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Old 05-03-2006, 05:57 PM
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Mazda and Google team up for CX-7 Sweepstakes "CX-7 EARTH SEARCH"

CX-7 EARTH SEARCH

Welcome to the MAZDA CX-7 EarthSearch Sweepstakes Game. You're just moments away from possibly winning an All-New MAZDA CX-7, The SUV You Never Saw Coming™. But first you have to search the earth and find where it's hiding. Do so and you could win other prizes as well, like an Apple Powerbook®, a Magellan® Roadmate 800 Navigation System or a 30 GB Video iPod®. Just download Google Earth below and start searching the most famous locales in the world to find the most exhilarating SUV on the planet.

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...hSearch&bhcp=1
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i am all over this, when i am not at work or in my 8
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Likewise, like white on rice...
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first 2 clues down...
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i got the first 2 also. this is pretty fun
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yeah me likey- 2 down also of course
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I must be blind I cant even find the first one. I zoom thru the whole area but still cant see it >_<
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its the sf golden gate bridge. once you hit the area, click the little arrow on the left pane and it says congratulations
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can't wait to get home and download this...
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Originally Posted by nycgps
I must be blind I cant even find the first one. I zoom thru the whole area but still cant see it >_<
There apparently is an altitude threshold above which the marker isn't visible. Try zooming in closer and then scroll around.
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OK, so I found the first clue easily enough, but now I am trying to get the second clue to load and it keeps sending me into this endless loop and then the site just stopped working. Could it be that they figured out they have a problem and are fixing it, or did something more serious happen.

I don't know about you all, but my goal is to get the 23 entries the hard way, playing through the clues and google earth.
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Next set of clues are now available. Nailed clue #3 real fast, but this 4th one has really thrown me for a loop. Besides the fact that the video shows the location hint very quickly, the hint that they give you to go with it, really doesn't help either. Let me re-phrase that, it doesn't help me, I suck at this whole cryptic thing, why can't it be a picture of something in the city or something. Anyone else as stumped as I am?
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the 4th one was tough. the thing that appears after the cx-7 drives by is a crocodile...but what's wrong with it? and the hint sucked. i think a better one is "world renouned performance venue".
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what was clue3? I thought like rome or greece, but i dunno
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Originally Posted by ucfracerx8
OK, so I found the first clue easily enough, but now I am trying to get the second clue to load and it keeps sending me into this endless loop and then the site just stopped working. Could it be that they figured out they have a problem and are fixing it, or did something more serious happen.
I'm getting the same thing This seems like fun, I want to play!
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acclaim99 - youre close
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ohh .. may 16th .. wtf i was just getting into it
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damn I am stuck on the forth one
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Originally Posted by zoom44
CX-7 EARTH SEARCH

Welcome to the MAZDA CX-7 EarthSearch Sweepstakes Game. You're just moments away from possibly winning an All-New MAZDA CX-7, The SUV You Never Saw Coming™. But first you have to search the earth and find where it's hiding. Do so and you could win other prizes as well, like an Apple Powerbook®, a Magellan® Roadmate 800 Navigation System or a 30 GB Video iPod®. Just download Google Earth below and start searching the most famous locales in the world to find the most exhilarating SUV on the planet.

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...hSearch&bhcp=1
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that second linked pic was too big so i took it out- if for some reason you feel the need continue to insult me then use a smaller pic
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Originally Posted by phxtravis
damn I am stuck on the forth one
see my clues on the 1st page.
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Originally Posted by Glyphon
see my clues on the 1st page.
Good work, Glyphon. I finally got it with a wee bit of help from your clue.

For those of you still stumped by #4, completely ignore the Hint provided. It is worse than useless and it will send you off in the completely wrong hemisphere.
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Originally Posted by ucfracerx8
Next set of clues are now available. Nailed clue #3 real fast, but this 4th one has really thrown me for a loop. Besides the fact that the video shows the location hint very quickly, the hint that they give you to go with it, really doesn't help either. Let me re-phrase that, it doesn't help me, I suck at this whole cryptic thing, why can't it be a picture of something in the city or something. Anyone else as stumped as I am?
Well.....1,2 and 3 were pretty easy....4th one has me stumped..............


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