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    Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan

    Honda Puts Halt To Global Travel Over Swine Flu Fears

    Swine Flu Or GM Bankruptcy?

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    Ten Ways To Prepare Your Car For The Swine Flupocalypse

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    I thought Nissans were only ever really effective at stopping STD transmissions by getting rid of the S? And the transmission?
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    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    Clever.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    Nissan: Worried about swine flu?


    Me: No

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    Image of Stoatmaster Stoatmaster
    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    Enough swine flu stories, already.


    I'm just pig sick of them.

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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    This still isn't even close to as awesome as what the History Channel did: they had a show about the plague creatively titled "The Plague." Their leading sponsor was Red Lobster, which led to the best bumper ever.


    "The Plague, brought to you by Red Lobster."


    Needless to say, I can't bring myself to ever eat lobster now...

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    05/04/09

    @Skunky: Just order a yellow or orange lobster instead.
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    05/04/09

    @Skunky: I hope you weren't eating it at Red Lobster in the first place....ew.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/04/09

    @The Auto Insider: Nah, if I'm gonna get crappy chain seafood, I'm getting it from Long John Silvers. Decent chain seafood, I'm more of a Bubba Gump guy myself, though I haven't been to one in forever. Usually get my overdose of seafood from local restaurants in SF or Santa Cruz.
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    05/04/09

    @Skunky: I shouldn't Jalop from the porch anymore - I just laughed hard enough that it echoed off a couple houses.


    Got food poisoning there as a kid. Never been back.

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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    05/04/09

    @Skunky: That reminds me. Best ad tie in ever.

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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    05/04/09

    @Skunky: Joe's Crab Shack ftw. If you get a window table, you can watch the homeless guy holding a bush scaring tourists.
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    05/04/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: Medic!
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    05/04/09

    @Scandinavian Flick: Haa haa, I know exactly what spot yer talkin' about too. Man I love the Wharf.
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    05/04/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: Holy freakin' crap, that's horrible, and I can't stop laughing!


    Now I understand what BSG is all about: Cylons are after our delicious internal organs made of tomato soup.

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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    IT'S THE FLU! Damn you all for making this news.
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    05/04/09

    @SirNotAppearing: That sounded like a "not news" comment. What I mean to say is swine flu is media hype at its worst. There are new variations of the flu each and every year, and this variation is no different.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/04/09

    @SirNotAppearing: The flu media hype is all just to make us forget about the crap state of the economy.
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    05/04/09

    @Skunky: Oddly, whether it's the flu or the economy, we always blame Mexico.
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    05/04/09

    @ForgedyPistonshroom: We haven't blamed Charles lately...
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    Image of Jagvar Jagvar
    05/04/09

    @SirNotAppearing:


    Summer of the shark
    Bird flu
    Swine flu
    Mad Cow
    Killer bees
    Killer chimps


    I could go on, but you get the idea. The media is such a joke. Oh! And let's not forget the Caylee Anthony murder case. You know what the top headline was on CNN? "TOT MOM KISSES GAL - SEXY PICS!" This is what the networks have become.

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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    05/04/09

    @Jagvar: I'd like to add Global Warming.
    But I like how several reports on swine flu/H1N1 remind people "not to panic." Who's panicking? Stop saying that.
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    05/04/09

    @SirNotAppearing:

    I can be blamed for exaggerating and overstating the size and scope of many things, but not the flu...
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/04/09

    @SirNotAppearing: That's the job of Fox News.
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    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    COTD: Nissan: Shift_ Aporkalypse.


    Take two: Shift_Swaids.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    Why are you on CNN?
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    Image of Jagvar Jagvar
    05/04/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli:


    The media lost all of its credibility ages ago. Jalopnik is the only thing that I take seriously now.

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    05/04/09

    @Jagvar: Agreed.


    Well except about taking Jalopnik seriously.


    I did, until I saw they followed CNN. If they explain that it was just for a joke, and someone else sent them the link, I might take them seriously again.

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    Image of .357 .357
    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    If you think this is bad, I was watching por...Er, a documentary, and right at the best part, a picture of a GT-R came up on the screen, and killed my buzz.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    I read that Hyundai group now sells more cars than Nissan. Aporkalypse indeed.
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    05/04/09

    @Pessimipposaurus:


    Have you driven a Genesis lately? My week with that car was nothing short of bliss.


    Hyundai's come a long way, baby.

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    05/04/09

    @Jagvar: Just give it couple of years. We'll see how that goes.
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    I didn't realize the last-gen Maxima had any communicable diseases.
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    Image of WheatKing WheatKing
    05/04/09

    @Ash78: Torque-steer..


    It's a silent killer.

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    05/04/09

    @Ash78:


    Have you seen the styling? At the minimum, it's gout worthy.

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    05/04/09

    @pres has no shooshting star: The new Maxima or the last one?


    I kinda like the new one, it's grown on me after seeing about 8 or 10 of them. I actually like the nose on it (not the weird headlights). But ever since they brought the Altima out, they've been sticking the Maxima up too high, trying to make it more than it should be. "4DSC" has become "defacto luxury sedan" over the past decade. At least this one is a good step in the smaller size/weight direction. Haven't driven one yet.

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    05/04/09

    @Ash78:


    I'm a die hard Nissan guy and think they've been going in an eerie direction with that car for the past two generations. The 4DSC moniker is more fitting of the Altima these days as it's less portly and used to come in a SE-R variant.

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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    05/04/09

    In reply to Swine Flu Pandemic, Brought To You By Nissan
    I just want that shit to end.


    Not the swine flu. Nissan's stupid "Shift_" campaign. I don't even know what it means.

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    Image of .357 .357
    05/04/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: Especially considering that 95% of their cars are CVTs.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    05/04/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: I like the New York ads.


    They say "Here, Shift_This!"

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/04/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: Every time I see one, I mentally omit the letter "f".


    SHIT_expectations, they say.

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    05/04/09

    @.357: I know, its ridiculous. I can't stand their feigned sported attitude. Their sports cars are actually above par, but everything else is either mediocre or substandard. (Sporty speaking, of course.)
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    05/04/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx thanks for the: Yep! Fit > Versa, pre-rebody Focus > Sentra...


    Sad really.


    Oh, and the white-and-primer '71-'72 Chevelle that just went by... at least as sporty as the Altima.

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    04/28/09

    In reply to Honda Puts Halt To Global Travel Over Swine Flu Fears
    See this is what happens when we put Pigs in Space, they come back with a horrible flu that ends all commerce. Damn muppets!
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    04/28/09

    In reply to Honda Puts Halt To Global Travel Over Swine Flu Fears
    I read this morning that Honda is down 70%+ in profit for the year. That could also have a little something to do with this mandate.
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    04/28/09

    @Ash78: Naw nothing to do with it..


    Never mind that some people think that it's ok for the tiny nation of Japan to have no less than 6 car makers (Honda / Toyota / Nissan / Subaru / Suzuki / Mitsubishi) and we are barely allowed to have 3.

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    04/28/09

    In reply to Honda Puts Halt To Global Travel Over Swine Flu Fears
    In other news, Nissan has just released this letter.

    NISSAN Motor Co.

    We know that everyone is commending Honda for making sure it's workers don't travel anywhere because of the "Swine Flu." Well, here at NISSAN, we don't let any of our employees travel. If their NISSAN Ankle Blackbox senses they have traveled more than 50 feet from the factory of their house, they will be destroyed.

    Thank you, from the best car company ever, NISSAN.
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    04/28/09

    @.357: The factory of their house? You mean "the factory, which is also their house"?
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    04/28/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte: NISSAN doesn't bother with extra words.
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