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Arseholes.
You do get a lot of metal for your money in the US don't you. Admittedly most of its badly put together and the fuel economy is a joke - but feel the width.
What's the big deal, it's an advert for cars not official health advice.
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It's not just bikes they try and get rid of;
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_streetcar_scandal ]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_streetcar_scandal[/url]
[i]testimony was presented to a United States Senate inquiry into the causes of the decline of transit car systems in the US. This alleged that there was a wider conspiracy—by GM in particular—to destroy effective public transport systems in order to increase sales of automobiles and that this was implemented with great effect to the detriment of many cities.[/i]
Don't worry, as soon as these students realise their discounted GM car is Shite they'll be back on their bikes...
Land of the free and home of the fat.
A GM Sierra pickup is going to be about as much use as a handbrake on the QE2 very soon for a variety of reasons.
Is the small one a rebadged Astra?
A GM Sierra pickup is going to be about as much use as a handbrake on the QE2 very soon for a variety of reasons.
Although until then you get to play at being Riggs, which has got to be worth it. Stilt houses beware.
Is the small one a rebadged Astra?
Probably, It's a Chevy Sonic, which is astra sized. GM have a comon platform for all (or at least most of) it's small cars.
[edit] wikipedia says it's the gamma platform (astra is one size biggger, the delta) which makes it a corsa (and variosu fiat/alfa romeo's)
Seems to have backfired somewhat
http://twitter.com/#!/gm
There does seem to be a surprising number of people, even in the UK, that see cycling as something for the poor.
Have they not seen how much forks costs these days?
She is laughing as he doesnt have Dura-ace or Ultegra.
Have they not seen how much forks costs these days?
About £10 on ebay?
You're confusing the "want" for a 853 fillet brazed custom built tourer with phil wood everything, with the "need" for a basic hi-ten rigid frame and thumb shifters from decathlon.
Why is he saluting her?
hmmm, can't see twitter without signing up , it seems :/
Mind you he does look a bit like Mr Biker Liker from Grandpa in my pocket
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[url= http://twitter.com/#!/GM ]Better GM Twitter link[/url] (so you don't need an account)
(link above is fine, it's just the end bit isn't recognised as part of the URL on this site)
i can see the twitter thing. i feel sorry for the GM tweet monkey who has to type endless apologies to cyclists 😀
ta zippy 🙂
from [s]Grandpa in my pocket[/s] a stw ride.
FTFY
Has anyone told Carlton @ bikebiz?
Edit - I see he's aware
Bunch of tossers.
Is the bird looking at the guys cock?
She's eying his manly pecks, developed by years of lugging a hi-ten bike around.
He's merely lifted his arm to help her get a better view.
She's obviously since has a small knicker explosion.
How out of touch are GM?
I'm writing a presentation about social media at work - great case study of how it's changed the balance of power in favour of consumers 🙂
How out of touch are GM?
I'm writing a presentation about social media at work - great case study of how it's changed the balance of power in favour of consumers
See, I'd say it's not so much "consumers", as putting the power into the hands of vocal minorities?
Contravercial example:
70% of the UK population identify themselves as Christian
4% .............................................Muslim
A handfull of religious nutjobs (who happen to be Muslim) post marterdom video's/hatred vidoes etc on youtube and the like. The BNP has more suppourt in this country than there are Muslims simply because of a very vocal minority in their opposition creating a preception that all muslims are bad, and there are a lot more muslims than the reality.
Substitute the word muslim for cyclist, cristian for car driver and religious nutjob for STW forum dweller.
How out of touch are GM?
I'm writing a presentation about social media at work - great case study of how it's changed the balance of power in favour of consumers
Well, if you look at their Twitter feed, they've said they're going to change the campaign and apologised for any offence...
My lass has a 57 plate Chavrolet and it's actually better built than a corsa but it's still a dreary poorly built to a budget POS. With regards to the ad in question, GM obviously view the common american student as thick as shit if they think they"ll fall for their strap line.
Full marks for somehow linking cyclists to muslims and the BNP.
How many folk (& probably majoruty non-biking folk), will follow links to that ad just to see what the fuss is about...
The ad-man has done his job.
Still sucks though, but this is the good ol' US of A(rseholes).
Full marks for somehow linking cyclists to muslims and the BNP.
I'm going to assume you're trying to act all offended on someonee elses bahalf in a daily mail kinda way?
Just pointing out that shouing very loudly doesn't always get your point accross and sometimes just makes the oposition dig it's heels in.
I'm a cyclist, I'm not offended by that advert? I doubt even the guy who designed the advert believed the message, it was probably a joke, you know, those things you're supoosed to laugh at?
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I like that, lowey. Am I/are we allowed to use it in any capacity?
I like that, lowey. Am I/are we allowed to use it in any capacity?
it's not his, it;'s from some guy in Melbourne. HOwies used it a while back
I've got an idea for their new campaign.
"Stop W*nking, start driving"
Pic of a sad looking bloke sat in front of his pc looking at pron.
Juxtaposed with a pic of a bloke driving his F-off big truck to a brothel (or maybe his chick's house).
That's better.
Bloody hell, looking at that twitter feed... people were actually [i]offended[/i]? ? ?
Why is he saluting her?
He isn't, you just can't see what he has drawn on the back of his hand
Bloody hell, looking at that twitter feed... people were actually offended? ? ?
People on twitter will get offended at anything. You should have seen the squawking coming from drivers last week when Charlie Brooker posted his (very funny) anti-car rant. You'd think he'd gone out and personally kicked all their dogs from the way they were going on about it.
A riposte from Giant:
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Giant clearly weren't buying my lunches when I did a regular 10 mile commute.
[url= https://twitter.com/#!/GM/media/grid ]There are some bloody nice cars on their pic history.[/url]
honda goes for the hybrid approach.
when I postdoc'ed at an American uni (Lehigh, a stereotypical affluent trustfund frat/sorority college) all the college kids drove European cars. Quite a profitable market to crack and as with student bank accounts I assume they're hoping to develop brand loyalty with people at the start of a higher earning life.
PS i thought charliebrooker's anti car rant was tedious and the most witless thing he's ever come out with, despite being sympathetic to his standpoint. I found Clarkson's anti motorcyclist tirade funnier and more intelligent, despite being a motorcyclist. I initially thought Brooker's feed had been hacked it was that poor. Maybe being married to The Huq has mellowed him and now he has to try too hard?
Good for Giant. Most yanks really are beneath contempt. Anyway, their century (well 60 odd years) is over now and how i shall enjoy watching their relative decline.
Hypocrisy sucks too.
how out of touch are GM
Google for the OnStar debacle. questions asked in congress about their abuse of customer privacy.
I reckon the girl driving is a Muslim and the guy on the bike is a member of the NRA.
It's not just bikes they try and get rid of;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_streetcar_scandal
testimony was presented to a United States Senate inquiry into the causes of the decline of transit car systems in the US. This alleged that there was a wider conspiracy—by GM in particular—to destroy effective public transport systems in order to increase sales of automobiles and that this was implemented with great effect to the detriment of many cities.
They seem to have done the same in the UK over the same period. Not sure if there's a conspiracy there but all of our cities had trams and then they didn't and then a few recently have them again but on a much smaller scale. The deregulation of the buses in the 1980s coincided with the greedy years and car sales took off exponentially.