The Chrysler Town & Country freaks me out 15

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   David Roberts Posted 8:09 am
   11 Jan 2008

   Stay where you are.Our Family Fun© Agents will be contacting you shortly to schedule your reprogramming.
   
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   Lisa Hymas Posted 8:36 am
   11 Jan 2008

   Yikes.I too saw this ad spread in a glossy magazine recently and was freaked out -- but mostly because it pains me what Josh Lyman has turned into.
   
   

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   odograph Posted 9:25 am
   11 Jan 2008

   memoriesof the VW camper.  Course that '68 vw probably beat it on mpg.

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   David Roberts Posted 9:29 am
   11 Jan 2008

   OMGIt's worse than we thought. FAR WORSE.
   
   
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   odograph Posted 9:37 am
   11 Jan 2008

   it was greenthey didn't go anywhere.
   (definitely off-putting)

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   Ashley Braun Posted 10:26 am
   11 Jan 2008

   Because getting along is overrated anywayWhen I first heard about this, I thought, "Two DVD screens? Who is in the car long enough/often enough to require two different DVD screens?"
   And my friend replied, "Well, what if the kids in the backseat want to watch two different movies or something?"
   The electronic babysitter strikes again, enforcing poor interpersonal relationships and energy-sucking technologies all in one shiny, chrome-finished FUV SUV.

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   enki Posted 10:37 am
   11 Jan 2008

   You ain' seen nuthin yetNow here's a minivan:
   Image: http://www.oblingo.com/media/10-26-07/town_country_blackj ...
   "For those who can't get enough of the card tables when they leave Vegas, Chrysler has created the Town and Country Black Jack...The Amber-Black pearl paint provides a stylish contrast to the custom 20-inch wheels and the billet grille, jazzing up this most staid of minivan exteriors. Interior LED lighting illuminates the mini casino in the passenger compartment that consists of a bench seat wrapping around the black jack table that sits opposite the dealer's captain's chair in the middle. Entertainment comes via a 1250-watt audio system created by Azentec and Kicker. For tailgate parties, you and your weary gambling buddies can watch Terry and Howie yuck it up during the pregame show on a 37-inch flatscreen mounted in back behind the tailgate."
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   bookerly Posted 12:44 pm
   11 Jan 2008

   Say
   
      Isn't this one of those signs that the world will end soon??
      From the book of Chyln "And low and behold, the nations will destroy themselves and the people will rejoice even as they consume the earth..."
      Just askin'
   patrick in Beijing

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   caniscandida Posted 1:39 pm
   11 Jan 2008

   Swivel 'n' GoAside from the inappropriateness of a vehicle of this size, the featured table and chairs next to a big window look pleasant enough, for a long trip with plenty of sight-seeing.  At least, the cafe' cars and observation cars in Amtrak trains are pleasant, in my experience.
   Of course, on Amtrak trains, the seats are more roomy and comfortable.  And the passengers are not weighed down by the possession of a gross gas-guzzling truck.
   Most disingenuous is the come-on suggestion, that the Swivel 'n' Go "allows the kids to ... get a jump on homework."  Ha!  They mean, while you are driving your ne'er-do-well kids to school in the morning, they are sitting by that table scribbling out the homework they ought to have done the night before.
   
   Chickens are our cousins! So are fish! So are other sentient animals! Let us learn to be kind.

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    bkrell Posted 9:40 pm
    11 Jan 2008

    oh pleaseGo out and have kids and see what you carry them around in.  Oh wait, you all want to get sterilized.  

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    randino Posted 1:05 am
    12 Jan 2008

    It is practically illegalto be out of sight or sound of a TV any longer. Do any of you remember such a thing as a "quiet bar" where you could have real discussions, maybe initiate a seduction, read a book?
    I remember the great northeast blackout a few years back that hit Cleveland. I saw people curled up in fetal positions, sucking their thumbs while desperately thumbing their dead cell phones. People afterwards were swearing to get battery powered TVs because they were so bored in the dark. Meanwhile I was enjoying the fact that I could see the milky way in the city for the first time in 20 years.
    If the terrorists were smart they would find a way to destroy our system of mass distraction. Forget the rest. Take that out and our society would fall apart within days.  
    Randy Cunningham
    
    Randy Cunningham

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    sunflower Posted 1:46 am
    12 Jan 2008

    Gilded cage on wheels.T bills are about to lose their AAA rating. The golden age is about over. The DVD boredom of the idle rich in debt will be replaced with the exciting challenge of food, shelter, and survival.  Fun under the sun.

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    Tasermons Partner Posted 8:06 am
    12 Jan 2008

    Just be glad it's so expensive......no "typical" American family in their right minds (or wallets) would be able to afford one, 'specially with gas prices like they are.  I can see a few higher-incomes considering it maybe, and possibly a few wannabe-campers who know absolutely nothing 'bout roughin' it and want an SUV/mini-camper combo...but for the vast majority of people, it's outta their price range.

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    mihan Posted 3:37 am
    13 Jan 2008

    the eighth signUm... yeah. I think I forgot about that verse in Revelation.
    I have friends who manage to cram two car seats (and two kids, and sometimes a small adult squished in between) and a portable DVD player in their Prius. They drive to KY in it (from WI). It works just fine. There hasn't been any fratricide yet.

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    stringy Posted 10:50 am
    13 Jan 2008

    What can it mean?Have house prices gotten so high in the US that people are just giving up and turning their cars into McMansions instead?

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