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Surprisingly, “Japanese” Toyota bB and “American” Scion xB are quite popular, despite their frank specificity. Or maybe just because of her. Not so often, a car looks like a big toy …
It’s enough to become interested in a “toaster” (this is the most common nickname), your eyes will grab a familiar silhouette in the stream. Moreover, you can mix bB and xB only with each other, but not with others at all … A couple of dozens of cars regularly come from Moscow to other meetings of the country to meet with the Moscow club of “toaster” owners. And at one of the club’s weddings (they are celebrated several times a year) a motorcade of 31 cars was assembled - and we will introduce you to a couple of copies.
They were born in 2004 and were even equally red, and almost the only difference was the location of the controls. Now, take a look - the difference is obvious. But you can’t hide the similarities. Cars belong to friends Konstantin and Yaroslav. By the way, they met just because of their pets, pets.
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Ball in a cube …
Kostya drove to Smart before the “little girl”, but his sister took him to himself, so I had to look for a new car. When I turned up the option of buying a 4-year-old Toyota bB from Japan, there was no hesitation. Kostya immediately liked the machine with its outstanding appearance, spacious interior and lively character (a 1.5-liter engine develops 110 forces, and even this automatic transmission almost does not “strangle”). A short-stroke and rather stiff suspension, coupled with wheels spaced at the corners of the body, give the bB sharp, almost karting handling.
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Actually, Kostya had no idea to remake the car. He just wanted to change the wheels and paint part of the dashboard. But, starting to create, he did not stop. The owner of the machine did a lot himself, but he trusted the most ambitious and responsible work to specialists. The craftsmen removed the door handles, repainted the body and plastic in the passenger compartment … Now this is definitely the brightest car in the club. I warn you about the mirror disco ball on the ceiling: Kostya only hangs it in the parking lots.
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In the near future - the replacement of the flooring with orange, the installation of a 4-circuit air suspension, a 3 kW subwoofer, full insulation, as the body is still too voiced for a “music box”, and the alteration of all doors to lift ones. In general, something in the style of the show "Wheelbarrow for pumping" MTV.
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… and a nasty hedgehog
The vile hedgehog is the nickname (network alias) of Yaroslav, the owner of xB. But, deciding to give his typewriter personality, he made the appropriate inscriptions on the head restraints of the front seats and the speedometer dial. The most unusual thing that we see in Yarik's car is, of course, the interior. The seat upholstery is made of a combined leatherette with a crocodile leather texture and painted with silver and bronze paints. Between the front seats, Yarik put an armrest assembled from plexiglass with red backlight, placed chains of LEDs that change color on the ceiling and legs, filled the interior with music, screwing a stereo system taken from Suzuki over the trunk. At the corners of the dashboard, he placed two small “bibs” that have lights on when someone opens the door.
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The car has an unusual front end. This is the result of an accident. A simple repair would be too boring, and Yarik cut through the gills in the front wings, and made the hood of fiberglass. He says that there are "little things" with gills, there are similar growths in the center of the hood, but only his car has both.
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The body was once red, now it is bronze, almost gold, with a silver vinyl ornament (girls like it). And for the summer, chrome 17-inch Lexani rims are stocked up.
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He plans, like Bones, to install an air suspension. But he also wants to put a supercharged engine (the guys from the club already have such an experience, the “toaster” goes like a jet).
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Positive genes
They say that twins raised by different parents are not only similar, but also behave the same. The secret is in the genes. In the genes of our dissimilar twins xB and bB - the positive that they give to their owners and everyone who looks at them. There is no trace of a gloomy mood, it is enough to approach the car …
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In my opinion…
Ilya Pimenov
Most of these two cars will seem too shocking, because these are practically show cars, which are operated daily for some misunderstanding. However, many of us lack bright colors and joyful moments in life. Konstantin and Yaroslav in their own way oppose dullness and gloom. They do no harm to anyone, and the traffic police inspectors have no complaints against them, by and large.
Ilya Pimenov, editor
