Best xB Stories from the Past Year: The Integrated Proximity Sensor; and the Voice Activated Locking Mechanism
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my Scion xB, and I thought I’d share a couple of stories, both from when it was pretty new.
I was never very touchy about getting my new car dirty or scratched or dinged. I just considered it would happen eventually so why worry about it. One day I had the iPod playing through the stereo and Susan was in the passenger seat. When the iPod is connected, the stereo displays text from whatever you have playing. It can show the song title, artist name, or in this case the title of the album. Susan was a lot more nervous about scratching the car, especially when I was backing out of the garage, since the xB is quite a bit wider than the Civic was.
So as I’m backing out the Shins are playing on the stereo and all of a sudden I hear Susan shout “Chutes too narrow!” as if my car somehow was telling me I was about to tear off my rear view mirror on the garage door opening. We both had to laugh when I told her “Chutes Too Narrow” was the name of album playing, and the xB proximity sensor would only be an option in the 2024 model year, but only if you purchase a flux capacitor too.

“Chutes Too Narrow” an album by The Shins
Shortly after I got my new car, the neighbor kid, Jake, came by to take a look at the Civic, which he eventually would buy. I don’t remember doing this, but at one point I must have said something about opening or unlocking the doors as I had my key fob near my mouth. He was all, “That’s so cool. Dan’s new car has voice activated locks!” That WOULD be cool, but again - only available on the 2024 model.
Posted: May 14th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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