"I literally got goose bumps when the owl ship ("Archie?") popped out of the water.
Too bad I'm dead before it even starts.
Ooops, did I give something away?"
"If the cigarette taxes get any higher in the tri-state area, you can expect to start seeing these making deliveries to your local stop-and-rob.
BTW- I'm not a smoker, I'm a robber."
"@danio3834: "Thats a lot of risk and investment for a product that is likely unprofitable."
At my place of work we'd call this an S.M.O.P., a simple matter of pricing."
"(I posted a similar same comment over at TTAC the other day when it reported this same story.)
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These vehicles aren't going to be sold, they are merely going to be leased, proving that BMW's public relations folks didn't learn anything from the EV-1 fiasco.
They should sell these outright if only to avoid the possibility that some future accountant will want to recall all the leased vehicles and send them to the crusher.
I'd order mine in black with a copper top or silver with a black top and I'd put a huge "+" on the roof and a "-" down near the rocker panels."
"Last year one of the local "5 Stars" had stocked a few of these in anticipation of a sale that never materialized.
After they'd sat long enough to get somewhat stale I thought I smelled a bargain."
""A ho's salary isn't just about money.
It's about perks.
For example, sometimes you get a $100 gas card.
Can't put a price on that."
(Paraphrased, poorly, quote from character Michael Scott on The Office.)"
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