Why is everything "i" now? Are marketing companies trying to rip off Apple?

Its getting annoying, I think I'm going to go take an iCrap.

BMW is even getting in on it with their i8!

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iThought iWas the only one to notice that. It's been going on for many years.

You know who started it all?

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Followed closely by "e"

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i Did

BMW has been using i for a while now. Just not at the beginning...

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Then there's Infiniti...

It appeals to the me-first generation of people who feel they are entitled to receive some free benefit from society for their very existence.

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I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Actually, BMW is responsible for starting that trend, as they introduced the iDrive in 2001. Maybe they should be suing Apple for ripping them off, particularly since the original release was based on a heavily-massaged version of Windows CE.

Infants 'unable to use toy building blocks' due to iPad addiction - Telegraph

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Its all Isaac Asimov's fault. He wrote "I, Robot" in 1950.

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There is no "I" in team.

(Somebody had to say it)

I think it just shows laziness. Cant come up with a good product name? i! Done!

I saw a Toyota truck I think it was with a iForce emblem on it... Surely we have better names than iForce ya?

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It shows the self-realization that consumers get through such a personally-oriented brand and image. Such self-centrism drives product value and utilization, developing a relationship with the product and brand more easily than a less personal brand name. It allows consumers to easily adapt the product into their lifestyles.

That's what I would say in a board meeting at least. I think it's a stupid trend. "M" implies mobile and "e" implies Eco-friendly.


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- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."