Microsoft, looking to get the message out about it's Zune doohickey, has turned a Toyota FJ Cruiser into an urban assault vehicle. The test run occured in a New York City neighborhood in the wee hours of a Sunday morning with the FJ Cruiser blaring out music at such a volume that it could be heard inside nearby apartments with the windows closed. Being young and living in the city doesn't mean you like obnoxious crap any more than anyone else. Rather than entice the general public to buy a Zune, these idiots just pissed them off. They likely all went out the next day and bought the most pimped iPods they could afford, with the full boat car install kit, iFM radio, a spiffy little case, Shure E3 earbuds, the works. I know I would. That way, I'd be safe and snug in my bed, white noise ringing in my ears (that iPod headphone amp can give you blistering tinnitus) when the FJ Cruiser puttered back around. In the meantime, there's an open letter to Microsoft at wakeupmicrosoft.com - along with documentation of "the act."
[Source: engadget]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bob @ Feb 27th 2007 12:44PM
Those that over utilize their earth shaking bass subwoofers should have their testicles/breasts lopped off. Man, is it irritating to be next to a fool who has his car shaking.
fizzandpop @ Feb 27th 2007 1:28PM
Microsoft has a completely open campus. You can't get into the buildings but you can roll right up to the front doors. If you're in the Redmond area, rock up there this lunchtime and crank up the Barchman Turner Overdrive, or Chingy if you're one of them yoots.
chuck goolsbee @ Feb 27th 2007 1:39PM
Microsoft tries so hard to be cool. Unfortunately they are completely incapable of ever being cool, so it always backfires on them. Always.
--chuck
Joshua @ Feb 27th 2007 2:42PM
YAY! We all have a chance to bash Microsoft because some junior marketing flunkies got wasted while in possession of a sad advertising device. Careful, we gotta make the most of this!
[end sarcasm]
I dislike Microsoft just as much as the average guy, and hate marketers more than just about anybody, but isn't anyone else tired of these self-righteous grassroots blowback campaigns that are ultimately based on nothing?
Begin flaming here...
Deezee @ Feb 27th 2007 3:19PM
JBL Subs?? How weak is that. I'll blow that FJ out the water with my 13.5" JL-audio W7's. Easy.
tpp @ Feb 27th 2007 5:53PM
And not one of these New Yorkers had a baseball bat at hand?
That sure ain't the New York I live in. You can be sure if the asshole would've parked his car in my neighborhood he would've gotten out of there pretty damn quick with the car remodelled slightly.
Jeff Banks @ Feb 27th 2007 10:27PM
Eh, dumb marketing campaign, but i'll forgive you microsoft.
Seriously, why does everybody hate them so much? They had a lawsuit for holding a monopoly over internet browsers in the 90's because they were giving them away. Seriously, if you want to pay $39.95 for Netscape Navigator, more power to you. Then everyone discovered that it wasn't that hard when a bunch of people made one for free.
Why doesn't everyone complain about Sony? They own:
1. The entire record industry
2. The movie publishing industry
3. most of the video game industry
4. home electronics
and probably other crap which I forgot...but whatever. You get the picture.
CRXified @ Feb 28th 2007 12:37PM
i complain about sony :S lol
jk @ Feb 28th 2007 8:16PM
Just one word to Microsoft.... iPod.
Toyota Tundra @ Feb 28th 2007 11:29PM
Thats cool.. Whens the decked out tundra coming :)
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