HHR vs. xB
10-23-2008, 12:33 AM
#31
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From what I found out they are pretty much identical. That is if you are looking at them from economical standards.
2008 HHR SS (manual)
MPG rating: 21 city 29 highway
Miles on tank (average) 346 (16 gallon)
Annual Tons of CO2 Emitted 7.7
EPA Air Pollution Score 6 (10 being best, 1 being worst)
2008 Scion xB (manual)
MPG rating 22 city 28 highway
Miles on a Tank (average) 302 (14 gallon)
Annual Tons of CO2 Emitted 7.7
EPA Air Pollution Score 6 (10 being best, 1 being worst)
As you can see they are nearly identical. The thing that sold me was the 260hp in the SS and the 158hp in the xB. Considering all economical specs are the same... I went with the more powerful one. I had an xB picked out with a mod list that was about 1 1/2 pages. I added pretty much everything onto it and almost signed, but I went to check out the SS and was sold.
2008 HHR SS (manual)
MPG rating: 21 city 29 highway
Miles on tank (average) 346 (16 gallon)
Annual Tons of CO2 Emitted 7.7
EPA Air Pollution Score 6 (10 being best, 1 being worst)
2008 Scion xB (manual)
MPG rating 22 city 28 highway
Miles on a Tank (average) 302 (14 gallon)
Annual Tons of CO2 Emitted 7.7
EPA Air Pollution Score 6 (10 being best, 1 being worst)
As you can see they are nearly identical. The thing that sold me was the 260hp in the SS and the 158hp in the xB. Considering all economical specs are the same... I went with the more powerful one. I had an xB picked out with a mod list that was about 1 1/2 pages. I added pretty much everything onto it and almost signed, but I went to check out the SS and was sold.
I think you forgot to add price. The xB is about 10 grand cheaper than an SS. The other thing is xB owners don't think their boxes are racecars!
10-23-2008, 01:30 AM
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10-23-2008, 01:49 AM
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10-23-2008, 04:24 AM
#34
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Well you can ask one of my buddies in the car club if xB's are better than HHR's. We had a car show last month and we both were placed in the Mini SUV Class. He placed 3rd and I placed 1st. Anyone want to take a guess on what came in 2nd? It's rhymes with Pee Pee Loser. He was pretty upset since his was tuned up and the PP just had a sub box in it. I gloated and busted his juevos! 
05-01-2010, 08:44 PM
#35
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xb and all other wanna be hhr's i been doing alot of ebaying since i bought my 08 hhr here lately and i stumbled across a sticker that pretty much summed up the compitition to the hhr " I heart my toaster" to me that was just commical. i hate the element looks like an over sized match box car (thats right match box car it doesn't even get to be a good quality hot wheel 
) the xb looks like a ten year old drew a picture of a car and they decided to go with the design for a car. i've ridden in a pt cruiser when they first came out the damn things are junk inside cheaply made. when i first seen a hhr running around town in orange i thought to myself and told the wife i said thats what i want, lil did i know a month later she would be pregnant lol beings i owned nothing that was child friendly for a car seat. it was set in stone 10 months later i have my baby boy and our new ride lol. havent got to drive my hhr yet cause of being in iraq but the few times i've test drove one i enjoyed it. its got more umph than my parents chevy tracker and defiently looks a $h!t load better. so sum up my rammbeling my wife is loving the car and im enjoying being able to make her happy. but soon she'll have to give up the car to the motor head of the family. oh i just cant wait.
) the xb looks like a ten year old drew a picture of a car and they decided to go with the design for a car. i've ridden in a pt cruiser when they first came out the damn things are junk inside cheaply made. when i first seen a hhr running around town in orange i thought to myself and told the wife i said thats what i want, lil did i know a month later she would be pregnant lol beings i owned nothing that was child friendly for a car seat. it was set in stone 10 months later i have my baby boy and our new ride lol. havent got to drive my hhr yet cause of being in iraq but the few times i've test drove one i enjoyed it. its got more umph than my parents chevy tracker and defiently looks a $h!t load better. so sum up my rammbeling my wife is loving the car and im enjoying being able to make her happy. but soon she'll have to give up the car to the motor head of the family. oh i just cant wait.
05-01-2010, 09:21 PM
#36
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Me? Well, I don't particularly like the newer 2nd generation XB. But the original XB was a "cult" thing like the old style VW. It's not fast (only 105HP) but small and light weight (2310 lbs). I've owned 3, and in fact I still have a yellow 2005 limited edition XB. I've owned a Silver one and also had a Limited Edition Series 1 Orange box. I'm 6'3" and had plenty of both headroom and leg room both as a driver and a passenger in the back seat. I will tell you that the 1st generation XB does have more room both for the driver and passenger than the HHR. That's where it ends though, the HHR wins in all other areas without exception.
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05-01-2010, 10:30 PM
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I set in an XB once and was amazed that the rear had more leg room than my 99 suburban. I almost pulled the trigger on it ....then I drove by a chevy dealer and seen an orange thing sitting there,,and had to stop and see what it was.....end of story....
