pause the commercial, I bet you Lexus includes fine print disclaimers stating sound effects and video dramatization of the actual car were used with liberal artistic license.
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Those Chevy ads are terrible. They start out with "real customers; not actors." Yeah. Then the basic message is "these are really nice cars. I can't believe Chevy makes them." Is this the message they are trying to convey?
I like the Mazda ad. I think Jan in the Toyota ads has run her course. She's likable enough but anyone describing a Camry as bold loses credibility quickly.
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Saw a locally made (I think) Prius commercial calling it "stylish". For real. I suppose it is functional or even honest styling, but I can't go beyond that.
Saw a locally made (I think) Prius commercial calling it "stylish". For real. I suppose it is functional or even honest styling, but I can't go beyond that.
Heard a radio spot today on a local station that had me scratching my head till I listened closer. A Kia dealer (I can't say which one due to the Rules) is doing a "Buy One, Drive Two" sale. You buy any new 2015 Optima Hybrid or 2015 Sorrento and you will receive a 2015 Kia Optima as well.
I had to listen extra close to the ending with the soft talking announcer when he said "2015 Kia Optima on 24 month Lease fully covered by dealer, all incentives claimed by dealer."
Heard a radio spot today on a local station that had me scratching my head till I listened closer. A Kia dealer (I can't say which one due to the Rules) is doing a "Buy One, Drive Two" sale. You buy any new 2015 Optima Hybrid or 2015 Sorrento and you will receive a 2015 Kia Optima as well.
I had to listen extra close to the ending with the soft talking announcer when he said "2015 Kia Optima on 24 month Lease fully covered by dealer, all incentives claimed by dealer."
Has anyone heard of a dealer doing this before?
Odie
Years ago the local BMW/Buick/Isuzu/Volvo dealer picked up the Yugo line. Why is anyone's guess. At the end of Yugo's time in the US, they had a similar deal. Can't for the life of me remember what model Buick it was but you received a free Yugo with purchase.
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Heard a radio spot today on a local station that had me scratching my head till I listened closer. A Kia dealer (I can't say which one due to the Rules) is doing a "Buy One, Drive Two" sale. You buy any new 2015 Optima Hybrid or 2015 Sorrento and you will receive a 2015 Kia Optima as well.
I had to listen extra close to the ending with the soft talking announcer when he said "2015 Kia Optima on 24 month Lease fully covered by dealer, all incentives claimed by dealer."
Has anyone heard of a dealer doing this before?
Odie
Years ago the local BMW/Buick/Isuzu/Volvo dealer picked up the Yugo line. Why is anyone's guess. At the end of Yugo's time in the US, they had a similar deal. Can't for the life of me remember what model Buick it was but you received a free Yugo with purchase.
There was a Ford dealer here in Denver that did the same thing only with the Focus. Can't remember what you had to buy first in order to qualify, but I'm sure it was at full price.
I said if you were in the market for a new Sorrento and had a newly licensed teen, then it would be a nice deal to have the Optima for the teen for the free 2 year lease and make them have a monthly $150-$200 "payment" into their savings account as if they had a car payment. When the "Free Lease" was up, you could turn it back in and the teen would now have 2 years of payments built up and could use that on the purchase of a new vehicle on their own. Plus it would teach them the importance of a payment plan budget.
Years ago the local BMW/Buick/Isuzu/Volvo dealer picked up the Yugo line. Why is anyone's guess. At the end of Yugo's time in the US, they had a similar deal. Can't for the life of me remember what model Buick it was but you received a free Yugo with purchase.
Years ago the local BMW/Buick/Isuzu/Volvo dealer picked up the Yugo line. Why is anyone's guess. At the end of Yugo's time in the US, they had a similar deal. Can't for the life of me remember what model Buick it was but you received a free Yugo with purchase.
I wonder if some buyers ended up driving the Yugo more often than the Buick they acquired.
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It's a remake but with a twist. It's Rusty taking his family to Wally World. It's a remake, a sequel, and an homage all in one.
Is Anthony Michael Hall reprising his role as Rusty?
And ... more importantly, what are they going to cast in the role of the Ferrari driven by Christie Brinkley? McLaren? Lambo? Bugatti?
Anthony Michael hall didn't reprise his role in the 3 sequels so why should he be in this movie? Besides, AMH isn't relevant to today's audiences. Ed Helms plays Rusty and Christina Applegate is his wife.
It will once again be a Ferrari and it's driven the Hannah Davis.
Check out the unrated trailer - IMHO, it's going to be a funny movie.
It's a remake but with a twist. It's Rusty taking his family to Wally World. It's a remake, a sequel, and an homage all in one.
Is Anthony Michael Hall reprising his role as Rusty?
And ... more importantly, what are they going to cast in the role of the Ferrari driven by Christie Brinkley? McLaren? Lambo? Bugatti?
Anthony Michael hall didn't reprise his role in the 3 sequels so why should he be in this movie? Besides, AMH isn't relevant to today's audiences. Ed Helms plays Rusty and Christina Applegate is his wife.
It will once again be a Ferrari and it's driven the Hannah Davis.
Check out the unrated trailer - IMHO, it's going to be a funny movie.
it is really depressing that there is apparently a remake of that movie coming out. Just wrong on so many levels.
Not a remake... This time it is Rusty taking his family to Wally World before it closes down for good. The Family Truckster is suppose to make a cameo when he goes to visit his now retired parents.
J-Lo is chased by fans. Or zombies. And she might be guilty of a few hit-and-runs. But then she dances her way out of a ticket, and everyone lives happily ever after. Well, except the people that she injured, maybe. If Showgirls were a car commercial, it would look a lot like this.
Hilarious (unintentionally) Chevy commercial out there right now. It's for some kind of lease special, and features 5 random people who are supposed to represent average buyers I guess, but are likely actors. Guy on the right is this bearded hipster type who doesn't say or do anything, but has this look on his face/eyes that says to me "this is hilarious, it can't be serious". Weird.
Love the "these are not actors" disclaimer. Yeah and it's not a car commercial.
The ones that drive me crazy right now a re the bleeped Hyundai commercials. There's nothing more clever they could try? "Hey, this frikker is a Hyundail!"
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I'll chime in with the Mercedes Summer Event C Class rushing home with the ice cream. Really?? It's gonna melt unless the ice cream stand is around the corner.
The family singing in their SUV, not a good song, or good job singing. I think it's for the new Honda Pilot (Robr2's post above)......irritating, and it gets muted super fast when it comes in.
I always liked the one for GEICO with the "little piggy crying wee wee wee all the way home". The expression on the driver's face is priceless. The prototypical obnoxious kid in the back seat.
I always liked the one for GEICO with the "little piggy crying wee wee wee all the way home". The expression on the driver's face is priceless. The prototypical obnoxious kid in the back seat.
Like most (cleaver) Geico commercials the crying piggy commercial was amusing the first time you see it, but irritating after that.
I'll chime in with the Mercedes Summer Event C Class rushing home with the ice cream. Really?? It's gonna melt unless the ice cream stand is around the corner.
Around here you quickly learn to keep a cooler in your car for normal grocery runs and you wind up using it often for last minute stuff you decide to buy while running other errands.
That was never an issue up in the UP (unless you used one to keep your produce from freezing solid on the drive home...).
Geico commercials for years have been very clever and amusing but they always leave them on too long or try to stretch the stories beyond their usable life. Prime examples being the cavemen and the pig. The original commercial with the pig was a scream. The sequels were just not.
For insurance companies it was hard to beat the Yogi Berra AFLAC commercial.
The car commercial that pins the annoy-o-meter for me right now is the old ladies in the Jetta.
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Well, if that VW commercial irritates you, a northeasterner, it's probably not selling in Peoria Gonna play that theme you need to spend the dough and hire someone like Joe Pesci. or Donald Trump!
Not a car commercial, but an example of an irritating one. Serves as point of reference... :grin Value City Furniture is Columbus based and owned by Shottenstein who is on the board at OSU and has lots of influence in the area through a chain of furniture stores and who knows what else. Click to play video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbn-vYKuqio
That's Ethan Embry, Rusty from Vegas Vacation? It's been a long 18 years. Brinkley must be 25 years older than him, but doesn't look it.
The original 'Vacation' lingers as a comedy classic. What's more - I never really tire of it! Sort of the same goofy affect 'Dumb and Dumber' has on me.
Current variation of the "everyday people" Chevy commerical driving me nuts, with people commenting on the interiors of the various new Chevys they are being shown, comparing them to Lexus, Audi and BMW, with middle-aged white women using black rap lingo to describe them as "kinda dope" and "the jam". How far have we fallen...
They have been on for months. I can't believe they are still on. I can't recall the last BMW or Lexus or MB ad I saw comparing them to others...
I still like the lease-centered one with the bearded hipster kind of guy at far right who doesn't say a word but has a look on his face that says to me "this can't be real".
I remember when back in the mid 60's Ford advertised their LTD's and Mercury's as quieter than a Rolls Royce and it actually gave them a boost in sales. Chevy is going to have to have replaced all those somewhat cheap buttons on the IP from a few years back. I haven't been in a 2015 or 2016 Chevy, so I don't know if they've done that? But I will say that I thought the GM vehicles I've had as rentals the past few years seemed much tighter built.
I think Geico is getting tired. Same with Progressive, State Farm and Allstate. Maybe they should save some of that Madison Avenue money and put it into rate reductions instead.
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Those Chevy ads are terrible. They start out with "real customers; not actors." Yeah. Then the basic message is "these are really nice cars. I can't believe Chevy makes them." Is this the message they are trying to convey?
I like the Mazda ad. I think Jan in the Toyota ads has run her course. She's likable enough but anyone describing a Camry as bold loses credibility quickly.
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They go on to talk about how they don't care about your past, etc. It's on par with the local Kia commercials.
I had to listen extra close to the ending with the soft talking announcer when he said "2015 Kia Optima on 24 month Lease fully covered by dealer, all incentives claimed by dealer."
Has anyone heard of a dealer doing this before?
Odie
bottom line, do the math, and you are paying what it would cost to just lease them both for normal rates! Or buy the one and get a spare lease.
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Years ago the local BMW/Buick/Isuzu/Volvo dealer picked up the Yugo line. Why is anyone's guess. At the end of Yugo's time in the US, they had a similar deal. Can't for the life of me remember what model Buick it was but you received a free Yugo with purchase.
I wonder if some buyers ended up driving the Yugo more often than the Buick they acquired.
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And ... more importantly, what are they going to cast in the role of the Ferrari driven by Christie Brinkley? McLaren? Lambo? Bugatti?
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It will once again be a Ferrari and it's driven the Hannah Davis.
Check out the unrated trailer - IMHO, it's going to be a funny movie.
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Remakes are the thing nowadays. This might be more tolerable than the Poltergeist remake. It took me about 10 years to warm up to Vegas Vacation.
So an Infiniti is the new Wagon Queen Family Truckster.
Odie
vs. New Pilot
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J-Lo is chased by fans. Or zombies. And she might be guilty of a few hit-and-runs. But then she dances her way out of a ticket, and everyone lives happily ever after. Well, except the people that she injured, maybe. If Showgirls were a car commercial, it would look a lot like this.
The ones that drive me crazy right now a re the bleeped Hyundai commercials. There's nothing more clever they could try? "Hey, this frikker is a Hyundail!"
That was never an issue up in the UP (unless you used one to keep your produce from freezing solid on the drive home...).
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For insurance companies it was hard to beat the Yogi Berra AFLAC commercial.
The car commercial that pins the annoy-o-meter for me right now is the old ladies in the Jetta.
Serves as point of reference... :grin
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who is on the board at OSU and has lots of influence in the
area through a chain of furniture stores and who knows what
else.
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The original 'Vacation' lingers as a comedy classic. What's more - I never really tire of it! Sort of the same goofy affect 'Dumb and Dumber' has on me.
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I still like the lease-centered one with the bearded hipster kind of guy at far right who doesn't say a word but has a look on his face that says to me "this can't be real".
For car insurance the kraken in the water hazard Geico commercial is great.
I REALLY do not like that commercial. I find it neither funny nor persuasive, just violent and gory.
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