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    Image of area_educator area_educator
    11/13/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    If you want a swedish vampire crossover just watch Let The Right One In. My copy is in the post.

    It's times like these I have to point out, again, that I bought my C30 before I knew the shiny stalker drove one. #twilight
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    Speaking as a woman (occupational hazard of actually being one), I couldn't give a whooping funt about the whole Twilight saga. However, I do object to seeing my husband, who really enjoyed the books, described as a 'well-heeled 30-something fat chick who grew up reading idiotic Anne Rice novels'... He's actually very slim.
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    Actually, it's my wife's obsession with "The Ghost Whisperer" that is creepy, but also kind of hot. #twilight
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    No vampire in any fantasy of mine would drive a goddamn Volvo. What's next - a Taurus full of sexy pirates? Pierce Brosnan racing a fighter jet in a Camry? #twilight
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    area_educator promoted this comment Blix was starred Blix was unstarred
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    11/13/09

    @Blix: Then you need to imagine cooler, maybe more Swedish, vampires.
    Just not that one up there. #twilight
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    11/14/09

    @area_educator: i like volvos but daily drivers just don't have a place in my fantasies. #twilight
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    Image of Zoomy Zoomy
    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    Screw the XC60, Edward needs to get himself a Black 240 Turbo with black virgos. #twilight
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    Image of d3c509b aka Steve d3c509b aka Steve
    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    About once a week someone stops me on the road to ask what kind of car I'm driving (Volvo C30).

    9/10 times they say "is that the car from that Twilight movie?"

    Generally it's some out of work Auto engineer (I'm in Michigan...) so I politely say yes and thank them.

    Deep down, I feel a little bit of regret in owning a car from a maker who advertises in probably the most christian, emo, and un-jalop movie of all time.

    I have never been so embarrassed to drive a Volvo as this moment right now. #twilight
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    11/13/09

    @d3c509b aka Steve: THankfully, no one has asked me that about mine (purchased before I knew. I'd still have gotten it, though-- love teh car).

    It helps that the C30 sits in waiting elsewhere, and I take the Saturn and motorcycle to work. #twilight
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    Not just Christian, Mormon to be precise. The author is a Mormon. I just learned that from my wife.

    Actually my wife saw this commercial yesterday. Luckily we had recently looked at the XC60 and decided together that it is an absurd, overpriced, impractical vehicle, so when she realized the commercial was for the same car, she realized that her obsession with Twilight was just as absurd and has now given it up completely, and won't be making me go to the 2nd movie with her when it opens later this month.

    I wish. #twilight
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    well lets be truthful here, they only not have sex till the last book where they not only have sex, she gets pregnant and he has to eat the baby out of her uterus.

    I

    SHIT

    YOU

    NOT.

    That being said, whoever in Volvo's ad department thought this was good needs to be staked. #twilight
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/12/09

    @Jim Topoleski: As a jalopniker once said, "But vampires don't have dicks" #twilight
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    Image of Buickboy92 Buickboy92
    11/12/09

    @Jim Topoleski: That sounds horrible. But regardless you get a heart click ;) cause it was funny. #twilight
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    Image of Rabbi Dave Rabbi Dave
    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    I think the market is for the moms and dads of 12 year old girls who have to sit through the movies or want to see the movies too and might notice a good looking SUV from Volvo? and since they can't get it on with a vampire they might go out and buy a new car. Sure that makes sense. #twilight
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    Image of F1Morgan F1Morgan
    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    I want Volvo to make a turbo charged 4x4 rally C30, we Swedes like rallying and it could be a fun little hatchback if it had the right modifications. #twilight
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    11/13/09

    @F1Morgan: It _is_ a fun little hatch back. But yeah, an AWD homologation special would make me tingle. #twilight
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    "...the target demographic for this teen marketing campaign movie is 12-year-old girls. Is that really the market for Volvo XC60s? "

    No Wes, but the Twilight fan contingent of well-heeled 30-something fat chicks who grew up reading idiotic Anne Rice novels is.
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    Image of onlysix onlysix
    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    I think that is by far the best summary of this movie i could possibly read. Thank you Wes. #twilight
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    Wes Siler promoted this comment onlysix was starred onlysix was unstarred
    Image of Wes Siler Wes Siler
    11/12/09

    @onlysix: My only hope is that it eliminates someone's need to watch it. #twilight
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    11/12/09

    @onlysix: Agreed. #twilight
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    Image of WilliamG. WilliamG.
    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    Twilight: not the best reason in the world to be happy about being single, but good enough. #twilight
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
    Goddamn it, as if I wasn't embarrassed enough about driving a Volvo in the first place.. #twilight
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    Image of alfasud alfasud
    11/12/09

    In reply to Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo

    You know why they do this, right?

    In the book the head vampire drives an S60R. Since they do not make an S60R anymore, Volvo used the C30 in the last film and the XC60 in the new one.

    How do I know this?

    I work at a Volvo dealership.

    I actually sold a C30 to a person who loved the movie...that much.

    Ugh, I hate these promotions. #twilight
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    Wes Siler promoted this comment alfasud was starred alfasud was unstarred
    Image of bzr bzr
    11/12/09

    @alfasud: You know what this means, of course: Volvo needs to bring back the S60R. #twilight
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    Image of alfasud alfasud
    11/12/09

    @bzr: Yeah. Not gonna happen. I wish it would. But won't. The next gen S60 will have two excellent engine options, just not an R-designated engine.
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    Edited by alfasud at 11/12/09 3:34 PM alfasud was starred alfasud was unstarred
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