Fiesta Movement Update

Ford is finally picking its 100 contestants for the Fiesta Movement this week. They weren't happy with the initial batch of submissions, so they extended the entry period from March 13th until March 23 (so much for me getting my entry in the middle of February). Obviously, extending the deadline made a huge difference. I think they almost tripled the number of entries in 10 days that they had for a month.

However, I must confess that I'm quite disappointed with the people that Ford has chosen so far. Fortunately only about 1/3 of them have been chosen, so there is still an opportunity for me (although I'm assuming I won't be chosen, since I don't have enough e-friends). I'm planning on still blogging about the Fiesta Movement regardless of whether or not I win. Hey I have an opinion and I can't wait to share it about some of the folks that Ford has chosen to represent their cars.

A few of my favorites so far:

Stammy on twitter left a tweet that read "fiestamovement called to tell me that I'll be driving a 2011 Fiesta for 6 months. I let it go to voicemail. Back to napping.." Way to be excited! Some of us are jittery and nervous and are actually interested in the cars.

jillhanner put up a tweet that said "Help fiestamovement cars are all manuals. Can someone in the NYC greater area teach me or give me some quick tips?" One of the first questions on the application stated that all cars were going to be manual transmissions and could you drive one? So Jill apparently lied on her application, yet they apparently don't care. At least the techs at her dealership are going to get some good practice with Fiesta clutches.

Another great comment from jillhanner: "grr Ford just called to attend something next week and meet the press but i will be in LA for the movie premier- when it rains it pours!!"

The majority of the folks that have been chosen so far have some professional experience in videography, live in major metropolitan areas, like NYC, LA, Portland, and San Francisco (I saw at least 3 or 4 from San Francisco) and seem to live entirely on the internet. Obviously, a married guy from middle of nowhere Ohio is probably not the target demographic and has no easy way of accessing the target demographic Ford is looking for. Don't worry to those who actually read my blog, I much prefer my fringe demographic and I'm not leaving!

I can hope that I'll get picked in the next few days (although I haven't even been interviewed, so I'm pretty sure I'm at the bottom of the pile). Regardless, expect to get updates on the Fiesta when something big happens or something interesting transpires.