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    CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike

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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    It could be worse. I ran across a Nissan dealer's add in the paper advertising the Nissan Versa as the (Brilliant) Opel Corsa.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    It's not the mainstream media. It's just CNN.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    Besides using standard non copyrighted images, did anyone else bother to read the article? There was a startling trend with one of the Automakers, and that was Hyundai. It seems that their gimmick..... err promotion about buying the car back if you lose your income seems to be resonating with buyers. They are up 14%!
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    02/03/09

    @UDMan: That, and their cars are a bunch cheaper than the competition.


    In place of a Civic, I guess some people are going with a ...um...I don't even know which Hyundai competes with the Civc.

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    Image of drewdrawshashtags drewdrawshashtags
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    If Honda dealers did have Civic hatchbacks on their lots, I know I'd be swinging by.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/03/09

    @DrewDisegnaDue: Plenty of them stock piled in the U.K. So far two Honda dealerships in my area have closed down & now the factory has made huge cutbacks.
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    Image of drewdrawshashtags drewdrawshashtags
    02/04/09

    @layabout now with V8 power: In the US, of course.
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    Image of pres pres
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    Well, the typical non-enthusiast, non-caring Joe Blow just wants a commuter appliance anyway. How else would someone in their right mind buy a new Corolla?


    PS - I'll take mine in Amana White or Racing Taupe.

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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    It's not "all cars look alike." It's probably more like, "all stock wire photos look alike when it's 40 minutes to deadline."
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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    Well, the Asian cars all look same.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/03/09

    @tenbeers: Car racist ;)
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    02/03/09

    @tenbeers: I did not need more time-wasters in my life.
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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    02/04/09

    @tenbeers: It's about time you should start wishing for an Edit button.
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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    02/04/09

    @Dhillaz: Ah, no.
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    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    FH Dailey Chevrolet in San Leandro, CA still has their Isuzu and Oldsmobile signs up. And I was so looking forward to buying a new Rodeo and Alero. Dang.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    02/03/09

    @vwminispeedster: Better go steal that Oldsmobile sign, I bet it'll be worth a mint someday.


    You can thank me later. (Preferably in a post-1967 DS21 Pallas.)

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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    The only person i ever met that thought all cars look the same,was a rather dopey blonde girl i used to go out with. She once asked which is faster a red car or a blue car...........luckily she had a great body.
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    Image of HammSammich HammSammich
    02/03/09

    @layabout now with V8 power: She was fooled by that tricky question, "What is Blue, and smells like Red Paint?"
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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/03/09

    @HammSammich: Now that would have made her head explode,unless she was distracted by some shoes in her thought process.
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    Image of TheDanMan,Prefers Kilowatts to Horsepower TheDanMan,Prefers Kilowatts to Horsepower
    02/03/09

    @layabout now with V8 power: Welcome back!


    Apart from one notable exception (her dad raced motorbikes) I have found the hotter the girl, the less she knows about the automobile. But I'm sure they laughed at the fact I didn't know which celebrity was doing another celebrity that week. And that I only needed three pairs of shoes...

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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/03/09

    @TheDanMan,Changing gears,I can believe in!: Haha,so true. Right down to the shoes.
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    Tied at CNN for being the biggest douchebag:

    - Tom Foreman

    - Rick "Twitter" Sanchez

    - Josh "I use the Internet to do my research" Levs
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    Image of TheDanMan,Prefers Kilowatts to Horsepower TheDanMan,Prefers Kilowatts to Horsepower
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    Well what do you expect? "healthy kidney removed through a vagina" IS news to them.


    Shark jumpers, all of them.

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    Image of bzr bzr
    02/03/09

    @TheDanMan,Changing gears,I can believe in!: "'She said it was like getting a tooth removed,' the donor's doctor said."
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/03/09

    @TheDanMan,Changing gears,I can believe in!: That's the first thing I saw, too.


    Huh.

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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    Well, all big media journalists think alike, so go figure.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    Meh, Web dude just ran to Getty Images, searched "Cars", and grabbed the first one they saw.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    02/03/09

    @Dr.Danger is in the atmosphere: Being the CNN clipart/stock photo guy is apparently only one step up the ladder from being the local CBS-affiliate clipart/stock photo guy.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    02/03/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: Althouh, I bet it beats being the Foxnews clipart/photoshop/stock photo guy anyday.


    lady with octuplets? clone-stamp will do fine!

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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    02/03/09

    @Dr.Danger is in the atmosphere: I butchered that last comment...edit


    edit


    edit


    *sigh*

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    Image of IDesigner loves himself some car IDesigner loves himself some car
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    Could have been worse. At least it's from a company that sells cars in America.
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    Image of Bumblebee Bumblebee
    02/03/09

    @idesigner: Yeah, but this is pretty bad considering that, as the biggest market for cars in the world, more individual models are likely sold here than in any other country.


    Also, Jalop itself posted a few days ago much more effective imagery of huge parking lots full of unsold cars. In the U.S.

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    Image of bzr bzr
    02/03/09

    In reply to CNN.com Thinks All Cars Look Alike
    That's like the used car dealership I drive past sometimes that features an Alfa Romeo 159 on their sign.


    "Hey Bob, the sign guys need it in by 4 today! Just google 'car' and see what we get!"

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