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purple hayes
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 Posted: 07/09/03 - 08:46 Post subject: There's a new ugly kid in town
Dang that's one ugly car. What focus group gave this one the thumbsup? 
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Cappy
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 08:50 Post subject:
Nice bike though
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 08:51 Post subject:
And it only comes with two doors. Lamo.
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RangerG
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 08:56 Post subject:
All the new SUV's are starting to look like a Van/SUV mix, or a toaster on wheels.
Focus Group?? No way they were country folk We like stuff that looks like a 1965 Ford 4WD Pickup, dents and all 
An H2 would be nice if it was a tad less expensive....like about $30,000.00 less expensive 
My dream truck? A WWII M3 Scout Car with a modern engine upgrade...but then I am wired a little different than most people 
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elkid
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 09:04 Post subject:
Did they forget to put the front of it on?
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copteacher
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 09:06 Post subject:
I thought the same thing about being ugly. They are actually very popular around here especially with the VW Jetta type crowd for some reason.
Now the Honda Pilot, that is one nice machine.
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RangerG
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 09:15 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | I thought the same thing about being ugly. They are actually very popular around here especially with the VW Jetta type crowd for some reason.
Now the Honda Pilot, that is one nice machine. |
Yea...This from the guy who thinks a Crown Vic Interceptor is an appropriate subsitute for a food vendor truck (on the night shift) 
Just kidding!!!! (Please dont shoot me.....cuff me, beat me, but no 9mm stuff...m'kay?)
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shelflifers
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 09:38 Post subject:
I just saw one driving to work...Apparently the 'cardboard box with wheels' thing is sexy nowadays....
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 09:38 Post subject:
It may be ugly but I have seen a lot of them on the road lately. I think they are maketing it to the "I just want to be different" crowd...
Ps. I am painting the passenger side air bag covers for that thing.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 09:49 Post subject:
Funny you mention this, I just parked next to one of those in my garage this morning. 
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pokychick
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 12:12 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | I thought the same thing about being ugly. They are actually very popular around here especially with the VW Jetta type crowd for some reason. |
umm what does the VW Jetta type crowd mean?
I actually kind of like it 
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jrjo
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 12:21 Post subject:
What's happened is the auto manufacturers are at a complete loss on what to market to Generation Y. They make things like this Element or Pontiac with it's Aztec or other weirdo looking trucks in hope of striking a cord. It's just goofy. Then old boomers trying to be hip, buy up the Elements and Aztecs. Gen Ys want nothing to do with a car that old farts drive. So in the end Gen Y is buying Civics, Galants, and Camrys.
Yeah, I find the auto industry is fun to watch
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Sandy Cheeks
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 12:58 Post subject:
| RangerG wrote: | | a toaster on wheels. |
A woman who works here bought one... in ORANGE. As if that wasn't bad enough... the side panels are gray plastic.
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Cappy
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 12:59 Post subject:
| Sandy Cheeks wrote: | | RangerG wrote: | | a toaster on wheels. |
A woman who works here bought one... in ORANGE. As if that wasn't bad enough... the side panels are gray plastic. |
It wasn't your boss was it 
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copteacher
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Posted: 07/09/03 - 13:15 Post subject:
| pokychick wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | I thought the same thing about being ugly. They are actually very popular around here especially with the VW Jetta type crowd for some reason. |
umm what does the VW Jetta type crowd mean?
I actually kind of like it |
young post college crowd. Very popular cars with the demographic.
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