Humorous tv ads young and old

M5Rick · 11-23-2021, 04:41 AM

''Capri,the car you always promised yourself

Murf993 · 11-23-2021, 06:18 AM

M5Rick · 12-01-2021, 04:21 AM

M5Rick · 12-02-2021, 05:07 AM

The first perfume ad that suggests committing suicide together

M5Rick · 12-06-2021, 04:45 AM

3.0L · 12-06-2021, 03:05 PM

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''Capri,the car you always promised yourself

I bought a new 1971 Mecury Capri 1600 right after they came out. The car was so popular at our local dealer that I had to put my name on a list and wait and see what arrived next. It was a take-it-or-leave-it situation. A blue one arrived and I took it.

Great little car, but a little anemic with the US mandated smog devices. When I had the engine rebuilt years later I added tubing headers, a Weber 2-barrel carburetor and the European Cortina camshaft. Big increase in performance.

M5Rick · 12-06-2021, 06:02 PM

M5Rick · 12-08-2021, 12:51 PM

Was that supposed to happen...

vreihen16 · 12-08-2021, 03:00 PM

Jeremy Clarkson already demonstrated this, by intentionally crashing a Volvo into a trash bin (dumpster for us dumb Americans) on Top Gear. He subsequently discovered that the auto-brake system didn't engage under a certain speed (15 MPH?), and obviously the car in this video wasn't moving very fast.....

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

Was that supposed to happen...

M5Rick · 12-08-2021, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

Jeremy Clarkson already demonstrated this, by intentionally crashing a Volvo into a trash bin (dumpster for us dumb Americans) on Top Gear. He subsequently discovered that the auto-brake system didn't engage under a certain speed (15 MPH?), and obviously the car in this video wasn't moving very fast.....

Interesting, but then Volvo knowing this (presumably) would have told the people about it

GuidoK · 12-08-2021, 03:59 PM

Actually I think that car is only fitted with the Volvo Safety System, and not the pedestrian detection system.
That generation of V60 with pedestrian detection should have a square plastic sensor in the grille.
So everything went according to spec

Not fitted with dumbass detection

The city safety system (that only works with other cars, by means of a laser sensor by the rear view mirror), only helps prevent colissions with a speed difference up to 15kph (~10mph).

M5Rick · 12-08-2021, 04:10 PM

What about this one

M5Rick · 12-09-2021, 03:33 AM

I guess this one didn't like the Bauhaus boxes at 30kph

M5Rick · 12-10-2021, 12:21 PM

Okay okay no more Volvo ads..but maybe later

For now there is this.

M5Rick · 12-12-2021, 01:40 PM

What's that? You want to see some more Volvo's..
What old one's should look like for some street cred

M5Rick · 12-28-2021, 05:07 AM

At the time EB was a paraffin oil used in domestic heaters.

M5Rick · 12-30-2021, 09:06 AM

It's time for a Skoda one

Murf993 · 12-30-2021, 10:26 AM

How do you make a VW bug go 225KMH? I remember this from when I was a much younger man.

M5Rick · 12-31-2021, 02:55 AM

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How do you make a VW bug go 225KMH? I remember this from when I was a much younger man.

Never owned a VW as I saw them as oddball cars like passats driven by 'Richard Wilson' types over here but got to say the Scirroco/Corrado range got me looking closer.

Murf993 · 12-31-2021, 07:12 AM

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Never owned a VW as I saw them as oddball cars like passats driven by 'Richard Wilson' types over here but got to say the Scirroco/Corrado range got me looking closer.

I know what you mean. I took Drivers Ed in high school, it got you a discount on insurance and was a credit. I did my in car driving in a VW Rabbit because I wanted to drive Stick. It was a decent little car. I liked the Scirocco when it came out, seemed decent enough although I never owned one. I did have a V6 Passat with 6 speed for a while but it was plagued with electrical problems so I got rid of it.

M5Rick · 12-31-2021, 09:03 AM

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I know what you mean. I took Drivers Ed in high school, it got you a discount on insurance and was a credit. I did my in car driving in a VW Rabbit because I wanted to drive Stick. It was a decent little car. I liked the Scirocco when it came out, seemed decent enough although I never owned one. I did have a V6 Passat with 6 speed for a while but it was plagued with electrical problems so I got rid of it.

They were called Rabbit's in Aussie also I think,a Golf over here and some had an extended trunk.
Chap who bought my previous Merc C-class 200 sport had a Golf GTD,he spent a fortune on replacing wiring loom that went through the engine that got contaminated with oil stranding him. It required engine out and strip, so he got rid of it and would only buy a petrol car.

Murf993 · 12-31-2021, 09:15 AM

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They were called Rabbit's in Aussie also I think,a Golf over here and some had an extended trunk.
Chap who bought my previous Merc C-class 200 sport had a Golf GTD,he spent a fortune on replacing wiring loom that went through the engine that got contaminated with oil stranding him. It required engine out and strip, so he got rid of it and would only buy a petrol car.

The Rabbit I learned to drive stick on was a 1974 model. Looked like this.

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