I don't believe I saw the Coke commercial but they have been doing the same diversity stuff for a long time.

The Audi commercial was blatantly political. Was surprised and turned off by that. Stick to making unreliable cars Audi.

http://www.dailywire.com/...t-makes-hank-berrien

"When we account for all the various factors that go into pay, women at Audi are on par with their male counterparts."

Ha ha ha ha ha !

Not that reality matters. Audi declared themselves an ally to the cause, that's what counts.

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"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

How about an anti-kudos to Proctor and Gamble trying to make Mr. Clean "sexy" and making America uncomfortable for the rest of the night?

Agreed. Both I &the Mrs. were creeped out by that one.
P&G should have gone all in and overlayed the commercial to cheesy 70's porn soundtrack, and at the end have Mr. Clean urn into Ron Jeremy.

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Or T-Mobile (or was it sprint) with the 50-shades of Verizon commercials. I don't know if i should be more disturbed those commercials were approved, or that my 12 y/o son seemed to get it, thus no need for me to explain it.

not being a prude, just not sure bondage/S&M commercials in prime time are quite being watched by the target audience.

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College kids buy whatever is selling for 2 dollars in a 34 ounce chalice. There isn't brand loyalty among them. If it comes down to 2.00 for that chalice in Milwaukee's Best or 2.25 for bud light, they may go for the budlight because it is a little better than the Beast. But lets day that bud is a dollar more, or even 50 cents more. Some will go with the beast because getting their buzz on outweighs any benefit. But lets now compare apples to apples. Miller light vs Bud light. if Bud is 2.75 and miller is 2.50 for a 34 oz chalice, people college students will go with miller.

This also assumes that they are so early in their drinking careers that they haven't figured out binge drinking on AB products leaves you more hungover. I always preferred the taste of AB products over miller or coors, but sheeiiiit man, it would leave my head hurting the next day if I binged on 12 or more. Miller and coors didn't do that to me.

Oh, and at one time I was a beer snob. In my sophomore year, I was that jackass with Grolch, Sam Adams or the craft beers from the special shop before it was a thing. At minimum, I was drinking an import like Heineken. And guess what? I was super liberal than. It wasn't until my consumption went from 6 to 12 or 24 that price (and hangover potential) became a thing.

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"In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway." T Durden

Good point. They bought up a bunch of the local favorites here in Phoenix.

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"In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway." T Durden

It's their customer base. Have you ever been to 84 Lumber?

Is it the Beechwood aging?

Somebody told me that. Makes it more acidic.

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"In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway." T Durden

The Guila continues to underwhelm in sales.

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Suffer Well.

The Giulia continues to do what expected from a Fiat, Chrysler, or any Italian car company.

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Suffer Well.

Fiat-Chrysler has actually improved quite a bit over the past few decades. They're just about average in reliablity, for the most part. Production has been modernized, etc.

The Panda-based cars seem to be reasonably reliable.

Also it's hard to figure out what brands are "Italian" now, what with Lamborghini being part of Volkswagen Group, etc.. Fiat being so global.

Ferrari is still pure Italian, at least .(and reasonably reliable for that brand segment).

JD Power would disagree


Dodge - 32 of 32
Jeep- 28/32
Fiat - 26/32
Chrysler 22/32
RAM 9/32.

Alfa might help Dodge out of last.

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Yeah, but all cars are pretty reliable now. I'm talking vs 30 years ago when Fiat was a disaster.