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Thanks Scion Hawaii!

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So I didn’t win one week with the Scion FR-S but let bygones be bygones and let’s all move on. And moving on is even easier after winning a goody bag from Scion Hawaii’s Twelve Days of Christmas social media giveaway. Each day, Scion Hawaii has been posing a question to its Facebook fans and one participant is randomly picked. Guess who won Day 6? 🙂

The winnings come in this small Scion pouch.

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But this pouch is stuffed. There’s a Scion-branded stand for a tablet, ear buds, a key chain, and the greatly-timed Ala Moana gift card with $50.

Scion Hawaii prize pack
Scion Hawaii prize pack

I was hoping for keys to this…

Scion FR-S
Scion FR-S

But hey, I’ll still take my prize pack! There are still two more days of the contest so be sure to become a FB fan of Scion Hawaii. Thanks again, Scion Hawaii.

Holiday Gift Guide: Hot Wheels Total Control Racer

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In case you get the Hot Wheels Total Control Racing Stunt Park set, it comes with only one vehicle, and you’ll definitely need another to keep the peace with the kids. Finding the Racing Stunt Park on-island is doable, but finding extra cars is difficult. Target is out of stock, I don’t see any on the Walmart web site, and Toys R Us looks to have one car model available.

Amazon has a variety of Total Control Racers available to purchase to make this set more fun.

Soundtracking the Scion FR-S Contest

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I don’t know about you, but I like to associate songs and music to events to help remember the occasion. For the Scion FR-S Social Media Superstar Search contest, here are some of the songs stuck in my head. No particular order and no particular reasons for picking these songs, just songs that I like.

  1. Guardian • Alanis Morissette
  2. Spectrum • Florence + The Machine
  3. Madness • Muse
  4. Too Close • Just Too Close to Love You
  5. Let It Grow • Ester Dean
  6. Sussudio • Phil Collins
  7. Lights • Ellie Goulding
  8. Wild Ones • Flo Rida
  9. Call Me Maybe • Carly Rae Jepsen
  10. Daughters • NAS
  11. Wide Awake • Katy Perry
  12. National Anthem • Lana Del Rey
  13. One Night in Ibiza • Mike Candys & Evelyn
  14. Bombs Away • B.o.B.
  15. Hard Knock Life • Jay-Z
  16. Gangnam Style • PSY

You can also find the full list on my shared iTunes playlist and a partial list on Spotify. Sorry, having a problem embedding the Spotify playlist here. 🙁

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Must Be a Midlife Crisis – Scion FR-S

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It must be the proverbial midlife crisis. How else can I rationalize wanting to drive a new, sporty Scion FR-S? The car is totally impractical for my lifestyle, yet the allure is there.

Maybe I’m trying to recapture my former Toyota Celica days. Maybe I’m remembering way back to small kid time when my family of five rode around in a 1984 Celica coupe with me perched on the center hump. Whatever it is, it is still there.

And here we are… Scion Hawaii started their Social Media Superstar Search contest a few weeks back to test drive a Scion FR-S for one week, and I entered. But it’s only for one week you might be thinking. Yeah, so? Ultimately, I know I can’t buy this car since it’s just not realistic – two doors, a tiny back seat where I would have to cram two kids’ car seats. Can you see this situation playing out over the years? So one week? Heck, yeah, that’s doable! 🙂

Getting back to the contest, the top two vote getters wins the FR-S for a week. Voting ends on 11pm, Friday, August 31, 2012. Since this is a social media contest, well really a Facebook contest, there are a few things you got to know in order to vote.

  1. First you need to have a Facebook account.
  2. Then you need to “like” the Scion Hawaii page in order to see the contest.
  3. To submit your vote, authorize the (trustworthy) Offerpop app to your Facebook timeline. While it might sound scary, Offerpop is legit.
  4. At the contest voting page, you can now vote for any of the finalists but only once in a 24 hour time period. Hopefully, you vote for me! 😉

Yes, I realize I’m waaay back there in the contest, and there are very qualified drivers who can better put the FR-S through its paces, but… this is a social media contest, and it’s all in fun so why not have fun with it? I’m not saying my Sienna van high revving its engine to enter the H3 freeway isn’t fun, but I’m sure the FR-S experience would be fun-er.

So go ahead, have some fun, and place your Scion FR-S vote. Random voters can also win a Scion backpack and $25 in credit at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.

While you’re voting for me, follow along with Scion Hawaii’s latest on:

Image from Autoblog

Thanks for your support!

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