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Used 2005 Scion tC Consumer Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Great

princekofa, 05/27/2005
2005 Scion tC 2dr Hatchback (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
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This car is so much fun to drive! It looks great and makes you feel great!. What a brilliant idea from toyota to market this to the younger crowd-its a toyota but scion sounds so much more cool. Plus, very affordable.

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4.38 out of 5 stars

I love it

Felicia Dixion, 02/11/2005
2005 Scion tC 2dr Hatchback (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
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For the price of the car and the standard features that it comes with, it just seems too good to be true. I would have expected to pay more. I also love the no haggel, no hassel, policy. You shouldn't feel like you've been raped when buying a car.

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5 out of 5 stars

Scion BabyBoomer!!

Karen, 05/28/2005
2005 Scion tC 2dr Hatchback (2.4L 4cyl 5M)
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This car was marketed for the young kids but I'm a babyboomer who was getting frustrated finding a hot coupe for under 20K. Then my son told me a 5 letter word.."SCION" and my prayers were answered. The interior cabin is so comfortable it belies it's sport coupe look. Good power combined with an easy to use manual transmission with a short throw makes driving FUN!!! And with lots of experience with a stick you can leave the "youngsters" in your dust!! After more than 5 mts, I still enjoy all the comments about how hot my black cherry pearl Scion is. So all you babyboomers out there who are saving for retirement but still want a fun car to drive, try SCION tC & you won't be disappointed!

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4.88 out of 5 stars

Great value but needs some tweaking

mydogpooky, 05/29/2005
2005 Scion tC 2dr Hatchback (2.4L 4cyl 5M)
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Was having my 1985 toyota corolla SR5 serviced at 180k and saw the silver tc. Love at first sight. Purchased immediately with all the bells and whistles. A beautiful little jewel, quick as mercury and has got 'the' look. People are still trying to figure out what make/model it is. Had passerby's ask if it was European. Ha! It's a Toyota, baby...eat my dust.

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4.88 out of 5 stars

Best Value

Blue Scion tC, 02/12/2005
2005 Scion tC 2dr Hatchback (2.4L 4cyl 5M)
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Started looking for a good gas mileage car (I drive 23k a year) but decided on the Scion. Looked at Elanta (didn't like dash) Corolla S (small hard plastic armrest and dash seem old fashioned) and Mazda 3 (too high price). While at Toyota dealership test drove the tC and couldn't resist getting it. It just ran great and had such a solid/quality feel to it. What I really liked was there were no options I had to buy. It already had 4wheel disc brakes, ABS, sunroof, cruise control and alloy wheels. Got 27mpg with first tank and 29 with second one. Overall, you just can't beat the value and quality and to me it was worth the extra $7 a week for gas.

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