Car Commercials, the good, the bad, and the annoying!

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    The old Buick had more style than any CUV though ;)

    I remember taking trips in Ciera, early Taurus, even some when I was little in the big old T-Bird. I don't remember any difficulty. But I was happy to be out car-spotting and examining the passing landscapes, I didn't need a DVD to keep me occupied.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    It was pillarless....

    Oh, and that white vinyl interior. Gotta love it.

    Nostalgia is a funny thing, though.

    Why aren't you rolling around in a pillarless coupe? Why a sedan w/zero kids? 'Sup with that?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    My mom's T-Bird had white leather. She loved that car.

    MB pillarless coupes are either CL maintenance nightmares made for FIRE industry crooks and our executive coward set, or the E mainly for women with stretched back eyes, IMO :shades:
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    So get an E coupe and break the mold.

    People car the Miata a girly car...I could car less.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    Well, to add to that, the E coupes aren't really that sporty. Lots of nice looks, but nothing exciting. There's no tuned version, and I don't feel old enough to go "normal" yet. I'd prefer a diesel to the gas, but marketers would never allow that here.

    A Miata is a girly car ;) ...I'm not sized correctly for one anyway.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...last night. Not sure what to make of it, but they keep you guessing what the car is until the end of the commercial.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Are you single? Get a Miata and go to the club meets, and it's you and 87 cute girls (*). The odds are in your favor.

    * that's a joke, most Miata owners are married men in their 40s, the midlife crisis car.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    Indeed, like fancy Jeeps. Maybe a hot co-ed here and there, but lots of middle aged cubicle drones, myself in another decade or so falling into that demographic. My midlife crisis will require more than a dinky car :shades:
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Not for me, I've been having an affair with my roadsters since I turned 30. I told my wife, at least it's an automobile, not another woman! :D
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    I suppose an SL63/65 or a 300SL or a 540K can be called a roadster too :shades:

    But really, I've never had the convertible itch, maybe because of the damp weather here. Although I do get the motorcycle itch now and then.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Absolutely, and you have no kids...

    I liked the W211 sedan, but the W212 sedan doesn't look as nice as the coupe.

    The Benz that would interest me most is either the SLK (as my daily) or the B class (as a downsized family vanlet), the latter a Bluetec. SLK's top looks complex so I wouldn't touch one that wasn't CPO, though.

    Guy across the street is an old school Benz fanatic and it shopping for an SLK, though not actively. He's an older guy, 70s, just had knee replacement surgery, much younger wife.

    Don't know why, though. They use a car service most of the time, and their W123 E class stays parked while the wife drives (of all things) a Ford Escort station wagon. I never got that. They used to have a pair of W123s.

    He used to own a couple of old Fintails, IIRC. When I was a kid, I knew the previous owner of the house I live in now, I was friends with their son (still am). He did a photography project where I was the subject, playing soccer in his front yard. The funny thing is his 2 Benzes are in the back ground.

    I'll have to dig that up and scan it and post online, maybe for the guess-what-car thread.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    The facelifted W211 is OK, but I don't care for the curvy dashboard. I like the angularity of the W212 inside. It's like a modern W124 in a way. I sat in a SLK55 once and I just didn't fit right - head too close to the top of the windshield, and I couldn't find a seating position to remedy that. I also sat in the back of an E90 yesterday, and my head virtually touched the ceiling...I need something with headroom. I could practically wear a fedora while driving in the fintail, without touching anything.

    Dig up that old pic, sounds cool.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I need something with headroom

    How 'bout a nice crossover?

    Kidding. ;)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    It is kind of funny...I generally like cars that sit low, but I like headroom too. Also knee room. Seems some cars are still designed for people who are 5'7"/150lbs...I don't need a truck or SUV designed for someone who is 400lbs, but room is nice.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    My wants are contradictory.

    All I want is a light, affordable roadster that seats 7 and has 700hp and goes 700 miles on a tank, in the city. With start/stop that is smooth and has every tech feature available, but with nannies that can be switched off.

    Maybe a Monster Miata hybrid towing a motor home. :D

    You can see why I own more than one car. :shades:
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    edited August 2012
    Maybe the Top Gear crew could make another minivan cabrio, it could suit many of those needs.

    I also like something that has some design merit. I also don't mind quirks, so long as they aren't expensive or leave you stranded. Probably why I keep the old car around.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I'm pure function over form.

    I like ugly unpainted bumpers because they are self-healing and don't scratch, plus they're easy to wash.

    Can't stand chrome wheels. Chrome anything, really.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    For me, the downsized 1977-era GM B and C-body full-size cars are at the perfect proportions.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    I don't like unpainted bumpers - they tend to age poorly, looking weathered. I am not a big fan of chrome too though, it needs to be used sparingly and only in certain applications. Looks best in pre-1980s cars, too.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,342
    Nissan commercials, always annoying, reach a new level of irritation with the current "Summer Lovin" summer clearance ad that features the song from Grease as the theme. It is on such heavy rotation that I now hate both the ad itself and the song as well. May the Nissan ad exec who OK'ed this be forced to listen to it in a continuous loop for a month.

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  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,374
    edited August 2012
    I like ugly unpainted bumpers because they are self-healing and don't scratch, plus they're easy to wash.

    I agree; that's why I like my 2004 X3. If there is a big fallen branch in the driveway I can just drive over it.

    Can't stand chrome wheels. Chrome anything, really.

    I think that chrome wheels are are only acceptable on vintage hot rods and musclecars.
    If I see chrome wheels on a late model car I immediately think septuagenarian or pimp.

    Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
    Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
    Son's: 2018 330i xDrive

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,342
    Was watching the PGA today, where Mercedes is a major sponsor. They had a few ads for the new C-series in heavy rotation. Man, they are bad ads. One has a typical slo-mo sideways slide on gravel with full CGI effects in force. The second is also a CGI-fest that has the premise of having the back doors of a sedan welded to anchor chains and as the car speeds away the doors are torn off, rendering it into a coupe.

    Call this pair dumb and dumber. Terrible ads.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    Those are old ads. And the C is a gigantic success, so even if the ads annoy, they must not be annoying enough :shades:
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,784
    My wife has those factory plastic chrome wheels on her Escape.
    Initially, I hated them and the fact that they were extra cost, but after 3 years, I'll admit they still look good and clean up very easily.
    2024 Ford F-150 STX, 2023 Ford Explorer ST, 91 Mustang GT vert
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    Just saw a commercial on Fox for a Mercedes E series. Was a sensible spot with no dumb sliding sideways on a beach or in a faux Hollywood city street scene. Amazingly, Mercedes continues to run the latter commercial for the C series. Everyone I ever see in a C series is about 180 degrees away from driving as stupidly as this ad.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    edited August 2012
    E is seen as something for boring affluent middle aged people. C is dreamed by marketers to have youth appeal, but attracts many similar boring people. It's marketing. The marketing world isn't the real world.
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    Just saw a new commercial for Mercedes C class. It showed the Mercedes breaking out of chains. Are the Mercedes people aloof, out of touch about "chains"? Just recently, the VP of the US was making a speech and implied that the party opposing him and President Obama would put Black Americans in chains. Mercedes needs to pull this ad.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    The chains ad has been around for months. Nice try.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKUrYf1z9Bg

    Saw that yesterday for the first time.

    They should have started with these ads, and not JLo and Charlie Sheen.

    You pitch the Italian-ness of these.

    Never mind that they're made in Mexico. ;)
  • robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    edited August 2012
    I saw that one about 3 weeks ago. On another internet board, critics have said it encourages illegal immigration - especially since it is made in Mexico.

    We need a FACE PALM emoticon...
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    I just saw that one this evening. First thing I thought was that you don't need to drive under water to get here from Mexico.'

    Also, I worry stupid people will think their new 500 can actually be driven underwater. Seriously, I could see it happening. A girl at work just bought a 500 after destroying a Sentra...she might try it.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Wonder if they have "Do Not Attempt" in tiny print? LOL

    I have seen ladders with STOP stuck on the top rung.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HLThzvsPCkI

    It would have been neater if, at the end, they showed the driver had changed from CGI to a real human.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Neat way to promote a bland car:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7SazEAQPMDg
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    Like putting hot pepper power on a bowl of cottage cheese.

    "The Acura ILX is a car that defines technological innovation"

    Yeah, when I see one, that's what I think of it. Marketers. :confuse:
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    Lawyers should make them do so. I am being dead serious when I say I think people will attempt it.

    The Scion Freeze ad is amusing - in the bland soulless "Metropolis" style dystopia, shouldn't the streets be populated with slushbox Camrollas, Siennas, Venzas, self parking Lexi, etc? Toyota makes the cars for such a society, which is amusing when the Freeze is being shown in one.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    And cheap lease base model C classes. :P
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rF1ZD_5LfEY

    Only the Germans can take an exciting subject and make a boring video out of it.

    Didn't help that it was translated to English.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Weird link, but here goes:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y15J3a52pik#!

    That's an unfortunate looking van.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    Looks like one of the goofy small French vans with a MB nose grafted on. Huge market for that segment in Europe though, so buyers will be found.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    The van looks fine. The ad is pretty goofy though.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    edited August 2012
    If I see the Nissan Grease themed ad one more time, I am going to strangle someone. I don't even watch much TV. Saw it twice in 10 minutes this morning. Must be desperate to clear out some surplus inventory.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    It's actually pretty next to a Fiat Doblo or Citroen Xsara Picasso. :D

    Yourpeans sure like homely looking vanlets!

    I like the Focus based vans.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Quest has some huge incentives right now. I priced a leather pack model well equipped for $27.9k. Hon/yota vans like that break 30.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Yourpeans sure like homely looking vanlets!

    Gotta love those little tires though. :)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    And even at that, it won't sell...the looks are dumpy and weird even compared to Honyota, and that's saying something.

    I've seen crazy lease deals on old style Altima, too.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    And the new Altima will sell better with fewer incentives.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    Maybe making the old one even cheaper. I've already seen deals around $179 for it. Either that or there will be a big fleet dump of remaining stock in a few months.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    They can't be making money at $179, that's insane.

    Then again I've seen Cruze leases for $159.

    You can't rent a car for a week for that little in many places.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,494
    I think the local offer was $179 with 2K down, I forget the length. Still something for an assumed 23.5K MSRP.
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