Post a commercial for the car you drive

[rh71]

'08 X5 but this commercial was awesome, car still looks good after 12 years.

 

[Captante]

I own the coupe version in this commercial:

My mom had a lime-Green '76 Volare wagon with (believe it or not lol) a 4-speed manual tranny w/overdrive! Dad had it special ordered took like 6 months to come in.

 

[Iron Woode]

My mom had a lime-Green '76 Volare wagon with (believe it or not lol) a 4-speed manual tranny w/overdrive! Dad had it special ordered took like 6 months to come in.

My father bought a new 1977 Plymouth Volare wagon with slant 6 and automatic. It was painted mocha-tan. I don't have a pic of it handy.

My father got it at the dealer's price - roughly $5000 CDN. He arranged a business loan for the dealership and the manager gave him a choice of any car on the lot at dealer price. My father was a bank manager at the time.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I don't really recall that exact one but I remember seeing that style commercial.

 

[snoopy7548]

I haven't seen a commercial in a while, so it was pretty weird watching this one:

 

[96Firebird]

Mine is a 2002, but enjoy!

 

[kt]

Been driving this car for over 15 years then turned it into project car.

 

[pete6032]

Video

I haven't seen a commercial in a while, so it was pretty weird watching this one:

So basically what we have learned is that Honda's advertising department needs to lay off the drugs.

 

[brianmanahan]

my next car is going to have to be a full legal self-driving one

so i'll probably be keeping my current car for 20 or 30 more years

 

[Captante]

So basically what we have learned is that Honda's advertising department needs to lay off the drugs.

Can't say I ever recall seeing that particular ad back in the day but then a Honda Fit was never really on my radar until I owned one starting in 2017. I would buy another in a heartbeat though... it really is a great little car.

I have to agree it's pretty far out there!

 

[brianmanahan]

Can't say I ever recall seeing that particular ad back in the day but then a Honda Fit was never really on my radar until I owned one. (starting in 2017)

I have to agree it's pretty far out there!

i got mine almost 10 years ago because it fits a ton of crap in the back, like my golf clubs or my entire bike

that, and the 40 MPG, and the fact that hondas tend to make it to 300k miles without something major blowing up

 

[Captante]

i got mine almost 10 years ago because it fits a ton of crap in the back, like my golf clubs or my entire bike

that, and the 40 MPG, and the fact that hondas tend to make it to 300k miles without something major blowing up

I would say that little black go-cart is my 3rd favorite vehicle I've ever owned. I originally bought it used with 73k on the odo from a "buy-here-pay-here" place because my credit was in the tank. I was really expecting it to be tolerable at best as a daily-driver but its actually fun! (with a 5-spd manual)

*(trails only my old 1200cc Suzuki crotch-rocket and my Volvo 850 Turbo)

 

[Captante]

I couldn't find one but I did learn that my old wagon was in Lethal Weapon 2.

Also bears a striking resemblance to Clark G's old "Family-Truckster"!

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I didn't realize there was a tie-in. I don't really watch TV.

 

[nakedfrog]

i've averaged close to 40 mpg in the summer with mine, once i pumped up my tires a little

thanks fleabag!

My turbodiesel Sportwagen has averaged 41.8MPG in the 17 tanks I've been tracking it... peaked at 52.5MPG while fully loaded and with a rooftop carrier, but I was averaging 55MPH because I was in a convoy with an old RV, and had favorable terrain. Manually calculated data, not the optimistic computer estimate.

 

[ultimatebob]

my next car is going to have to be a full legal self-driving one

so i'll probably be keeping my current car for 20 or 30 more years

Yeah, I want my next car to be a full self-driving electric sport sedan. Judging from Elon Musk's track record on self-driving car software, it should be ready somewhere between two weeks and 12 years from now

 

[brianmanahan]

Judging from Elon Musk's track record on self-driving car software, it should be ready somewhere between two weeks and 12 years from now

just ask ponyo, he'll probably say it's gonna be ready by monday

 

[ultimatebob]

just ask ponyo, he'll probably say it's gonna be ready by monday

Well.... so will Elon. He's only been promising it for about 3 years now.

 

[ultimatebob]

I don't really recall that exact one but I remember seeing that style commercial.

Wow... I almost forgot how much I hated those Denis Leary Ford truck commercials.

I think that he was single-handedly responsible for the decline of NASCAR. People thought that it was it was caused by the new playoff format or top drivers like Dale Earnhardt or Jeff Gordon retiring... nope. It's because they played a dozen Ford truck commercials that sounded exactly like that macho grandstanding piece of shit every goddamned race. You wanted to punch the screen about halfway through watching it!

 

[Captante]

just ask ponyo, he'll probably say it's gonna be ready by monday

You think Nvidia/AMD fan-boys are bad?

They have nothing on Tesla fan-boys!

At one point I had several of them arguing that needing to stop for a 20 minute charge (or longer) was somehow a plus and was actually easier than getting gas!

Who knew?

 

[snoopy7548]

You think Nvidia/AMD fan-boys are bad?

They have nothing on Tesla fan-boys!

At one point I had several of them arguing that needing to stop for a 20 minute charge (or longer) was somehow a plus and was actually easier than getting gas!

Who knew?

Apparently, some young guy at work bought a fully-loaded Tacoma, decided that he was spending too much in gas for it, and bought a Model 3 to save money on gas. Still has the truck and uses it when he forgets to charge his Model 3.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Apparently, some young guy at work bought a fully-loaded Tacoma, decided that he was spending too much in gas for it, and bought a Model 3 to save money on gas. Still has the truck and uses it when he forgets to charge his Model 3.

Only issue with that is now you need to pay insurance on two vehicles so what you save on gas you're just paying in insurance. What I'd actually love is an EV truck but they just aren't coming out with any. I think I will EV swap my F150 before I see an affordable EV truck become within reach. (ex: on local used market)

 

[echo4747]

 

[Dr. Detroit]

My commuter - Ford Focus 1.0L Ecoboost 3-cylinder!

 

[Stopsignhank]

Not sure if this is an commercial or just a film about the entire Ford truck line. Hopefully it starts at 1:08 into it.

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