Please put a stop to all car commercials

[Schmokeweed]

Car commercials would go pretty high on my hate list. The biggest reason of all is that THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM. Why do we need all these idiotic, pointless feces-filled car commercials? Sure, people will feel the need to upgrade with better cars with new features coming out each year, but for me, the ONLY thing that would matter with a car would be durability. I would keep my car till it croaks. Secondly, car commercials are sexist. Ever noticed the "Ford-tough" motto? And third, the people who make the commercials need to be killed and tortured. They make it seem like a car would be enough to change one's life and such. NOBODY WILL BELIEVE THAT BULLSHIT!!! The ONLY use for car commercials would be to torture somebody evil aka Manuel Noriega. Otherwise, make an effort to take all feces-filled car commercials off the air and torture/kill the scum behind them.

[Mr.T]

yea, i could agree to all that... but there are soo many bigger fish to fry in the sea. you can't really blame it on the automakers. they wouldn't advertise if it didn't work. blame it on the stupidity of the general public that eats that shit up on a daily basis.

[Schmokeweed]

Unfortunately, some people NEED an upgrade ASAP. If they've got the money, they'll buy into their greed.

[Swann]

... I would keep my car till it croaks. ....I agree.
Then I will resurect it and drive it into the ground again.... and again... and again... you get the idea. :D

[mitul103]

It seems like more of a desperation move to me than anything else by the American auto makers. Toyota spends about $1.2B a year on advertising and they rake in the most profit of any auto maker. GM and Ford each spend about 2x that amount and they cannot stop losing money.

[TheNewNo.2]

I have two pet peeves about car commercials:

1) This is only an issue around Christmas, but I fucking hate those Lexus "December to Remember" ads they run every year. They always show some husband surprising his wife (or vice versa) on Christmas morning with a brand new Lexus with a bow on top, as if ANYONE in their right mind would buy a $70,000 car without asking their spouse first. In the real world, the wife would freak out and start screaming about how they can't afford it, and how could he do this without consulting with her first, and on and on.

2) The truck ads (I think they're for Chevy) that use the John Mellencamp "This is Our Country" song. Not only is it pretty disingenuous to claim that buying a Chevy makes you patriotic, but to use a shot of the World Trade Center memorial and of New Orleans flooded after Hurricane Katrina is flat-out nauseating. Way to sell trucks by gravy-training on the two worst disasters to hit America in decades, if not ever, Ford.

On the other hand, I love the VW ads with Peter Stormare. Vee-Dub in the houuuuuuse!

[mitul103]

1) This is only an issue around Christmas, but I fucking hate those Lexus "December to Remember" ads they run every year. They always show some husband surprising his wife (or vice versa) on Christmas morning with a brand new Lexus with a bow on top, as if ANYONE in their right mind would buy a $70,000 car without asking their spouse first. In the real world, the wife would freak out and start screaming about how they can't afford it, and how could he do this without consulting with her first, and on and on.

I agree with you, but that is one of the more successful ad campaigns. They actually sell/give away those giant bows with instructions on how to get it on your car. Those ads make me so angry though given how unrealistic they are. Who the fuck waits outside to watch a neighbor give a present to his wife.

[dwaynewade]

...I would keep my car till it croaks....

I'm keeping my car until it croaks too. :D

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