Are you gonna lock it? Nah, it's a stick shift.

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw) 05/13/2019 at 23:08 • Filed to: Antitheft, Jetta

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CB > WilliamsSW 05/13/2019 at 23:14

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“Legally we have to tell you that you should always lock your car, so you should lock your car.”

Nice, were these the same lawyers who got you guys through Dieselgate?

WilliamsSW > CB 05/13/2019 at 23:17

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Lol is that the fine print at the bottom?

CB > WilliamsSW 05/13/2019 at 23:17

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Sure is, bud!

WilliamsSW > CB 05/13/2019 at 23:23

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Between my tiny TV and potato phone I can’t read that stuff.

I was totally going to leave my stick shift car unlocked in the city until you told me though. Good job VW lawyers !

Ash78, voting early and often > WilliamsSW 05/13/2019 at 23:27

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They posted this on the FP the other day. VW ads are still trying to be so quirky but they just can’t top their heyday.

One of my favorites when they first launched the facelifted 2001 Passat — their first real push into entry-luxury (it genuinely competed with C-class and cannibalized a lot of A4 and A6 sales). This is a good ad:

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > WilliamsSW 05/13/2019 at 23:28

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That joke is so old. 

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 05/13/2019 at 23:29

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Well played, VW. Pandering to the tiny minority that will feel in on the joke and are also the target market for your manual, while making everyone else feel like the kid on the outside looking in and wanting to be let in to hang with the cool kids.

Well played indeed.

My bird IS the word > WilliamsSW 05/13/2019 at 23:33

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“Nah, It’s a stick shift.”

(leaves laptop on backseat)

WilliamsSW > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/13/2019 at 23:38

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Eh, I liked it.

Besides it’s nice to see a company touting manual availability on a sedan. 

WilliamsSW > Ash78, voting early and often 05/13/2019 at 23:41

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VW has a pretty long history of pretty good ads.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 05/13/2019 at 23:46

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  It really is. 

Stef Schrader > WilliamsSW 05/14/2019 at 00:14

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No stick shift will deter the ants. That’s how you get ants! (And by ants, I mean everybody rummaging through your glovebox.)

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > WilliamsSW 05/14/2019 at 00:57

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http://abc13.com/news/carjacker-kills-father-because-car-isnt-an-automatic-/1796915/

S tick shift is the best theft deterrent! /s

WilliamsSW > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 05/14/2019 at 06:50

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Damn that’s awful. Killed over a stupid car. .

WilliamsSW > Stef Schrader 05/14/2019 at 06:51

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I’ve had ants in my car several times. It  sucks.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > WilliamsSW 05/14/2019 at 06:56

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“Nah, it’s a stick shift.”

“And I have the smart key in my pocket. ”

“And it’ll automatically lock itself after 5 minutes anyway.”

This ad is unfortunately preaching to a lamentably small audience rather than trying to sell an involving driving option to a larger unknowing audience.

lscrx > WilliamsSW 05/14/2019 at 08:33

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I daily a manual Jetta, if someone were to carjack me I would toss them the keys and GTFO... I have a 95% chance that they won’t be able to drive it, and I’m 100% covered by insu rance.

WilliamsSW > lscrx 05/14/2019 at 09:34

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Yeah that’s the best way to do it no matter what the car is.

WilliamsSW > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 05/14/2019 at 09:50

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I think they’re kind of doing both - pandering a bit to us, but also trying to sell a more involved driving experience. Note the tag line at the end.

And hell, I’m just happy they’re offering a stick in something other than a bare bones econobox or sports car. 

wkiernan > My bird IS the word 05/14/2019 at 15:43

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One night I came out of the office to find someone had broken one of the rear vent windows and climbed in from the back seat to get into my car. The thief tried to start it by sticking his own key in the ignition switch; he twisted it so hard it broke off in the lock. Then he stole a roll of quarters, which weren’t actually quarters, they were Sunshine Skyway tokens, and a broken pair of sunglasses, and he left . I know he climbed in from the back seat becau se I saw a foot print on my briefcase in the back seat, which had my laptop computer in it .

My bird IS the word > wkiernan 05/14/2019 at 18:21

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Nobody ever said thieves were smart.

wkiernan > My bird IS the word 05/14/2019 at 19:06

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I wasn’t exactly very smart leaving my laptop in my car either, but I sure was lucky that the thief was even dumber than me.

lscrx > WilliamsSW 05/20/2019 at 08:40

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Touche, my wife s’ car (new Forester) can be located with the My Subaru app, so that would be interesting if stolen... could just wait until they park and then steal it back.