Dodgy Advertising

[manuboy]

I know there's been quite a few threads about speed related issues here lately, so i'm interested to know what people think of the new Holden ad (with the alloy motor).

On one side of the coin we have the proliferation of LTSA safety ads, on the other side, recent vehicle ads seem to be targetting the performance of their vehicles.

This ad shows Dad on a country road giving it herbs to this thing, dunno how quick he'd be going in actuality, but it's heavily implied he's goin some...he's left the speed limit and headed for instant loss territory, and the camera pans to show a small kid in the back seat getting the same buzz as Dad. WTF? Even my partner thought that was goin too far!

Whats the message? Buy this, get out there, give it heaps, and show junior how to have fun? wow......

Contrast this to the only bike ad i think i've ever seen apart from the XT250 ad from 1980 something, the R1 campaign - which is styley but doesn't feature any dodgy antics....

Standard Dislaimer: i speed sometimes........

[James Deuce]

Cars are safe and family men are safer still. Yeah Right.

Quite frankly my wife is a better driver than me. I can give it some on the bike and if I screw up I probably won't kill my kids. I know the ad you mean and I did have a "wtf" moment when watching it. I'd love to see the LTSA reaction to a bike ad with an R1 being wheelied at 180km.hr for 5 kms.

[Eddieb]

I saw that ad and thought the same thing, just waiting for it to hit the news.

[Ms Piggy]

We had a discussion about that advert at out flat actually, we were all saying sarcastically that he was quite obviously only going 100km/hr b/c speeding is against the law and he had his kiddie in the back and if he was speeding (which eh couldn't have been) he was prepared to kill himself and his kid.

Both the motorcycle adverts I've seen have no speeding or crazy riding antics. The R1 advert and the other one that's kinda poetic - Yahmaha I think. ???

[Marmoot]

but isn't complaining about ads a "political correctness" that some of us KBers regards as heresy?

[AMPS]

The ads are usually Aussie, they're not infected with the PC virus to the extent of NZ'ers. That's why you get scantily clad brollie dollies handing out flyers in the centre of Melbourne. (drooool)
Lou

[manuboy]

but isn't complaining about ads a "political correctness" that some of us KBers regards as heresy?

Good point - but i wasn't compaining about the ad as such (well, yeah i was ...). The thing is we get it drummed into us (and rightly so) that we have to obey speeding laws at all times, the LTSA spends millions on their ads, then straight after they play a guy takes his kid for a high speed spin...

AMPS post probably covers it really... maybe the Aussies dont' have the same attitude towards depicting poeple nailing it down their highways...

[Hitcher]

My first reaction to this Holden advertisement was exactly the same. I now take some comfort in that...

[Marmoot]

maybe the Aussies dont' have the same attitude towards depicting poeple nailing it down their highways...

But oh I think it's the contrary. Aussies sound much worse than us, and I believe our government gets the ideas from our transtasman Victorian brothers. Remember, you get instant loss of license for 30kph over.

But yeah I myself have the same thoughts when I see those ads of Holdens and Fords.......hypocrissy at its best, eh?
(hypochrisy? hyphocrisie?......spankme, can we have spellingchecker built into forum posting page?)

[Blakamin]

AMPS post probably covers it really... maybe the Aussies dont' have the same attitude towards depicting poeple nailing it down their highways...

1kph over the limit and your done... no discretion...

first time i saw it i thought "typical holden driver, can only show off to kids"

[AMPS]

I don't know about the 1 km/h over, but it didn't seem to worry them when I was there. 10 - 15 km/h over was common. Very few cops in the 'burbs.

[StoneChucker]

How can a Yamaha add be anything other than poetic ?

[Blakamin]

I don't know about the 1 km/h over, but it didn't seem to worry them when I was there. 10 - 15 km/h over was common. Very few cops in the 'burbs.

actually i think its 2k in Vic... Like here tho, its all fine until you get caught!

[Mongoose]

1kph over the limit and your done... no discretion...

first time i saw it i thought "typical holden driver, can only show off to kids"

Didn't take long for a disgruntled Ford owner to pop up

[Kickaha]

But oh I think it's the contrary. Aussies sound much worse than us, and I believe our government gets the ideas from our transtasman Victorian brothers. Remember, you get instant loss of license for 30kph over.

Northern Territory didn't used to have a limit,but you could still be stopped if the cops thought you were driving dangerously and could prove the charge