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How can you not be interested in the fundemental diachotomy aroused by the fact that the British Post Office, the Royal Mail is running its ad campaigns from a former collony which, although still respecting the old role of Empire throguh the veneration of our monarchy and membership of the commonwealth, is by its nature a sovereign nation state in its own right and not a primary consumer of the products and services depicted or proffered in the advert itself.
And its an ADO16 with a Boot!! An Austin 1100 with a boot on it. Look!!!! And Austin 3 litre headlights. Yah!
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AK - you feckin crease me up! But I know where you come from ... if I hear another freckly little tw*t singing "they're gonna taste greeeat" I'm gonna do my nut! Did you hear the story of last years Bug Jam? When we had the horrific horiffic storm? The friends we were camped with had bought their little brother (/-in law) and he was obsessed with that little ditty. Kept singing it because he knew it was winding us all up. Then the storms came, there were gazebos flying around and tents tearing apart and we were all just trying to survive and keep our stuff dry... and all you heard through the wind and the rain was "they're gonna taste great, they're gonna taste great".... aaargh! Claire went nuts, nearly dragged him outta his van and held his head under a puddle See here for a much classier version
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Never trust a man Who names himself Trevor. Or one day you might find He's not a real drug dealer.
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cool, but I missed that out completely thefirst time around. Whats the age of that ad? You have to remember that for much of the 1990s I didn't actually own a TV set so much of the "culture" of that era is lost on me.
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It is shamefully quite modern, like within the last two years or so.
Mr T's best work, although everyone and his dog must've seen/heard this
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Ok, vaguely back on topic.... (this thread has a topic??! ) Does anyone know what the other VW ad is all about, it's the one for the Golf, where they use 'The Great Pretender' as the theme music, and it seems to be about this guy who makes out that his life is great etc, then at the end he goes into a hotel being all flash, and in the revolving door, either meets an understated version of himself who drives a Golf, or his one true love, which he's lost... Anyone care to explain it to me? Doesn't want make me want to buy a Golf, although me & Mrs bxer are now considering £1-£2,000 on an Octavia ;D
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Thinking VW and Mr.T, a prize of 40 Guineas and the first plump pheasant of the season for the gent who can tell me the first car he crushes in the new snickers ad..
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I hate the underlying "smugness" of VW ads, as if not owning a VW means you're some sort of failure at life and that if you don't "get" their advertising you are even more of a pathetic loser.
An ideal car ad for me would show the car doing what it does best (a hatchback filled with bags to show how big the boot is, a sporty car thrashing around a test track, a luxury car showing how comfortable and smart it is, etc.) then the price. None of this stuff about how it'll change your life and make women like you.
It would be advertising by RONSEAL - it does what it says on the tin.
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Thinking VW and Mr.T, a prize of 40 Guineas and the first plump pheasant of the season for the gent who can tell me the first car he crushes in the new snickers ad.. I would say the red car is a Yugo, is it a 45 like VIP on here used to have followed by a Suzuki Swift. Volkswagen ad's are truely bizare, the old ones were always straight to the point, no bull.
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it seems they arent allowed to say a car is fast or fun any more though, has to be filled with meaningless curse word. hardly any print adverts not even show a cars power, equipent level, anything. all you get is a curse word tagline, mpg figures and company car tax as if everyone is a company car owner
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Mike
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Thinking VW and Mr.T, a prize of 40 Guineas and the first plump pheasant of the season for the gent who can tell me the first car he crushes in the new snickers ad.. I would say the red car is a Yugo, is it a 45 like VIP on here used to have followed by a Suzuki Swift. Curses, looks like you are right, i thought it were a Golf.. Where should i post the phesant?
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AK, you make me laugh. First-Class, top-drawer ranting! That Pissrat ad instilled the same amount of disgust in me too. However, I shall be recording it and sealing it a box to be opened when I am "that age." I want to have a ridiculous motorbike when I'm "that age". I want to drive an impractical gas-guzzler you can't fit the kids and shopping in when I'm "that age". I want to buy a speed boat when I'm "that age". I want to be banging 20 year olds when I'm "that age".
I don't want to be a beige, empty husk of a man who drives a dull, soulless tin box. This ad will serve to remind me not to become like that. And for this, I thank VW and the ad agency which created it.
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I've been watching those C4's since they came out and I have NEVER seen one become a robot. I mean wtf - surley they can't show us something that's not true in an advert can they?
Unless they are lying in the ads. I'm confused now and a little scared.
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Last Edit: May 1, 2007 20:39:39 GMT by Shortcut
This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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Turning into a robot was only available on the short-lived "Electrique", which was the best non-sport trim spec, but £800 more than the previous one. Despite this big price difference, the only other features it had were heated cupholders and leatherette sun visors. As a result, fleet managers refused to order it in. The only one in existence is the one off the advert, which was sold to an elderly couple in Barnsley as an ex-demonstrator.
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...I shall be recording it and sealing it a box to be opened when I am "that age." I want to have a ridiculous motorbike when I'm "that age". I want to drive an impractical gas-guzzler you can't fit the kids and shopping in when I'm "that age". I want to buy a speed boat when I'm "that age". I want to be banging 20 year olds when I'm "that age". Classic, ;D my new favourate post evAr, (till next time) I need to put this quote in a box, to remind me when I am "that age", I might need it cos i'll probs go mad in this world!
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Turning into a robot was only available on the short-lived "Electrique", which was the best non-sport trim spec, but £800 more than the previous one. Despite this big price difference, the only other features it had were heated cupholders and leatherette sun visors. As a result, fleet managers refused to order it in. The only one in existence is the one off the advert, which was sold to an elderly couple in Barnsley as an ex-demonstrator. sold, no doubt, for £8200 with £9,154.33 cashback including tax losses and sundries i hate that astra ad, if i was buying one id expect to see the salesman drive it off the top of a multistory and not suffer any tyre deflation... also hate passat ad. 'traded it in for a dirty great motorbike'. go on my son. well played. nice move. also shows the depreciation on a new passat too, given rough prices for a new hog even. what else do i ahte??? hmm oh yeah, peugeot ad 206/207/307?? where the satnav goes the terminal way of french electronics and directs the mindless curse word who wont use signs to a desolate road in the middle of nowhere. it sickens me again because a ?0? would be pish on that road, understeer FTW eh? don't like ford focus ad with the big toys either. mainly because id want to buy a real car, not something that reminds you of your rideon as a kid... quality rant akku. my commendations.
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Anyone know what that car is in the advert with Myleen Klass in it ?(I think it's for some clothes shop, and you don't get much time to see the car). I'm guessing Opel Kapitan?
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That would be the new Marks and Spencers add, first set had a Mk1 Mini. Swmbo wanted be to identify the new car, i seem to remember having a go but cant remember what i thaught it was now. You only get a fleeting look at it at the start of the add.
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Ok, vaguely back on topic.... (this thread has a topic??! ) Yep Car Ads Does anyone know what the other VW ad is all about, it's the one for the Golf, where they use 'The Great Pretender' as the theme music, and it seems to be about this guy who makes out that his life is great etc, then at the end he goes into a hotel being all flash, and in the revolving door, either meets an understated version of himself who drives a Golf, or his one true love, which he's lost... Anyone care to explain it to me? Doesn't want make me want to buy a Golf, although me & Mrs bxer are now considering £1-£2,000 on an Octavia ;D More to the point is it made by the same group that did the singing in the rain advert for the new (not now) Goof GTi I really like that advert - Honest I did
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Ok, vaguely back on topic.... (this thread has a topic??! ) Does anyone know what the other VW ad is all about, it's the one for the Golf, where they use 'The Great Pretender' as the theme music, and it seems to be about this guy who makes out that his life is great etc, then at the end he goes into a hotel being all flash, and in the revolving door, either meets an understated version of himself who drives a Golf, or his one true love, which he's lost... Anyone care to explain it to me? retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1175605308
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