NationStates Jolt Archive

These are, bar none, the best ads involving SubUrbandeathVehicles I've ever run across.

Enjoy!!

Link (http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6056633.html?tag=cnetfd.sd)

:D

I liked it.

Very nice, but I wish somebody would actually note on the whole "SUVs should only be bought by people who will use them for their intended purpose" as opposed to just "SUVs are ebil!"

But then, that's coming from a pragmatic environmentalist SUV owner who pretty much couldn't reach half of the places I go in a regular vehicle.....

Simonist']Very nice, but I wish somebody would actually note on the whole "SUVs should only be bought by people who will use them for their intended purpose" as opposed to just "SUVs are ebil!"

But then, that's coming from a pragmatic environmentalist SUV owner who pretty much couldn't reach half of the places I go in a regular vehicle.....
Personaly I find SUV's a waste of time ... but I be a farmer and a truck owner

Lol bout garontee that your suv would not make it to the back 40 :)

Personaly I find SUV's a waste of time ... but I be a farmer and a truck owner

Lol bout garontee that your suv would not make it to the back 40 :)
I dunno, my two Jeeps (one heavyweight Grand Cherokee Laredo for packing lots of shit along, one a lightweight Wrangler for intense off-roading) are just about the only things that have EVER gotten me a lot of places, especially in the Ozarks down "roads" that are supposed to be off-limits to vehicles. I'm willing to bet that at least the Wrangler could make it.

But then, perhaps I should specify -- these aren't shiney, flashy SUVs. They're a trusted, well-known name (Jeep, as I said) that are both old but functional (Wrangler is '86, Cherokee is '96), and both have at least a third of a million miles on them. They work for what we need.

Simonist']I dunno, my two Jeeps (one heavyweight Grand Cherokee Laredo for packing lots of shit along, one a lightweight Wrangler for intense off-roading) are just about the only things that have EVER gotten me a lot of places, especially in the Ozarks down "roads" that are supposed to be off-limits to vehicles. I'm willing to bet that at least the Wrangler could make it.

But then, perhaps I should specify -- these aren't shiney, flashy SUVs. They're a trusted, well-known name (Jeep, as I said) that are both old but functional (Wrangler is '86, Cherokee is '96), and both have at least a third of a million miles on them. They work for what we need.
Ahhh I would not concider them true SUV's

I own a wrangler myself (98 on a 6 inch suspension 2 body... coilover and running 40 superswamper tsl's) Thats my offroad baby

But On the farm I have to get to the back woods and manage to come out with 2000 + pounds worth of wood or back with feed and such things

Ahhh I would not concider them true SUV's

I own a wrangler myself (98 on a 6 inch suspension 2 body... coilover and running 40 superswamper tsl's) Thats my offroad baby

But On the farm I have to get to the back woods and manage to come out with 2000 + pounds worth of wood or back with feed and such things
Then what, my dear Thrust, makes something a "true" SUV? I've never heard somebody claim that either of my vehicles weren't SUVs.

Simonist']Then what, my dear Thrust, makes something a "true" SUV? I've never heard somebody claim that either of my vehicles weren't SUVs.
I love my wrangler but that beast is more a fourwheeler

Your charokee is most deffinatly an SUV though :)

Make your own commercial.

http://www.chevyapprentice.com/apprentice.php?country=us

Smug Alert!!!

Seriously, blaming global warming on suv's is pretty stupid.

Smug Alert!!!
I think that only applies to Hybrids. No worries here.

Smug Alert!!!

Seriously, blaming global warming on suv's is pretty stupid.

Is it? I mean c'mon, it's not like they make it any easier on the environment.

Is it? I mean c'mon, it's not like they make it any easier on the environment.

There are much greater hazards to the environment than SUVs. Much greater.

Those commercials made it seem like SUVs are causing it.

The whole "complain about SUVs" thing is petty bullshit. It's a way for people who are concerned about oil use, war, pollution and driving addictions to blame other people and their cars, so that they in comparison feel better about their own.

15 mpg = SATAN SUV OIL GUZZLING ASSHOLE-DRIVEN
15.1 mpg = conscience-based wholesome enviro-friendly goodness!

The whole "complain about SUVs" thing is petty bullshit. It's a way for people who are concerned about oil use, war, pollution and driving addictions to blame other people and their cars, so that they in comparison feel better about their own.

15 mpg = SATAN SUV OIL GUZZLING ASSHOLE-DRIVEN
15.1 mpg = conscience-based wholesome enviro-friendly goodness!

Myopic at best.

Try 15 MPG = an incredible waste of resources.

70 MPG = a much better use of said resources.

Your victim complex is showing...

The whole "complain about SUVs" thing is petty bullshit. It's a way for people who are concerned about oil use, war, pollution and driving addictions to blame other people and their cars, so that they in comparison feel better about their own.

15 mpg = SATAN SUV OIL GUZZLING ASSHOLE-DRIVEN
15.1 mpg = conscience-based wholesome enviro-friendly goodness!

Reminds me of the conclusion of the South Park episode:

We should all drive the hybrid cars because they're better, but we can't think we're better than anyone who doesn't and certainly shouldn't insult them (this asshole's SUV from the commercial), or else WE become the assholes.

Hybrid cars will not stop global warming or enviornmental problems associated with cars, but they can help reduce them and delay the inevitable loss of oil until we can mass produce an alternative.

Myopic at best.

Try 15 MPG = an incredible waste of resources.

70 MPG = a much better use of said resources.

Your victim complex is showing...
What car do you have that gets 70 MPG, Greed?

Nice, but it fails in comparison to this (http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/02/22/vw-strikes-again-un-pimp-my-ride-videos/) :D

Nice, but it fails in comparison to this (http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/02/22/vw-strikes-again-un-pimp-my-ride-videos/) :D

Those are the best commercials EVER.

Myopic at best.

Try 15 MPG = an incredible waste of resources.

70 MPG = a much better use of said resources.

Your victim complex is showing...
Depending ... for a lot of people yes

For me Truck that gets 18 ... fucking lifeblood

Car that gets 70 mpg

Pretty toy that if I could afford would bankrupt me with payments and insurance as well as being useless for me

Simonist']What car do you have that gets 70 MPG, Greed?

Honda makes one. It's pretty cheap too. It's called the Insight (http://automobiles.honda.com/models/model_overview.asp?ModelName=Insight)

66 MPG city.

More than 70 Highway.

Honda makes one. It's pretty cheap too. It's called the Insight (http://automobiles.honda.com/models/model_overview.asp?ModelName=Insight)

66 MPG city.

More than 70 Highway.
Okay, and what about for people like me who will be skinned alive for buying a foreign car? Are we all over-using assholes because we have the opportunity to take advantage of huge family discounts on normal cars?

Or are we assholes for owning "gas-guzzlers" in the first place?

Honda makes one. It's pretty cheap too. It's called the Insight (http://automobiles.honda.com/models/model_overview.asp?ModelName=Insight)

66 MPG city.

More than 70 Highway.
nope is 60 city and 66 highway (according to the site you posted)

nope is 60 city and 66 highway (according to the site you posted)


According to the site, yes.

I know an owner of one, (me), and with the good gas my baby gets 70+ highway. Trust me.

What will you tell your kids you drove?

According to the site, yes.

I know an owner of one, (me), and with the good gas my baby gets 70+ highway. Trust me.
Somehow I dont ... drove to work with someone with an 05 ... close but the site was fairly acurate to what he got on road ... maybe a bit optimistic

Honda makes one. It's pretty cheap too. It's called the Insight (http://automobiles.honda.com/models/model_overview.asp?ModelName=Insight)

66 MPG city.

More than 70 Highway.

Cheap? I know of plenty people unwilling and incapable of dishing out 20k in a loan.

Cheap? I know of plenty people unwilling to dish out 20k in a loan.
My truck cost me 4 grand 6 years ago and can pull a horse trailer as well as a cattle trailer (as long as I dont highway it ... thats what we have the 3500 for)

Myopic at best.

Try 15 MPG = an incredible waste of resources.

70 MPG = a much better use of said resources.

Big deal.

You calling me "myopic" because I used exagerration to make a point = waste of resources.

Your victim complex is showing...

Oh it is? I better zip up.

By the way how do you like my victim complex?

I ate lots of sugar to make it sugary sweet for you.

Personaly I find SUV's a waste of time ... but I be a farmer and a truck owner

Lol bout garontee that your suv would not make it to the back 40 :)
Best off-roader ever is the Toyota Hilux. Nothing can kill those things, as anyone who watches 'Top Gear' can attest.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nD0UVI99R8Q

Now that's a pick-up!

Best off-roader ever is the Toyota Hilux. Nothing can kill those things, as anyone who watches 'Top Gear' can attest.
Saw it ... too small for farm work and too long for serious rock climbs

Clostest I have seen to a wrangler is an xterra

But they ARE tough :)

Saw it ... too small for farm work and too long for serious rock climbs

Clostest I have seen to a wrangler is an xterra

But they ARE tough :)
Watch the vid:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nD0UVI99R8Q

Funniest thing you'll see in a long time!

This is a better site:
http://cc.oulu.fi/~thu/LC/misc/TopGear_Hilux.html
The sound in the other one goes crap at the end.

Watch the vid:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nD0UVI99R8Q

Funniest thing you'll see in a long time!
I saw it on tv but thanks for the vid! I wanted to show it to a friend that missed it :)

That Hi-Lux is astonishing. It's like a zombie car.

Hmm.. Pretty boring. I've seen better/funnier ads.