I really think car commercials are getting a little out of hand. Who is gaining valuable information from the insanely ridiculous situations they are putting these cars in?? I speak particularly about the truck ads. Last time I went car shopping, never once did the thought, “I wonder if this car can pull a commercial air liner,” cross my mind. I’ve never said to a salesman, “Yeah, this is a cool car, but if I were driving directly toward a huge I beam swinging toward me on a giant pendulum, could this car stop on a pre-marked safety mark?” or, “I like it, let me ask you this: How does this car handle driving up a 45 degree metal ramp that has thousands of little tiny silver marbles being released from the top of the ramp?”
If you want to sell Johnny Beehner a car, here is what your ad should be: A guy pulls into a parking spot outside of a hotel and gets out of the car and says, “Wow, that was a shitty 15 hour drive. At least I was comfortable and didn’t have any car trouble.” And then he checks into the hotel, takes a huge dump in the bathroom and then falls asleep.