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223rem November 16th 05 07:02 AM

Dumbest car commercial ever
 
Anyone saw the ad pushing the Toyota Avalon
*solely* on the basis on the 'advanced technology'
of its rain-sensitive automatic wipers?

Un****ing unbelievably stupid. Who the hell
chooses a car on the strength of its windshield
wiper system?!

Why not talk instead about the very strong V6 the top
of the line Avalon has? Crazy.

Dave November 16th 05 07:17 AM

Dumbest car commercial ever
 

223rem wrote:
> Anyone saw the ad pushing the Toyota Avalon
> *solely* on the basis on the 'advanced technology'
> of its rain-sensitive automatic wipers?
>
> Un****ing unbelievably stupid. Who the hell
> chooses a car on the strength of its windshield
> wiper system?!
>
> Why not talk instead about the very strong V6 the top
> of the line Avalon has? Crazy.


I just assumed it was a "joke" ad, meant to make you remember the brand
because it's funny. They really have automated wipers?

As long as it's on topic, what the **** is up with the ad where the guy
is detained at a border because of all the nooks in his car? I drive
through immigration checkpoints enough that I don't want a car that
advertises, "you'll have your time wasted for having a suspicious car."
Who the hell would pay to air that ad in a border city?

Dave


Tom D November 16th 05 01:24 PM

Dumbest car commercial ever
 
"223rem" > wrote in message
news:MPAef.549549$_o.167407@attbi_s71...
> Anyone saw the ad pushing the Toyota Avalon
> *solely* on the basis on the 'advanced technology'
> of its rain-sensitive automatic wipers?
>
> Un****ing unbelievably stupid. Who the hell
> chooses a car on the strength of its windshield
> wiper system?!


Its not meant to be serious, and I get a good laugh when I see it. But
while we're talking about dumb car commercials, my vote goes to the Passat
commercial where the two guys are driving through the desert and stop at the
sushi bar. Good thing they have that cooled glove box to store their sushi.
Talk about a useless feature and contrived scenario. If I live for another
100 years I don't think I'll ever see the need for a cooled glove box.

-=- Tom



223rem November 16th 05 04:04 PM

Dumbest car commercial ever
 
Tom D wrote:
> "223rem" > wrote in message
> news:MPAef.549549$_o.167407@attbi_s71...
>
>>Anyone saw the ad pushing the Toyota Avalon
>>*solely* on the basis on the 'advanced technology'
>>of its rain-sensitive automatic wipers?
>>
>>Un****ing unbelievably stupid. Who the hell
>>chooses a car on the strength of its windshield
>>wiper system?!

>
>
> Its not meant to be serious, and I get a good laugh when I see it


How do you know it is not meant to be serious? It seems dead serious
to me. Why would they mock their own product?!

gpsman November 16th 05 04:17 PM

Dumbest car commercial ever
 
Dave wrote: <brevity snip>

> They really have automated wipers?

-----

"Automatic wipers" is an old car salesman joke. "This car even has
automatic wipers! When it rains you just flip this little button and
the wipers automatically clean the windshield"!

It's the kinda joke that's funniest to the teller...
-----

- gpsman


223rem November 16th 05 04:24 PM

Dumbest car commercial ever
 
gpsman wrote:
> Dave wrote: <brevity snip>
>
>>They really have automated wipers?

>
> -----
>
> "Automatic wipers" is an old car salesman joke. "This car even has
> automatic wipers! When it rains you just flip this little button and
> the wipers automatically clean the windshield"!
>
> It's the kinda joke that's funniest to the teller...


It's no joke. Accodring to edmunds.com, the
2006 Toyota Avalon Limited has
"variable intermittent rain sensing wipers".

Why would any manufacturer mock its own cars
in an ad that tries to *sell* the car?
It makes no sense.

DYM November 16th 05 04:26 PM

Dumbest car commercial ever
 
"Tom D" > wrote in news:uqGef.39647$Vb.11141@trndny05:

> "223rem" > wrote in message
> news:MPAef.549549$_o.167407@attbi_s71...
>> Anyone saw the ad pushing the Toyota Avalon
>> *solely* on the basis on the 'advanced technology'
>> of its rain-sensitive automatic wipers?
>>
>> Un****ing unbelievably stupid. Who the hell
>> chooses a car on the strength of its windshield
>> wiper system?!

>
> Its not meant to be serious, and I get a good laugh when I see it.
> But while we're talking about dumb car commercials, my vote goes to
> the Passat commercial where the two guys are driving through the
> desert and stop at the sushi bar. Good thing they have that cooled
> glove box to store their sushi. Talk about a useless feature and
> contrived scenario. If I live for another 100 years I don't think
> I'll ever see the need for a cooled glove box.
>
> -=- Tom
>

Especially since that's the worst thing you can do to sushi. It should be
eaten fresh to be good.

I don't know of any car ads that tell the truth without some disclaimer.
But the winner of the absurd car ad has got to be the "Trunk Monkey"
series.

Doug

JohnH November 16th 05 04:49 PM

Dumbest car commercial ever
 
> Why would any manufacturer mock its own cars
> in an ad that tries to *sell* the car?
> It makes no sense.


Remember the early VW Beetle ads? All they did was rip on their own cars.
Excellent ads; probably the predominant reason the cars sold so well too.

Now they make pathetic ads like this one where their steerable lights "save"
a cyclist...

http://www.vw.com/passat/photos_vids.html - click on "downhill racer"

As a cyclist, I don't like the precident this sets; I'd rather take my
chances in the dark than have traffic back up behind me and getting ****ed
off at me.



N8N November 16th 05 04:52 PM

Dumbest car commercial ever
 

Tom D wrote:
> "223rem" > wrote in message
> news:MPAef.549549$_o.167407@attbi_s71...
> > Anyone saw the ad pushing the Toyota Avalon
> > *solely* on the basis on the 'advanced technology'
> > of its rain-sensitive automatic wipers?
> >
> > Un****ing unbelievably stupid. Who the hell
> > chooses a car on the strength of its windshield
> > wiper system?!

>
> Its not meant to be serious, and I get a good laugh when I see it. But
> while we're talking about dumb car commercials, my vote goes to the Passat
> commercial where the two guys are driving through the desert and stop at the
> sushi bar. Good thing they have that cooled glove box to store their sushi.
> Talk about a useless feature and contrived scenario. If I live for another
> 100 years I don't think I'll ever see the need for a cooled glove box.
>
> -=- Tom


What about the current VW Jetta "what's your favorite feature" ads?
IMHO the Krauts should have stuck to doing what they do best, which is
building simple cars with solid engineering. Their pushing "features"
puts them on a par with American and Japanese companies and does little
to convince me to pay the premium price for their products.

This is, of course, disregarding that the current Jetta has blown up
into an obscene, overweight caricature of the original Jetta... it's
probably bigger than the original Passat.

nate


223rem November 16th 05 05:03 PM

Dumbest car commercial ever
 
JohnH wrote:
> > Why would any manufacturer mock its own cars

>
>>in an ad that tries to *sell* the car?
>>It makes no sense.

>
>
> Remember the early VW Beetle ads? All they did was rip on their own cars.
> Excellent ads; probably the predominant reason the cars sold so well too.


But the Beetle was intended for a very different type of customer
than the Avalon.

IMO, the Avalon is meant to be a 'classy' family sedan for 'serious'
people.


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