They Might Be Giants FTW!

I understand that viewpoint, but there are some cars from the late 80's and early 90's where the airbag is an afterthought. The first generation of Mazda Miatas sold in the United States were equipped with an airbag by federal mandate. The Canadian and Japanese models either didn't have one or it was available as an…

You think? It appears others have built better ones lately. I hope they do better.

IIRC, the four day Blackberry outage was NOT due to a natural disaster. I'm sure there's a reasonable technical explanation for the outage - just not a reasonable excuse. Natural disasters are force majeure and thus count for both. We can speculate how the market would respond, but that would be an utter waste of…

Imagine you're sitting at home comfortable on a hot summer day. You're reading emails or watching TV or whatever it is you enjoy doing in this modern life. Then the power goes out. The temperature is rising. You can't work. You can't watch TV. This is tolerable for a little while. Then hours turn into days and…

Keep calling them Fiat and bring back Lancia!

When I was in college, I shared a bisected shotgun house with a cute girl who was an avid runner. It didn't matter what the weather was. Hot (which is oppressive in New Orleans) or cold and rainy in winter - she was out putting a few miles in. I asked her once how she was motivated to keep running like that and she…

Nope. You totally can. I'm running at HSPA+ (3.5g). It's worked well for me in Chicago, Atlanta, much of the east coast and in California.

THAT is a cogent and provocative retort. Being talked about is a good thing. But will it sell trucks for Chrysler or just sell trucks in general. And how long will we be talking about this ad? In the next few quarters, will Chrysler sell more trucks? Or will Ford and GM benefit more?

You're right. This one is better.

It did. I'm sure that'll drive patriotic truck buyers to their local Chevy dealer. Or perhaps Ford. Toyota? Wait... Who was the ad for again?

True, but this is the Super Bowl we're talking about. Everyone is watching. We expect the ads to be entertaining and fun. Budweiser did a great job this year with the Clydesdales. This ad, besides being a rip off detailed in slate.com, makes you appreciate our farmers and the vehicles they rely on. I'm not an ad…

Nostalgia has its value. This is a fantastic ad that employs nostalgia to great effect. It makes you feel proud, patriotic and with the roar of that engine you know exactly what they're selling. And boy do you ever want one in that moment. I'm not saying the Ram commercial didn't do anything for me - just that it…

Sorry Patrick, but for whatever heartstring tugging this commercial may have done for you, it did nothing for me - other than make me appreciate our farmers. As I understand it, the point of commercials is to make me want the product. Jalops will remember what that commercial was selling. I doubt anyone else will.

You're probably right and I did write my comment with some hyperbole, but the fact remains that they have done SERIOUS damage to their brand and there are excellent alternatives available today that make bb10 less appealing as an OS.

I just went through this with AT&T. I have an unlimited data plan for a web enabled phone from years ago and was not grandfathered in to their smartphone plan. After speaking with a rep at the AT&T store, I was told that I can get a new microSIM and use it in a new Nexus 4 and keep my plan. In retrospect, I should…

In my state, if my car makes a right on red or blows a traffic light and the tag is caught with a traffic camera, I get the ticket. It doesn't matter who is driving the car. (I hope the judge will make an exception if the is reported vehicle stolen, but that's a toss up)

As much as Toyota thinks they need to sell us a convertible FR-S, they should add the caged, race-ready versions to their lineup. Jason wrote about 'em last week. http://jalopnik.com/5979083/subaru-brz-ra-caged-with-steelies

The fact that there are back seats doesn't really matter much to someone looking for a two seat sports car. Of course that's just one man's very biased opinion.

You're right - it could happen anywhere. RIM hemorrhaged their market share to their competitors because they couldn't deliver. The location of RIM's