HHR vs. xB
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Joined: 09-04-2005
Posts: 26
From: North Collins NY
Good for you, I am sure you will like the HHR. I have a 2LT auto and love it, I am getting 28MPG in everyday driving with 3000+ miles so far. The car is a dream with perfect fit and finish, much like a more expensive car. It also has a lot of bells and whistles that you don't usually find on a car of this type. Good Luck, hold tight you will soon have your HHR!
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Joined: 10-14-2005
Posts: 9,121
From: Rochester,N.Y.
I toasted one. It was a younger kid with horrible reaction time. I left him at the light and he couldn't catch up. I wish we were at a track because I would have loved to see his 0-60 foot et. I would compare him to if you stuck a corpse behind the wheel and told it to launch. He initiated the race so it wasn't like he wasn't ready or surprised. At least that was my take on things, maybe the xB just lacks any acceleration. I have never driven one so I don't know.
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Joined: 10-14-2005
Posts: 5,359
From: SoCal
For you Mike99SC1:
(You're donna dig it, man!)
My HHR is just now broken in and I've been able to "hotrod" it some...let me tell you - neither the xB nor the Element have a chance catching an HHR! Today I whipped mine up to 105 again after shooting it off at the car wash - very quick, very smooth! Even at 100 it is still smooth and quiet inside.
As soon as we get some performance parts in...I'm going to be getting in trouble!
Long live the HHR!
(You're donna dig it, man!)
My HHR is just now broken in and I've been able to "hotrod" it some...let me tell you - neither the xB nor the Element have a chance catching an HHR! Today I whipped mine up to 105 again after shooting it off at the car wash - very quick, very smooth! Even at 100 it is still smooth and quiet inside.
As soon as we get some performance parts in...I'm going to be getting in trouble!
Long live the HHR!
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Joined: 01-09-2006
Posts: 253
From: Maryland
Granted it's even smaller, I personally like the xA more than the xB, but I wouldn't own either one. I've sat in a few at car shows (never ridden in one either so my opinion IS bias), but the cost-cutting Toyota took is pretty obvious in the interior materials and the thickness (or lack there-of) of the sheet metal. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it has the old Echo's 103-ish HP engine. The HHR isn't a fair comparison, only because it is exponentially superior in almost every respect, lol 
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Joined: 01-14-2006
Posts: 7
From: indiana
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I just bought a Sport Red HHR LT 2 days ago. I have been looking at them for several months and finally decided to go for it. My previous car was a Taupe PT Crusier. I really loved that car, but it just wasnt big enough. I did notice though that the storage space inside the HHR is actually less than the PT. But that is fine with me. I am enjoying the HHR and so is my daughter. The engine is really peppy and I like all the extras inside, The price couldnt be beat. It actually cost 2000 less than my PT when I bought it 4 years ago. :)
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Joined: 01-09-2006
Posts: 253
From: Maryland
Originally Posted by dawnshhr
I just bought a Sport Red HHR LT 2 days ago. I have been looking at them for several months and finally decided to go for it. My previous car was a Taupe PT Crusier. I really loved that car, but it just wasnt big enough. I did notice though that the storage space inside the HHR is actually less than the PT. But that is fine with me. I am enjoying the HHR and so is my daughter. The engine is really peppy and I like all the extras inside, The price couldnt be beat. It actually cost 2000 less than my PT when I bought it 4 years ago. :)
