So sad.

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 05/15/2018 at 15:36 • Filed to: None

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This is what passes for a Mitsubishi showroom nowadays. A booth at a mall.

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shop-teacher > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 15:41

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My how they have fallen.

WilliamsSW > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 15:41

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10/10 would test drive in the mall

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 15:42

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it’s become Shitshubishi

HammerheadFistpunch > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 15:49

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can they install the screen protector while im there?

WilliamsSW > WilliamsSW 05/15/2018 at 15:49

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LOREM IPSUM > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 15:54

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Mitsu can just go ahead and die imho. They had the recipe for greatness yet tossed it in the trash and serve us the automotive equivalent of cold McNuggets instead.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 15:54

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That upside down decel is a perfect visual metaphor for what that company is these days.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 15:54

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That upside down decel is a perfect visual metaphor for what that company is these days.

MonkeePuzzle > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 15:58

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still less calories than a cinnabon

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > MonkeePuzzle 05/15/2018 at 16:03

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A deep fried stick of butter is still less calories than Cinnabon.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 05/15/2018 at 16:14

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“The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year.”

Don’t even have to click it (was going to post it myself). All props to the French Connection and Bullitt , but Blues Brothers has some of the best car chases in the history of film.

“This is definitely Lower Wacker Drive...”

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 05/15/2018 at 16:14

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Wait: there’s a car showroom here, too:

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 05/15/2018 at 16:16

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Retail apocalypse...

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/15/2018 at 16:19

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And Mitsu is headed for the same fate as Oldsmobile, too...

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 05/15/2018 at 16:20

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Yeah, my first thought when I saw the OP was of that scene. The French Connection chase scene is my all time favorite, but yeah, the Blues Brothers is great.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 05/15/2018 at 16:24

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Lousy movie, though. Dan Ackroyd is one of the all time worst actors except maybe for Chevy Chase.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 05/15/2018 at 16:29

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I was so hoping somebody would post this!

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/15/2018 at 16:29

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I disagree. For what it is, a musical, it’s fantastic. And Ackroyd was being Ackroyd, which he does quite well.

shop-teacher > HammerheadFistpunch 05/15/2018 at 16:30

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Remember when they used to make TVs?

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > WilliamsSW 05/15/2018 at 16:31

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I would totally drive a mirage in a shopping mall. Hell, I’d buy an abandoned mall and turn it into a race track for mirages and start a one make racing series. I’d keep the tile for sure. More slides and door banging.

WilliamsSW > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 05/15/2018 at 16:32

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Don’t forget to keep the stairs and escalators too!!

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher 05/15/2018 at 16:32

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It had to be done.

shop-teacher > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 05/15/2018 at 16:33

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DUDE!!! That would be amazeballs!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 05/15/2018 at 16:33

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Then I cede you the point.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/15/2018 at 16:34

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Eh, everybody’s got their own opinion.

HammerheadFistpunch > shop-teacher 05/15/2018 at 16:38

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I used to have a giant rear projection unit

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 16:40

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Can’t believe I’m saying this since I’m normally the first person to roll my eyes when someone says “I hate/have never liked all cars from X company”, but I’m actually getting impatient for Mitsubishi to just pull out of the US market entirely. They and Chrysler have served their purpose and are now outstaying their welcome.

facw > shop-teacher 05/15/2018 at 16:54

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Apparently more recently than I thought:

https://www.amazon.com/Mitsubishi-WD-82742-82-Inch-Cinema-Model/dp/B007TGKLY8

I feel like I had a Diamondtron monitor at somepoint, but can’t remember where. Maybe at a lab in college.

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 16:55

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I mean mall space is cheap right? And it’s not like Mitsubishi needs much space to show off its lineup.

Steve in Manhattan > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 16:56

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They used to make an effort to market here, and they had some good products. WTF?

Steve in Manhattan > shop-teacher 05/15/2018 at 16:56

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Bought my buddy a DVD player to match his Mitsu TV back in the mid-90s. Good times.

shop-teacher > HammerheadFistpunch 05/15/2018 at 17:28

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So did we. We also had a Mitsubishi 36" tube TV. That thing was ungodly heavy!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 17:29

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This might be the longest death rattle from any brand I’ve ever seen. Suzuki, Isuzu, Saturn, they just stopped.

Mitsubishi is like the Knight from Monty Python, it’s just a flesh wound, I still got some fight left in me!

HammerheadFistpunch > shop-teacher 05/15/2018 at 17:35

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ours was one of these

shop-teacher > HammerheadFistpunch 05/15/2018 at 18:06

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Ours was a 40" from the early 80's, complete with simulated wood grain.

HammerheadFistpunch > shop-teacher 05/15/2018 at 18:12

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fawncy!

Steve in Manhattan > shop-teacher 05/15/2018 at 18:14

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Very similar to my buddy’s ...

ranwhenparked > shop-teacher 05/15/2018 at 18:20

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Different Mitsubishi though.

And there’s another one that makes these:

ranwhenparked > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 18:31

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Looks like a Simon mall?

Probably figured a makeshift Mitsubishi showroom was better than screening it over in drywall and painting “More Exciting Retail Options Coming Soon!” all over the outside.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > ranwhenparked 05/15/2018 at 19:08

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That spot used to be an asian hair/nails place

wafflesnfalafel > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/15/2018 at 20:33

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they just want to me more like Orange Julius

shop-teacher > ranwhenparked 05/15/2018 at 23:03

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Different company, with the same logic? That’s weird!

shop-teacher > HammerheadFistpunch 05/15/2018 at 23:04

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Oh yeah, it was a classy joint.

ranwhenparked > shop-teacher 05/15/2018 at 23:44

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Yeah, the TVs are from Mitsubishi Electric Corp, cars from Mitsubishi Motors, ships by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, all totally separate independent companies. They do own minority stakes in each other, along with some of the other Mitsubishi companies, like Mitsubishi UFJ, but never close to majority control.

shop-teacher > ranwhenparked 05/15/2018 at 23:54

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I learned something today.