My fave ad was VW - every time a VW hits 1k miles, a German engineer gets his wings.
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My fave ad was VW - every time a VW hits 1k miles, a German engineer gets his wings.
100K. Lots of VWs get to 100K. Get them there without a major system failure - then you can have some wings.
Wow, I heard they were unreliable, but that's setting the bar pretty low. I'm glad I bought Japanese instead. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by David Tollefson
PS These days even 100k miles isn't that long.
I won a nice bottle of wine tonight. I gave my friend Denver +6 (!! real-world spread was Denver -2.5), so I clearly had confidence in Seattle, but holy crap, that was a massive blowout. Like bad Mexican food blowout. Once the Manning happy feet showed up on the second drive, it was over for Denver.
Every time a repair eclipses $1K, a VW dealer mechanic gets his wings.Quote:
Originally Posted by nahtnoj
I'll only give VW's claim any credence if they didn't include all the air cooled cars they sold.Quote:
Originally Posted by nahtnoj
I had a Jetta TDI leave me stranded in the smelly parts of Kansas this summer. Something like 82,xxx on the clock but only two years old. Turned a 11 day of driving into 18 hours on the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by nahtnoj
That's the equivalent of every youth soccer player getting a trophy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nierman
Yeah, absolutely. I was a d1 athlete at a big ten school. Most such universities will do back flips to keep their star athletes eligible, because their football program supports the entire AD, which is often their life line (sadly). Stanford doesn't fit that bill, and I don't believe it operates as such. Stanford's a top 5 academic university, and intimately intertwined with silicon valley, and its financial situation is nothing like other big football schools. Football losses are nothing compared to cracks in its academic reputation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Corso
But as always...Flea still looks in top shape regardless of age. No Seahawks or Pete Carroll fan I...but that was an extremely satisfying game for me. Can we please have no more talk about how Manning is in the same league as Brady? Thanks. I know the media machine has been itching for a coronation..but it's just not going to happen. Ever. Y'all go right on blabbing about Manning's completely meaningless 300+yard "Super Bowl Record" passing yards. BFD. He had the tools, the squad, etc.. and didn't even get in the game. Pats went as far as they did with nothing. Couple that with the fact that Brady can play like complete dogshit at any given game...and the Pats season is even more impressive. I like Manning well enough...he's smart and all...but he's more a Dan Marino then a Joe Montana.Quote:
Originally Posted by rowdyhillrambler
I can't believe I'm stating this, but Bruno Mars crushed it. I went in expecting the worst but he looks like the real deal.
Was there a game?
Agreed on Bruno Mars. It was awkward having the Peppers as his 'special guest', but that could have been worse I guess. On the whole, he did very well though. Still, I thought Bon Jovi would have been more appropriate as they're from New Jersey. But maybe the NFL doesn't want to have their halftime shows just an exhibition of old rock stars bringing out 25-30 year old songs. At least Bruno Mars is young.Quote:
Originally Posted by justinf
The 'game' was an NFL team vs a high school team. The mismatch looked that bad.
on this note... the big winner would have been the guy who took seattle and gave denver 30 points.Quote:
Originally Posted by j44ke
could have gotten 35-1 odds... or more.
A FB buddy of mine predicted on Saturday a Seattle blowout of 51-17. He was stunningly close. I would never have believed it but that 'game' was never even close. At no time was Denver in the game. It was over at the first snap. I have rarely seen such a blowout and I've been watching a lot of football since I was a kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveP
Mars does "lawyer-based pop music" - music that is written by borrowing pieces of other people's work (Police, Earth Wind and Fire, etc.) right up to the edge of the legal limits of stealing. Advertisements do the same thing (see: Honda v. Phillip Glass) when they want a sound that appeals to a certain demographic but they don't want to have to pay for it. He's basically a cover-band.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saab2000
At least he didn't steal anyones dance moves.. Oh wait, nevermind.
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Originally Posted by j44ke
Respectfully disagree, and not just because getting a car to 100k reliably is a stupid low bar for the last 20 years or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Tollefson
The one that made me laugh was the Hyundai commercial about collision avoidance. Not the punchline - that was obvious - but the series of rapid-cut slapstick scenes of the dad grabbing his son a split-second before the disaster struck. Well done.
That was some professional-level ish. Perfect for a halftime show - James Brown crossed with Justin Beiber.Quote:
Originally Posted by justinf
Are you new to this pop music thing? The name of the game is stealing and recombining the right parts. Bruno did it well, and was more entertaining than Madonna or the Rolling Stones managed to be in their 12-minute mass-consumption lowest-common-denominator extravaganzas. I watched almost the whole thing without losing interest, and I think the only other performer I could say about was Prince.Quote:
Originally Posted by j44ke
In Las Vegas for SB weekend by coincidence. This place was a hoot. Some old guy in a Seahawks jersey dancing to his own imaginary music in the middle of the casino with female companionship a tribute to the cosmetic medical arts when we came back in about midnight here. Not too much orange about at that time.
The game itself was boring. I would rather have watched the Seattle/SF game again. That's the best the AFC can send?
I noticed the sports book down at one place hadaction on the Puppy Bowl. Who won?