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I LUV MY PRIUS!!!
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Unfortunately, I can only offer you (my sisters and) my translation of the article, so if you find something in english, feel free to post it!
http://www.stern.de/auto/service/:Au...re/622469.html Quote:
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Being stupid, that's what.
For once, happy I live in the US.
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Great editorial - FTW.
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Horay for eco-fascists?
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Joined: Dec 15th, 2006
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The whole concept of quoting the fuel economy and CO2 figures in the adverts is so stupid already, as most cars are sold with a wide variety of engines, so it says something like 140-350 CO2s, 5 - 15 l/100km. And now they want this useless information to have more space in the adverts?
The EU really needs to get back to the basics, like eliminating trade barriers etc., the rest is just garbage. The fact that the parties usually nomite politicians that failed at the domestic scene and have to be gotten rid of into the EU organs doesn't really help the cause either. |
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I really hope and pray that regular citizens outside the auto industry speak their minds about this. To think that its only getting sadder and sadder since the 70s. I know it probably sounds retarded, and i'm not much for political organizations or unions, but if their was a drivers union or something like that i would be in full support of it. Generally speaking thats the only approach that works when it comes to getting a respected conglomerate. I mean if all that political mumbo-jumbo was what it took to get organizations as idiotic as PETA and the Green party (I'm not saying all environmental potection is terrible) to become fairly powerful, i would think that a organization dedicated to a good, useful, and liberating cause would be fairly easy to sustain.
PS: People still believe in global warming? I thought we made it clear that was a hoax the instant George W. Bush proclaimed he believed in it. Last edited by Ottobon; June 4th, 2008 at 12:40 AM. |
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http://www.europarl.europa.eu/member...do?language=en
Find your MEP, tell them your not happy It what the eco-nazis do, so lets play the same game! EDIT: OK, I have 7 MEPs for the South West...which one do I contact, I really should have looked into the European Parliament before...
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Subtitling God
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Well I got used the the labels on my cigarettes warning me that i am a homicidal, suicidal, soon to be sterile fool, but this trend of
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Disco Inferno
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This is even worse than the warning of "Professional driver. Closed course. Do not attempt." at the bottom of your screen as a car cruises through an empty parking lot at 10mph.
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But yeah the eco-nazis do really misuse the EU. Here, they complain to the EC about the devastating effects of every other proposed motorway and try to convince them to decline the funding of it. |
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Well no EU money has ever funded any road here, ever. God I hate these snouts in troughs MEP time wasters.
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Joined: Jan 1st, 2008
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In australia car advertising is not allowed to show the car going fast or driving dangerously. Due to the perception of dangerous driving being such a subjective thing, there have been some ridiculous rulings against some advertisements.
A mazda ad was pulled that showed 3 cars driving along a giant strip of empty beach. Apparently it looked like they were racing. A mitsubishi ad was pulled that showed 3 cars driving along an off-road dirt track. The first 2 cars were RWD and oversteered off the road while cornering. The mitsubishi was AWD and made it round the corner safely supposedly due to it's extra grip. The point of the ad was demonstrating the safety of AWD but it was banned due to implying some sort of race between the 3 cars. There are other examples but you get the idea. Ridiculous.
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I can't think of an ad for a car that doesn't show the person enjoying it... otherwise it wouldn't be much of an ad. I really hope there was something lost in translation in the second sentence. (no offense, it was very good besides the weird upside-down quotes, how the hell did that happen? The original isn't like that.)
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Sounds like it might be time for a Tea Party in Europe.
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"We can't pay someone to enjoy our car, but you should buy it anyway." I hope this is satirical, but since Australia already has similar rules I'm going to assume its not. |
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I hate your sig!
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Thank god those nazis have nothing to decide. Still, I'm getting tired of this bullshit.
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Joined: Aug 18th, 2005
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So what's next? Banning movies with car chases and possible reckless behavior? What about actually racing? Are they going to ban commercials advertising motorsport? Ban motorsport? It is time someone put their foot down...
EDIT: Maybe the title should be changed to "Crazy EU: No more fun" Last edited by airmenair; June 4th, 2008 at 1:30 PM. |
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If fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are so socially important, wouldn't companies already start advertising those? I mean any car commercial here (US) will give you MPG figures, and in tiny font state that it's not for the car you are looking at
This is such bullshit, car ads don't make me go 100+ on the roads, the fact that I want to do it does
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Instead of getting all up in arms about the possible effects of advertising, they should be focusing of building more open race tracks for the public so to get the people off the street and onto the track.
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But than since when did governments do anything sensible or, god forbid, expensive?
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