"qbeezy" (qbeezy)
03/17/2015 at 14:00 • Filed to: Bruh
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"qbeezy" (qbeezy)
03/17/2015 at 14:00 • Filed to: Bruh | 2
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So I'm surfing the interwebs at work during my lunch, and Toyota/Scion slaps me in the face with this.
I'mdigging the color combination. Go pokes. But then something horribke happens. I look at the tab. And I see this...
High Performance Coupé. WTF... What do you mean "high performance"? Cause you lowered it? Added some useless aero? A center exit exhaust? I'm sorry, I forgot the black badges add 50+ HP. How silly of me. This is what's wrong with marketing. Someone please tell me how this is high performance! Toyota build a damn high performance sports car that ain't a Lexus. Toyota is one if the worst offenders of this " sports car crap". Bruh
*Gets off soap box*
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> qbeezy
03/17/2015 at 14:02 |
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An orange car with a title of Divide and Conquer on St. Patrick's day? Unsure if trolling...
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qbeezy
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
03/17/2015 at 14:04 |
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No trolling. St. Patricks day is like arbor day to me. If I dont get it off, then meh.
jariten1781
> qbeezy
03/17/2015 at 14:07 |
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Black door handle so you can relive that old base model stigma.
nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
> qbeezy
03/17/2015 at 14:08 |
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I'm more appalled by the clutter that is your notification bar. Clean that mess up!
But yeah, high performance is a stretch. I remember when the TC first came out and was scooped up by the tuner crowd since it had/has a ridiculous aftermarket. Aren't they rated at 150hp ? Considering their performance model is 200hp it makes sense that Scion is trying to get more cred than they deserve.
Rico
> qbeezy
03/17/2015 at 14:17 |
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Stupid annotation is way off, boo this shit head designer for this halloween edition.
Frank Grimes
> qbeezy
03/17/2015 at 14:17 |
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it performs as a world class teenager/young adult starting college performance level.
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> jariten1781
03/17/2015 at 14:21 |
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It's better than post-2000 chrome.
RallyWrench
> qbeezy
03/17/2015 at 14:23 |
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Where are the Harley Davidson Edition badges?
OPPOsaurus WRX
> qbeezy
03/17/2015 at 14:24 |
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those floating things showing the details are obnoxious and they dont even have one for the center exhaust which is probably the most interesting piece. (not) amazingly this is my first trip to scion.com
Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
> qbeezy
03/17/2015 at 14:27 |
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Any car that has features described as "sporty" is almost certain not to be "high performance". Then again, low-performance coupe doesn't have the same ring to it.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
03/17/2015 at 14:30 |
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"Chrome"
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qbeezy
> Rico
03/17/2015 at 14:44 |
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Haha. That gif i great. Thank you for that!
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qbeezy
> nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
03/17/2015 at 14:47 |
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They should put an asterisk next to it.
High performance Coupe*
*higher performance the iQ
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qbeezy
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
03/17/2015 at 14:48 |
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God, chrome is the one thing i hate more than mislabling cars. Hey look at all the shiny stuff im using to distract you from the rest of a poorly constructed car!
Jonathan Harper
> Rico
03/17/2015 at 14:50 |
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hahah so true
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> qbeezy
03/17/2015 at 15:24 |
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There is one company that excels at this tactic.
Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
> Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
03/17/2015 at 15:55 |
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"Low-performance coupe" sounds like an awesome name for a car. Think of the sleeper potential!
'Wägen, EPA LOL
> qbeezy
03/17/2015 at 16:18 |
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The point is that orange is long considered the color of those loyal to crown of the King of England - the Protestants. Green is the color of nationalists - the Catholics. The Feast of St. Patrick is a Catholic holiday above all else in Ireland. What Sideways is alluding to is that Toyota is promoting the loyalist, Protestant ideas on a nationalist, Catholic holiday.
I'm sure I don't need to elaborate on the IRA and terrorism in Ireland.
While officially the Irish tricolor represents the Catholics (green), the Protestants (orange), and the hope for lasting peace between them (white); it is also understood that the flag is the Catholics and Protestants forever divided by the field of white.
From Wikipedia:
"The green pale in the flag symbolises Irish republicanism dating back to the Society of United Irishmen in the 1790s.
The orange represents the minority who were supporters of
, who was of the
and originally the
of the
, had defeated
and his predominantly Irish Catholic army
at the
in 1690. His title came from the
in the south of France that had been a Protestant bastion from the 16th century. It was included in the Irish flag in an attempt to reconcile the
in Ireland with the Irish independence movement.
[ citation needed ]
The white in the centre signifies a lasting truce between the two cultures and a living together in peace.
The flag, as a whole, is intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped-for union of the people of different traditions on the island of Ireland, which is expressed in the Constitution as the entitlement of every person born in Ireland to be part of the independent Irish nation, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or political conviction.
There are exceptions to the general beneficent theory. Green was also used as the colour of such Irish bodies as the mainly-Protestant and non-sectarian Friendly Brothers of St. Patrick, established in 1751."
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"Despite its original symbolism, in Northern Ireland the tricolour, along with most other markers of either British or Irish identity, has come to be a symbol of division. [39] The Ulster Unionist Party Government of Northern Ireland adopted the Ulster Banner (based on the flag of Ulster) in 1953. [42] Thus it is this flag and the Union Flag that are flown by unionists and loyalists , while the tricolour is flown by nationalists and republicans. [39] In Northern Ireland, each community uses its own flags, murals and other symbols to declare its allegiance and mark its territory, often in a manner that is deliberately provocative. [43] Kerb-stones in unionist and loyalist areas are often painted red, white and blue, [44] while in nationalist and republican areas kerb-stones may be painted green, white and orange, although this is a much less frequent occurrence. [45] Elements of both communities fly "their" flag from chimneys, tall buildings and lamp-posts on roads. [46]
Under the 1998 Belfast Agreement , it was recognised that flags continue to be a source of disagreement in Northern Ireland. The Agreement stated that:
All participants acknowledge the sensitivity of the use of symbols and emblems for public purposes, and the need in particular in creating the new institutions to ensure that such symbols and emblems are used in a manner which promotes mutual respect rather than division. [47]
Unionists argue that the recognition of the principle of consent in the Agreement — that Northern Ireland's constitutional status cannot change without a majority favouring it — by the signatories amounts to recognising that the Union Flag is the only legitimate official flag in Northern Ireland. [48] [49] [50] Nationalists maintain that the Agreement means that the use of the Union Flag for official purposes should be restricted, or that the tricolour should be flown alongside the British flag on government buildings. [51] However the tricolour is never flown from official buildings, alone or alongside the British flag. A Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast , Alex Maskey , displayed both flags in his own offices causing some controversy. [52] [53] "
Variance
> nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
03/17/2015 at 18:00 |
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The current tC is actually rated at 180 HP, IIRC. Still not "high performance", however.
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qbeezy
> 'Wägen, EPA LOL
03/17/2015 at 20:01 |
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That's pretty awesome actually. I love history. But as my American comes out, "do I get tomorrow off tho?" Jk. The more you know the more you grow! Much appreciated.
AthomSfere
> qbeezy
04/14/2015 at 22:16 |
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179hp isn't that un-sporty...
But that paint job is UGLY! Saw one of these and a release limited or whatever FR-s both auto...
Both ugly too.