Flybrian

Dude, take the Mitsubishi martial aid out of your keister for a few seconds. The fact that you're defending Mitsubishi's failings with some of GM's failings says something about your argument. I never said word one about GM's craptastic dependence on incentives. Why? Because its not relevant to the fact that Mitsubishi cannot sell undesireable products. Whether GM, Ford, or whoever else offers incentives doesn't make it wise business practice for Mitsubishi to and doesn't excuse their own failings. I have no other response.

That was Plan A :)

How about $9 incl s&h ($3.85 via USPS Priority)?

Probably not much of either if you think about it. Plus, this falls in line with the new theme.

You smarmy bastage. OWNERS manual. :P

Seriously. I have one and its in perfect condition. I'll take, like, anything + s&h for it.

Maturity? Dude, its pretty uncool to call out people who haven't even posted in this thread yet...

Remember the lame-ass LS430 commercials showing its dimples?

No, seriously. Its yours. Check the parking lot.

Better yet...

This is the Megaroof deal, right? The almost-cabin-length astroroof?

Most things wouldn't look good on your L200... ...and scene.

On the subject of HUDs, now that BMW is coming out with them on more models, everyone should remember General Motors offered them long before anyone else this side of General Dynamics and on a wide variety of affordable vehicles, too.

So is your mother. <--- Same style of argument. Whether or not GM had sales gimmicks isn't my point. Every is well aware that virtually all car companies do it/have done it to a certain extent. I'm merely calling attention to Mitsubishi's alarming dependence on gimmicks to sell cars - whether it be the whole desperately trying to be hip motiff or ZERO! ZERO! ZERO! event (which was perhaps the most ironically inappropriate campaign for Mitsu) - and the amazing lack of success to those gimmicks. Sales of what's left of its core models keep falling and falling, bolstered only by the introduction of a brand-new Eclipse that's arguable the reason why Mitsubishi stays in business, at least in the name-recognition sense. And mock Employee Pricing as much as you want. Guess what? It worked.

Thanks, Z. We did a case study on this in Ethics class and once you know facts aside from the "Old lady spilled coffee" headline, you understand the results aren't unreasonable.

There is no need for names to change as radically as they do. I could certainly see Century being dropped for just plain Regal, but not to the extremes they do it.

I think the precedent of the lawsuit was that McDonalds coffee was shown to be brewed at excessive temperatures and this wasn't the first case.

I figure those people get appropriate crap from coworkers. That's all that's needed. Heck, I worked at an airport for a year and a half and did all my flight training at a competing flightschool. I got some friendly ribbing about it, but no one really cared.

Japanese-ness? W-O-W... A few flaws: 1) 'J-Cool' as I understand it is still mainly a youth phenomenon that resonates with those either too young to buy a car or cannot afford a new one. 2) Heavy youth marketing tends to turn off older buyers, with the main example being Mitsubishi's own rock/trance-soundtracked campaigns. 3) Schembri acknowledges some competition, but not a big one - the Dodge Dakota. You're getting the same truck for essentially the same price from a reputable nameplate. 4) Perhaps its just me, but I don't think there's any pent-up demand for a Mitsubishi trucks; no rabid fans waiting for the Mighty Max to come back from the dead. Where's the market for this truck that's differentiated only in styling? 5) The free gas deal shows again that Mitsubishi has to resort to gimmicks to move cars. One thinks they would've learned from years of such attempts.

Oh, I played with every feature of my Sony Erricson when I first got it. Sent e-mails to my friends, downloaded all the goofy ringtones, downloaded something from a Russian quarterly. About a week later, I moved on.

Yeah, I envy those who live on the bleeding edge of consumer technology. They've got massive cojones, deep pockets, and little else to spend so much on something that's the best for a few months.

You know, it looks more like an old Civic coupe, but larger.

Its an egg...er, Previa. Not mid-engined...nor RWD...?

Listed as $500 retail somewhere. If you ask me though, no cell phone past the year 1990 can ever be worth $1,000. And you know idiots bought them when they first debuted.