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  • January 7, 2012 at 5:56 PM #19407
    Coronita
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    I know, I know….Sorry, I couldn’t resist….. It’s a long running joke….Add me in your ignore list. I don’t care…

    Warning: May not be work safe…. (depending on how anal your company is)..

    http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/06/gary-busey-shills-for-kia-dealerships-in-pa/

    The list of things Gary Busey hasn’t done for money seems to be growing smaller by the minute. A string of Kia dealerships in Pennsylvania and Texas hired the actor for a series of advertising spots. Each clip features that unique Busey flare we’ve all come to know and be terrified of. From what we can tell, informing your salesman that Gary sent you can garner you the best deal possible. That’s likely because most sane sales people are worried Busey could come storming through the dealership wall at any moment.

    The ads are 100-percent bizarre in that special train-wreck kind of way. We’ve picked a few of our favorites for viewing after the jump, but you can head here to see the full gaggle of Gary Busey Kia ads. It’s worth the trip.

    January 8, 2012 at 7:30 AM #735515
    UCGal
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    Lol.

    January 9, 2012 at 10:54 AM #735567
    paddyoh
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    Gary Busey is a perfect spokesman for Kia AND Hyundai.

    He and someone like Carrot Top, Lindsey Lohan, Howard Stern, Levi Johnston, Jon Gosselin, O.J. Simpson, any of the Kardashians, Octomom, Spencer Pratt, Casey Anthony and Anthony Weiner would be some other people that would be great spokespeople for Kia and Hyundai. The list goes on.

    But NOT Jeff Bridges.

    It’s apples and oranges Dude !

    Jeff Bridges is too cool and respected to be shilling for the uber UNcool Walmart cars like Kia and Hyundai. He should be shilling for Chevrolet, Harley Davidson or Ford.

    Please join me in imploring Jeff Bridges to put the brakes on the embarrassing Hyundai advertising before he loses all his coolness and credibility.

    I can’t thank you enough FLU for helping me make my case !

    ;>]

    January 9, 2012 at 11:03 AM #735581
    scaredyclassic
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    I have a 2004 Kia Sedona minivan I bought new for $14,000 as a special newspaper ad one only year end special. It really doesn’t suck that much. I think it’s kind of cool in an ironic suburban way. A bear broke into it in yosemite and tweaked the center console not covered by the generous wRranty. I would buy another kia but not on advertising only on price.

    January 9, 2012 at 12:53 PM #735586
    KSMountain
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    [quote=walterwhite]A bear broke into it in yosemite and tweaked the center console not covered by the generous wRranty.[/quote]
    That would be an amusing clause to be present in a warranty…

    Did the bear get anything good? How much damage was there?

    January 9, 2012 at 3:16 PM #735593
    scaredyclassic
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    Broke a window tweaked ctr console got nothing forgot to bring in lemon diaper wipes

    January 9, 2012 at 3:45 PM #735594
    paddyoh
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    [quote=walterwhite]I have a 2004 Kia……..It really doesn’t suck that much. [/quote]

    Sounds like the bear liked it.

    Great story !

    ;>]

    January 9, 2012 at 3:49 PM #735595
    Coronita
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    Kia is no laughing matter these day….

    The kia forte is a decent car.

    Hyundai definitely isn’t a laughing matter at this point…Well, neither is ford…

    Look at some of the things being unveiled at Detroit (in no particular order)

    Hyundai Genesis Coupe: 3.6 V6/345 HP/296 ft-lb

    Ford Fusion: I have to say, this exterior looks great

    My favorite is : Acura NSX

    January 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM #735596
    paddyoh
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    Welcome Walmart shoppers……

    Hello 3rd World domination…

    Goodbye Americana…..

    Time for Jeff Bridges to disavow the Hyundai advertising humiliation…..

    ;>]

    January 9, 2012 at 5:01 PM #735599
    scaredyclassic
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    A 10 y 100k mile warranty just seems very valuable to me

    January 9, 2012 at 6:54 PM #735604
    Coronita
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    I guess now wouldn’t be a good time to bring up two things about the Ford Fusion (at least the previous generation)

    1. It’s made in Mexico.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Fusion_%28Americas%29

    2. It’s “domestic” part content is 50%

    http://www.mombu.com/ford/ford/t-information-gleaned-from-domestic-content-labels-962985-last.html

    3. “Domestic” part content means parts made in U.S. OR Canada OR Mexico… So consider that actual parts content made exclusively in U.S. is < 50%...

    January 9, 2012 at 7:34 PM #735605
    paddyoh
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    Ford ?

    As in Henry Ford – founder of Ford Motor Company ?

    Pioneer of the assembly line and affordable cars to the masses in the early 1900’s – here – in the USA ?

    An actual American-Born auto company with an American label ?

    Too bad pressure from the Kia / Hyundai Walmart cars has forced the few remaining American companies to resort to some outsourcing to compete with the cheap, plastic 3rd world nerd-mobiles that are being dumped here at American taxpayer expense.

    Just another major downside to the importation of slave made Walmart cars – which will always be UNcool no matter how you try and spin it.

    But that doesn’t change the fact of the original Ford, Chrysler and General Motors American Heritage.

    You can polish a turd (Hyundai) but in the end it’s still a turd. They pollute our economy.

    Help stop the Jeff Bridges Hyundai advertising fiasco.

    January 9, 2012 at 7:35 PM #735606
    scaredyclassic
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    thoughts on http://www.wagonmeister.com ?

    refurbishes volvos outside l.a.

    kinda want one.

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