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Posted by pudge on Sunday July 20, 2003 @04:21AM from the so-i-can-be-doubly-cute-to-all-the-fly-honeys dept.

burgburgburg writes "Apple has released the QuickTime video of the new commercial they made in conjunction with Volkswagen. The connection between the two? Buy a New Beetle. Get a new iPod. Take a look at video. It's the 15 GB iPod and all the accessories needed to hook it up to the new Volkswagen." It uses a casette adapter, which is really lame. Of course, I use a casette adapter with my iPod, but I am not a German engineer.

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My iPod is super! by computerme · 2003-07-20 04:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Oh wait. this is the part where i am supposed to whine that it does not have Ogg Vorbis support right...?!
1. Re:My iPod is super! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-20 04:29 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yeah. I bet if you rolled up next to women with the windows down and told them that your car has support for Ogg Vorbis, they'd be really impressed.
  
  Moreso if you're driving a Volkswagon Beetle.
2. Re:My iPod is super! by zephc · 2003-07-20 05:12 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  glad you like your iPod, but I'm also glad you aren't this guy
  
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3. Re:My iPod is super! by SN74S181 · 2003-07-20 05:14 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Is there an in-dash MP3/Ogg player for 6 volt ignition?
4. Re:My iPod is super! by Golias · 2003-07-20 08:14 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It is a male fallacy that girls are impressed by long, sleek rocket cars.
  Most girls are not impressed, true. However, girls that want to have casual sex know that a guy in a Mustang or Porche is driving it because he's horny, lonely, and wants lots of sex, and acting as if they are impressed is an easy way to open conversation.
  Girls who don't want to have casual sex do not interest guys who drive Mustangs. They will drive Astro vans or Volkswagons if and when they are ready to settle down and get married.
  By the way, according to Car Talk, the Beetle is the second-gayest car in America.
  Not that there's anything wrong with that.
  
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5. Re:My iPod is super! by Garion911 · 2003-07-20 10:11 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Heh... I think the one that they forgot is the Subaru Outback... Tell me you couldn't picture a couple butch lesbians in an Outback........
  
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6. Re:My iPod is super! by eweu · 2003-07-20 10:21 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  (FYI, I drive the only volkswagen not on the list. SCORE 1 FOR DAS' SEXUALITY!)
  
  If that EuroVan's a rockin', don't come knockin.
7. Re:My iPod is super! by dfung · 2003-07-20 16:08 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  > Hey I have a bettle and an iPod.. Grrr....
  > mine is black with flames painted on the side.
  > It doesn't look gay anymore
  
  You had your iPod painted black then had them add little tiny flames on the sides and you don't think that seemed gay?
8. Re:My iPod is super! by shelby289 · 2003-07-20 17:31 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I have owned a 1966 mustang since I was 15. I still have it. It has never helped me get a girl in bed. Where are these girls? They weren't at FSU when I was there. Could there be another problem? Hmmmmmm? It couldn't be me?
  Note to self: Never ask sex questions on Slashdot.
  
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9. Re:My iPod is super! by hesiod · 2003-07-21 02:13 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  > the first post was calling the beetle a gay car.. they are good cars.. chicks do dig them.. really dig them
  
  That's because the chicks aren't threatened by you: They think you're gay.
  
  Hmm, come to think of it, you might be on to something.
New Acronym by LightStruk · 2003-07-20 04:26 · Score: 5, Funny

IANAGE.
Whats with you lot? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-20 04:27 · Score: 0, Funny

I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you cat fanatics? I've been sitting here on my sofa in front of a cat (a sealpoint siamese) for about 20 minutes now while attempting to get it's attention away from a bug on the floor. 20 minutes. At home, with my labrador cross, which by all standards should be a lot dumber than this cat, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.

In addition, during this attention seeking attempt, my children's attention is also held by the cat. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even trying to get the remote from my partner fails.

I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while dealing with other cats, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a cat that fetches as much as it's canine counterpart, despite the cat's faster ambulatory system. My terrier with one ingrown toenail runs consistently faster than this siamese at times, as the cat is often completely asleep. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the cat is a superior animal.

Cat addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use a cat over other faster, cheaper, more affectionate animals.
damn by b17bmbr · 2003-07-20 04:28 · Score: 3, Funny

i just bought an ipod. do i get a new beetle?

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Owns a lomo, writes in a moleskine by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-20 04:28 · Score: 1, Funny

It was inevitable, really. When two groups of people have so much in common, eventually they find each other. Volkswagen and Apple. Buy a New Beetle. Get a new iPod.

I wonder if all these 30somethings enjoy being such an easy demographic to market to.
In other news... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-20 04:31 · Score: 2, Funny

Buy a house, get the landscaping FREE.

Get a hotel room, and get the coffee FREE.

Buy a computer, and get a FREE floppy disk.

Buy Windows, and get wordpad FREE.

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1. Re:In other news... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-20 04:38 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Buy Windows, and get wordpad FREE.
  
  but Free as in Iraq.
still waiting by pangu · 2003-07-20 04:33 · Score: 2, Funny

still waiitng for the Beetle with an Imac style flat panel popping out the top. 100 inches or so to keep the proportions...
That's NOTHING ... by SuperDuG · 2003-07-20 04:34 · Score: 2, Funny

If you buy a used car at Al's Super Sales Used Auto Mart, then he'll throw in a family member, but wait that's not all if you get there in the next two hours he'll even throw in a free person all you can eat buffet pass to the sizzler!
This isn't VW's big pull to align with apple (obviously the thing interacts through a tape deck). This is a gimick. They going to throw in a chop-o-matic too?

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8-Track by SN74S181 · 2003-07-20 04:35 · Score: 4, Funny

Yes, but does the cassette adapter work in one of those 8-track adapters? You know the ones; they plug into the 8-track slot on your dashboard and you can put a cassette in them.
Re:In Car Firewire or USB ? by pv2b · 2003-07-20 04:41 · Score: 2, Funny

This combined with electrical servo steering systems would allow you to steer the car using the jog wheel on the iPod.

Excellent for back seat driving.
German engineers by AvantLegion · 2003-07-20 05:54 · Score: 4, Funny

It uses a casette adapter, which is really lame. Of course, I use a casette adapter with my iPod, but I am not a German engineer.

Which just goes to prove my theory: German engineers love cassette adapters.
And David Hasselhoff.
Re:Cassette Adapters by DanCo · 2003-07-20 14:33 · Score: 2, Funny

What's to say every manufacturer doesn't do as you specify with option two, but does it really, really well? :P

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