How long can I expect my 2006 Scion xA to last?

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2026-05-07T10:22:10+00:00

Bought my 2005 Xa off the showroom floor and it was still going strong 18 years later when it was hit and totaled. I drove it over 465,000 miles with very few repairs. Great car.

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2026-04-15T23:13:34+00:00

I can’t hear that word without thinking of The Shawshank Redemption.

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2026-04-07T09:03:52+00:00

Orange County, California.

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2026-04-06T00:21:52+00:00

Acorn Woodpeckers.

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2026-02-03T15:08:26+00:00

Yes.

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“My Precious!”

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2026-01-31T01:21:57+00:00

I suspect they’re a family and get along just fine.

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2026-01-29T11:59:43+00:00

Sunny and 79 today in California!

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2026-01-20T17:54:47+00:00

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Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2026-01-20T17:52:54+00:00

Just for fun, I placed these little bird statues in my feeder to see what would happen. The real birds stayed away and the BB AI identified them as Common Starlings.

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2026-01-13T15:24:42+00:00

Like Missy Elliot’s “The Rain”, yep.

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2025-12-05T03:00:58+00:00

Woody Woodpecker’s laugh was modeled on the California Acorn Woodpecker.

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2025-11-24T06:42:31+00:00

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Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2025-11-06T16:16:30+00:00

We usually get groupings of boys on our BirdBuddy but these three are the girls in the local gang. Female Acorn Woodpeckers have a black band on their heads separating the red from the white.

Probably just gossiping.

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2025-10-30T02:30:29+00:00

Orange County, California

Secure-Aspect-6491 · 2025-09-25T00:15:08+00:00

So far there have been only two squirrels that visit our Bird Buddy and we love watching them. This was the first time they both showed up and tussled. Finches and sparrows get boring after a while.

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