Hot Women Will Laugh at Cyclist... According to GM
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Hot Women Will Laugh at Cyclist... According to GM
What has General Motors been doing in the wake of its bailout-assisted turnaround? For one thing, trying to convince young American men that hot women will laugh at them if they ride a bike.
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https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...204806708.html
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https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...204806708.html
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They pulled the ad. Apparently someone was going to show a Volt plugged in next to a bike with Di2. No woman wants a guy the plugs things in.
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I did a quick search on this forum, not any of the others and didn't see it. Here's a better article:
https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business...ti-cycling-ad/
https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business...ti-cycling-ad/
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This guy rides a bike, too:
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https://abcnews.com/blogs/business/20...ti-cycling-ad/
Based on what I am seeing here, I think my bike costs more than her car.
The thing that cracks me up here is the stop pedaling start driving stuff. However, our anointed one is forcing GM to make these weenie plug in cars that the birkenstockers might drive. So they get a freakin bailout to make weenie cars, and then do this? LMAO...
Gotta get me one a them there big hockin' diesel pickups belching out exhaust.
Based on what I am seeing here, I think my bike costs more than her car.
The thing that cracks me up here is the stop pedaling start driving stuff. However, our anointed one is forcing GM to make these weenie plug in cars that the birkenstockers might drive. So they get a freakin bailout to make weenie cars, and then do this? LMAO...
Gotta get me one a them there big hockin' diesel pickups belching out exhaust.
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I did a quick search on this forum, not any of the others and didn't see it. Here's a better article:
https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business...ti-cycling-ad/
https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business...ti-cycling-ad/
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https://abcnews.com/blogs/business/20...ti-cycling-ad/
Based on what I am seeing here, I think my bike costs more than her car.
The thing that cracks me up here is the stop pedaling start driving stuff. However, our anointed one is forcing GM to make these weenie plug in cars that the birkenstockers might drive. So they get a freakin bailout to make weenie cars, and then do this? LMAO...
Gotta get me one a them there big hockin' diesel pickups belching out exhaust.
Based on what I am seeing here, I think my bike costs more than her car.
The thing that cracks me up here is the stop pedaling start driving stuff. However, our anointed one is forcing GM to make these weenie plug in cars that the birkenstockers might drive. So they get a freakin bailout to make weenie cars, and then do this? LMAO...
Gotta get me one a them there big hockin' diesel pickups belching out exhaust.
https://translogic.aolautos.com/2010/08/23/translogic-5-4/
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It'd seem that the ignorance doesn't stop with the cagers if a cyclist is bagging on diesel, when it is far more efficient and better for the environment than gasoline.
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As well they should.
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Ohhh... i didn't realize that. Are we excluding living organisms which have to breath in the high levels of carcinogenic particulate and soot? Or is this just to be a mileage based comparison. Maybe this is a Clean™ Diesel case.
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Some of my happiest days were when I sold our GM lemons. Even happier days were had buying and riding bikes. The Giant ad is so clean simple. Kind of like bikes.
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No **** she's laughing...looks like he's riding some old-school hooptie with downtube shifters. pffft.
I wish I lived close enough to my work that I could ride every day.
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Well, if you're talking about the 15-24 age group; it's true.
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Why? You like pollution? You like paying for gas? No Volt for you.
https://translogic.aolautos.com/2010/08/23/translogic-5-4/
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Imagine that. I need to get some birkenstocks.