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http://www.epinions.com/review/2006_Scion_xB/content_216265494148

"Toaster on Wheels" - The Most Customizable Car - Scion Xb

The Xb by Scion

A Car for the Future

The Toaster on Wheels...as some call it

Stand Out Features

The first thing that I noticed when test driving the Scion Xb was the speedometer, it is in the center of the dash board all in one circle. With a small rectangle box for warning lights, odometer, and etc. It takes a few days to get accustomed with looking at the center of the dash, yet I feel as if it adds to the futuristic design and functionality.

Large and spacious back seats. I originally had the notion that the Xb model would not accommodate adults in the back seat, however stepping into the rear I felt as if I was in a suburban. Very large seats, extra wide leg room space, and you do not feel as if you will hit your head on the ceiling. It can accommodate two large and/or tall adults comfortably in the rear. All three seats in the rear have head rests.
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And it makes toast - very large toast.
 
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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/02/police-grab-2-million-worth-of-cars-after-canadian-street-race/?hpt=hp_c2

Police in British Columbia say they impounded $2 million worth of high-end vehicles this week after witnesses reported the 13 cars racing on a metro Vancouver highway at speeds of 125 mph (200 kph).

The high-end race cars included a Ferrari, Lamborghinis, Maseratis, an Audi, an Aston Martin, Nissans and a Mercedes, according to a Royal Canadian Mounted Police press release.

Two of the racers would run side-by-side to block other traffic going in their direction on the highway while the others cars would take off in a race, witnesses told the RCMP.

According to the Sun, the vehicles were:

2007 Ferrari 599
2010 Lamborghini Gallardo
2010 Lamborghini Gallardo
2009 Lamborghini Gallardo
2009 Audi R8
2012 Nissan GT-R
2010 Nissan GT-R
2010 Nissan GT-R
2010 Maserati Turismo
2010 Maserati Turismo
2011 Mercedes SL63
2011 Mercedes SLS
2005 Aston Martin DB9
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Got to drive one of these this week up at GM Proving Grounds in Milford:

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Chevrolet Centennial Edition Corvette Z06 -- 505hp, and as awesome as you'd expect a 505hp Corvette to be. :biggrin:

Also drove a 2012 Camaro SS Convertible right before it, which seemed tame and docile by comparison. :lol:

Drove the Volt as well, which if you're into the whole green/electric/fuel economy thing is a worthwhile experience. Neat car, and actually a lot of fun, unlike a Prius.
 
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Got to drive one of these this week up at GM Proving Grounds in Milford:

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Chevrolet Centennial Edition Corvette Grand Sport -- 505hp, and as awesome as you'd expect a 505hp Corvette to be. :biggrin:

Also drove a 2012 Camaro SS Convertible right before it, which seemed tame and docile by comparison. :lol:

Drove the Volt as well, which if you're into the whole green/electric/fuel economy thing is a worthwhile experience. Neat car, and actually a lot of fun, unlike a Prius.
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The new Vettes make me want to touch myself. Awesome cars...
 
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Went to the Yellow Springs Street Fair and had to park out at Young's Dairy. They had a car show there and stumbled upon the first Lingenfelter Corvette I've ever seen in person. I'm not going to lie, I peed my pants a little.

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EDIT: all this time and the picture never worked... my bad! :biggrin:
 
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http://autos.yahoo.com/news/feds-pr...rrender-ferrari--michael-jackson-s-glove.html

The U.S. government may soon own one of Michael Jackson's white gloves, a $530,000 Ferrari and a $30 million Malibu estate if it succeeds in seizing them from the son of a corrupt African dictator.

In a case kept hidden from public view until last week, the U.S. Department of Justice says it's pursuing more than $32 million in assets from Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, whose father Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has ruled over oil-rich Equatorial Guinea for 32 years -- and has been accused by authorities around the world of illicitly siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars for himself and his family.
A 2010 U.S. Senate report detailed how Obiang the younger, known as Teodorin, had moved $110 million into the United States through shell companies and anonymous transactions, propping up a hard-partying lifestyle that included spending $30 million on one of Malibu's largest mansions and a $38.5 million Gulfstream V jet. Obiang was also known to collect supercars like they were Hot Wheels, with at least 32 cars and motorcycles at one point, including eight Ferraris, two Bugatti Veyrons and a $2 million Maserati.

While the U.S. Department of Justice has said a probe into Obiang had been ongoing since 2004, the first signs of legal trouble for Obiang came from France, where authorities seized 11 of his cars last month, including the $2 million Maserati MC-12. While the Justice Department had sought seven cars from Obiang in California, its latest request mentions only one -- a 2011 Ferrari 599 GTO.

The documents unsealed last week in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles offer the first glimpse of the case built by the Justice against Obiang, accusing him of spending more than $100 million garnered from extortion and embezzlement in Equatorial Guinea. The feds also revealed how Obiang bought $3.2 million worth of memorabilia from Michael Jackson's estate earlier this year, including the white crystal-studded glove Jackson wore on the "Bad" tour, the MTV Music Video Award for "We Are The World" and several of the life-size figurines Jackson used to keep at his Neverland Ranch.

So far, no representatives of Obiang's has officially responded to the government's bid, and the Justice Department has not yet responded to a request for comment from Yahoo! Autos. Human Rights Watch, an advocacy group long critical of inaction against the Obiang family, has called on the United States and other countries to move against the clan despite their control over a key oil supply.

?The move to freeze Teodor?n?s assets in the U.S. is overdue,? said Arvind Ganesan, business and human rights director at Human Rights Watch, in a statement. ?But the real test will be if the U.S. government vigorously pursues the inquiry to its conclusion without letting diplomatic or business ties stand in the way.?
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