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http://www.scion.com/#contactUs will get you the contact info...

Now, though, we can afford both the Mercedes and the F-350 flatbed.

I just hope that we don't end up with some sort of kludge for each of these: more like a Corvair and Scion xB!

I just bought a Sion. They have this new system where, like building a computer online, you build your car piece by piece on the Internet and just pay that price. No haggling required (or allowed).

It's a nice flash-based site geared towards my demographic. But the "build your scion" part of the site doesn't quite work for building my car. You are supposed to check features, and they are graphically added to your car. (This is very helpful, as the car isn't available at many dealerships -- it sells fast.)

That whole part, the graphical response to adding features to my car, did not work in Firefox. It asks you to "click here" to get the required program to make the purchase interactive. But that link doesn't do anything.

It turns out that the pop-up was blocked for the "click here" window. And even if I did get it open, it's an ActiveX control that's doing the work.

This is a brand new car brand too. It's not an old and outdated website.

Yahoo! Music is also notorious for not working in Firefox.

Since the dawn of the Automobile Revolution, automobile marques have been proactive in their approach to appeal to certain segments of society. By targeting these groups, automakers would find a much higher loyalty rate in an increasingly unloyal industry. Even today this tradition continues, with companies such as Toyota appealing to the youth market with its Scion brand, BMW and Mercedes appealing to the affluent market, Buick appealing to the understated senior market, and Subaru and Volvo appealing to the aging hippy market. One demographic spoken for by a large multinational automaker that often raises a bit of controversy, however, is the gay and lesbian market. It is within these confines that Honda finds its must staunch loyalists.

The connection stems much further than their not-so-subtle "H" logo. Since the inception of Honda by founder Kilimanjaro Honda in Tokyo, Japan in 1948, Honda has had a long line of successful industry firsts. Honda's first products imported to the United States were motorcycles capable of producing almost twice as much horsepower as their American brethren. Sold out of a small shop in San Francisco, their demographic was clear. From day one, Honda coined the term "Crotch Rocket" to target the gay and lesbian community. It wasn't long before Honda had made its first inroads in gaining market share in the vital west coast community.

While commercially successful, Honda didn't wish to fight a one-front war against Christians. In 1962, Honda started producing the HX100, their first entry into the area of gas powered lawn mowers. This allowed residents to show off their sexual preference to neighbors when not commuting. The new market, however, was something Honda was not experienced in, and proved to be initially unsuccessful. Honda faced several lawsuits alleging their lawnmowers oxidized almost instantly when mowing over damp grass.

It wasn't before long that founder Honda realized that the next battle would have to be fought in the ever-expanding industry of automobiles. In 1972, Honda began offering the United States its first car, the Honda Civic. While industry brass wanted to call it the "Civic Lesson," for the lesson it was trying to teach regarding the homosexual agenda, "Lesson" was eventually dropped from the title before release. Honda's experience in the lawn equipment market proved beneficial in their foray into automobiles, as the first generation of Civic Lessons were powered by their 49cc lawnmower engines producing a then-respectable 20 horsepower.

The response from the homosexual community was very positive, and sales of Civic Lessons matched other popular rivals in the west coast market from Toyota and AMC. Initial figures had pinned sales at achieving a 53% homosexual rate of buyers of Civic Lessons, a figure that has yet to be beat. The Civic Lesson proved to be a remarkable car for the homosexual market, as these families did not have any children and thus did not need room for a back seat. Honda foresaw new potential, however, with gay and lesbian

I bought my Expedition earlier this year because I wanted a vehicle I could drive comfortably and haul around my son and all of his "stuff."

Obviously a big Ford SUV is the best option for those requirements.

Did you even think about buying a wagon like a Subaru? Or a Mazda Protege5? Both of those vehicles are a lot more fun to drive than your boat and have plenty of room for "stuff."

Or maybe my car, a Scion xB? Massive amounts of room, drives like a car, and gets 32mpg?

No, I just think you're a selfish ASSHOLE. Do you have your Bush-Cheney '04 sticker on the back still?

Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Geo(a subdivison of Chevy), Saturn (GM), Lexus (Toyota), Kia, Scion (Toyota).

Revised: Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Kia.

Apparently it's all too easy for the 800lb gorillas to make people think they're small startups by making a new subdivision with a new name.

My tC oWnz j00!!11!

Being the geek that I am, there no way I'm going to buy something and not upgrade it or at the very least know how it works. So I've been reading whatever I can get my hands on and watching stuff like Horsepower TV . But everything I read is either basic stuff, like changing your oil or really advanced stuff about engine timings and camshafts that lose me after the first paragraph.

I haven't felt so clueless since I accidently took an advanced Philosphy class in my freshman year.