interior. The high-angle windshield makes the cabin feel huge, and you can fit quite a lot of stuff in there. Pretty good gas mileage, though they put a bigger engine in for the '08 (?) redesign.
Very reliable, very practical, very good car. Especially at that price.

 

[blackflag]

I like The XB a lot. My girlfriend bought one and then bought another.

 

[SURGEdude]

this is true.

its an eyesore, but it isnt a terrible car.

Yeah I suspect the OP will be happy with it.

That said buying something like that from a person who isn't around to confront if something goes wrong is kinda scary to me.

But I still think the OP made a good choice. The roomy interior on this ugly ass boxy vehicles actually makes them quite useful.

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

After driving basically nothing but small sedans and coupes (Escort) I'm really enjoying the extra space. Any qualms I have about the exterior visage of the car is erased when I actually get inside the car. Plus, the exterior might be growing on me.

I love the windshield and front windows. They're huge and have a nice tint.

Not very happy with how the stereo sounds. I'm not the kind of person who'll sink a bunch of money into a car speaker system but I can barely hear the rear speakers in this car. It's pretty anemic. I may make some changes here and would be curious to hear suggestions.

I'll be curious to see how this handles during the winter time. I considered selling the snow tires but until I know how it drives on snow and ice I think I might hold onto them.

I have 2 carfax reports left that I'm not going to use. Does anyone want to give me a vin if they're looking for a car? I'll run the report for you so they don't go to waste.

 

[SURGEdude]

After driving basically nothing but small sedans and coupes (Escort) I'm really enjoying the extra space. Any qualms I have about the exterior visage of the car is erased when I actually get inside the car. Plus, the exterior might be growing on me.

I love the windshield and front windows. They're huge and have a nice tint.

Not very happy with how the stereo sounds. I'm not the kind of person who'll sink a bunch of money into a car speaker system but I can barely hear the rear speakers in this car. It's pretty anemic. I may make some changes here and would be curious to hear suggestions.

I'll be curious to see how this handles during the winter time. I considered selling the snow tires but until I know how it drives on snow and ice I think I might hold onto them.

I have 2 carfax reports left that I'm not going to use. Does anyone want to give me a vin if they're looking for a car? I'll run the report for you so they don't go to waste.

I would for sure hold onto the snow tires until you know. The replacement price if you wanted to buy some in the future would be a ton more than you can get from selling the ones you have used.