Your Kia Is Free If the Browns Shut Out the Steelers On Sunday

Bill Doraty Kia is refunding the purchase price for any Kia you purchase this week, if the Browns shut out the Steelers on Sunday. This isn’t unusual for businesses to run some promo offering long shot results. I see two problems here, though. First, you have to commit to the purchase of a Kia, and second, this isn’t just “get a shutout” against any team, this is the Browns versus the Steelers, with the Steelers having something to play for. The last time Pittsburgh was shutout was in November of 2006 to the Baltimore Ravens, 92 games ago.

How many times has a team that finished the year with a non-winning record shutout a playoff team in the final month of the season, going back to 2001?

Once. In 291 opportunities.

Cleveland Browns fans are a cynical lot after years of disappointment. I can’t imagine they’ll be jumping at an opportunity to plop down 15 to 20K to drive a Kia Soul, with a less than 0.5% chance of getting it for free.

[h/t: @cartmaniak]

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14 Responses to “Your Kia Is Free If the Browns Shut Out the Steelers On Sunday”

mrejr8234 comes for the sports posts but stays to kill the local inhabitants Says:
December 30th, 2011 at 1:49 PM

Bears did it first

Vic Colfari Says:
December 30th, 2011 at 1:49 PM

These auto-drop down ads at the top of the page are what keep me coming back. Like the ESPN website, anything that makes my browsing less enjoyable and slower is a great idea. Good job, TBL

Urinal Mint Says:
December 30th, 2011 at 1:53 PM

Adblock Plus takes those completely away.

Gaseous Clay Says:
December 30th, 2011 at 1:58 PM

First, you have to commit to the purchase of a Kia,

believe it or not, Kia’s are no longer terrible cars. Their shitty reputation was well earned, however.

Urinal Mint Says:
December 30th, 2011 at 1:58 PM

Their shitty reputation was well earned, however.

Not sure I agree with this. They’re disposable cars and priced as such. Use it up through the warranty, cast away, and buy another.

Wally's World Says:
December 30th, 2011 at 2:03 PM

Browns held the Steelers to 14, with 7 coming on an 80 yard catch and run with 2:00 left. If Ben plays sparingly, this isn’t a completely ridiculous concept.

/Complete Browns Honk
//Wakes up and realizes the idiocy of this comment

Gaseous Clay Says:
December 30th, 2011 at 2:06 PM

Not sure I agree with this. They’re disposable cars and priced as such. Use it up through the warranty, cast away, and buy another.

I don’t know how old you are, or how poor your friends were in the 1990s, but Kias were basically Renaults in the beginning.
They were really, really bad. They’re good now, and a lot of old people buy them up here, because they’re inexpensive, and have a good warranty, and actually work.

Sir Spicious Says:
December 30th, 2011 at 2:16 PM

I just had a Kia Sorrento as a rental. I liked it.

Ty_Webb 1.0 Says:
December 30th, 2011 at 2:19 PM

Kia >>> BMW

Fire >>> iPad

Breesus Says:
December 30th, 2011 at 2:20 PM

believe it or not, Kia’s are no longer terrible cars. Their shitty reputation was well earned, however.

My wife had one of the shitty ones before we got married. I couldn’t stand that thing. She rear-ended a truck at about 20 mph and the entire front of her car crumpled up about 2 1/2 feed. We got 100,000 miles on the thing though. Got like $500 on the trade-in and I was grateful. I thought it was going to just fall apart like the police car at the end of The Blues Brothers.

jrd.x Says:
December 30th, 2011 at 2:33 PM