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That Audi Commercial!
Townhall.com ^ | February 15, 2010 | Joseph C. Phillips

Posted on 02/15/2010 4:53:08 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 02/15/2010 4:53:08 AM PST by Kaslin
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During the Olympics I've seen Audi commercials which seem to focus on the idea that, if you buy an Audi, you are just a better person than those losers who buy BMW, Lexus, or other brands.

Audi seems intent on locking in that "arrogant Liberal" demographic.

2 posted on 02/15/2010 4:57:33 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (I was born in America, but now I live in Declinistan.)
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To: Kaslin

Just your description of the commercial alone, is reason enough NOT to bu AUDI.

They always said: “AUDI...the poor man’s Mercedes”. Anyway, I’d never have one.


3 posted on 02/15/2010 4:57:43 AM PST by SMARTY ("What luck for rulers that men do not think. " Adolph Hitler)
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I am not the author, hence it’s not my description


4 posted on 02/15/2010 5:00:21 AM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for Obama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Kaslin

Mark Steyn nails the Audi commercial:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2450745/posts


5 posted on 02/15/2010 5:05:51 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: Kaslin

The ad got me to listen to a lot of good ole Cheap Trick this week.


6 posted on 02/15/2010 5:08:52 AM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: Kaslin
More fascinating than the commercial is the fact that certain environmental Cassandras claim the commercial speaks for them.

And that's the most chilling thing about it - that people would be willing to use force and violence against others for something like this.

7 posted on 02/15/2010 5:10:16 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Kaslin

The pro-ecofascism commercial made me want to buy a 1979 Suburban and drive it right over the green nazis.


8 posted on 02/15/2010 5:10:43 AM PST by Travis McGee (----www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com----)
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To: Kaslin

BTT


9 posted on 02/15/2010 5:11:18 AM PST by BOBTHENAILER ( EPA will rule your life)
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To: Kaslin

The ad is not all that far-fetched.

I can see this happening one day in the near future.

Didnt they arrest a woman in England for showing a knife out the window to some thieves who were robbing her garage?


10 posted on 02/15/2010 5:11:29 AM PST by Venturer
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To: Kaslin

Think SECOND AMENDMENT!! Its there for a good reason.


11 posted on 02/15/2010 5:13:51 AM PST by GoldenPup
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To: Thrownatbirth
That ad is better than a lot of people realize. Yes, from a conservative standpoint it becomes unfocused when the metrosexual in the station wagon (!) gets waved-through the GP checkpoint, but Audi is advertising automobiles, not philosophies.

And "THAT'S A COMPOST VIOLATION!" delivered from a helicopter at night is funny, regardless of how close it approaches to the truth.

12 posted on 02/15/2010 5:17:57 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Kaslin

I watched that Superbowl commercial in a room full of Democrat blue collars, many of whom voted for Obama and are now ‘not feeling the love’

There was some nervous laughter on the commercial - as you could see the smoke emitting from their ears as their brains kicked in yet again.


13 posted on 02/15/2010 5:25:17 AM PST by libertarian27 (Land of the FEE, home of the SHAMED)
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14 posted on 02/15/2010 5:28:13 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Kaslin

The Audi commercial made its goal. Everyone is talking about it.


15 posted on 02/15/2010 5:29:38 AM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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Everybody is talking about not buying an Audi


16 posted on 02/15/2010 5:34:31 AM PST by Tribune7 (Only stupid, racists people support Obama.)
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To: 1rudeboy
That ad is better than a lot of people realize.

Or better than a lot of people choose to admit.

It's interesting that so many people have decided the Audi driver is a "metrosexual", when you only see him in the commercial for less than a second, and he says absolutely nothing. Maybe it's his grin, knowing that he's fooled the Green Police?

Certainly the Green Police want their subjects to toe the line environmentally, but they also want their subjects to drive slow, boring microcars, like the Smart Car. They think the A3 must be that because, heck, all Diesels are slow, clattery, and they smell like an inner city bus. The driver knows better, though, as he floors it and heads for the open road.

As I said on the Steyn thread, this is a "these aren't the droids you're looking for" moment, and this guy has put one over on the storm troopers. No wonder he's smiling!

And, technically, it's not a "station wagon", it's a hatchback.

Audi is advertising automobiles, not philosophies.

Absolutely. And most of the people who swear that they would never own an Audi because of this commercial are people who would never consider owning one anyway.

17 posted on 02/15/2010 5:48:37 AM PST by Fresh Wind ("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
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I was a VW owner in the 1970's to the 1990's. The parts became too expensive. I never owned an Audi because the were too costly to own. I then started buying American cars. German repair have made them not worth owning. They are fun to drive and handle well. I don't live in a place were I can enjoy that feature. We have too much traffic. Now Obama has killed two American car companies. I am now down to Ford or some thing Asian built near Atlanta. I have no need to replace GMC or two Jeeps yet.

What Audi it doing right is they are not on the Hybrid car route. I would not give you two cents for one of those cars. Audi builds some really fast diesel race cars. I will always have respect for their ability to design good products. They have some trouble with electronics but they build great cars that are really fun to drive. My VW bug was fun to drive in snow. I have never found a Japanese car I enjoy driving.

18 posted on 02/15/2010 5:51:36 AM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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Provocative ad, but does any technical type out there happen to know if a “clean diesel” vehicle produces lower emissions than a state-of-the-art gasoline engine vehicle of comparable weight and performance? It kind of matters, the implication of the ad notwithstanding.


19 posted on 02/15/2010 5:53:20 AM PST by mtrott
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To: Fresh Wind
I called him a metrosexual because he's the opposite of the guy in this commercial:

"Drop the gun, or I shoot!"

Oh, and to the guy who said "it's a poor man's Porsche," I say, "it's not your grandfather's Audi."

20 posted on 02/15/2010 5:57:53 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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