Honda commercial destined to become advertising legend

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4/13/03 | Quentin Letts

[tdadams]

This is really a feat and amazing to watch. See the video.

[Sir Gawain]

Already posted 4/30/03

[tdadams]

Thanks for the link. Maybe some people didn't see the original post.

[CaptRon]

Thanks. I was trying to find the original post last week.

[Mr. Bird]

It's definitely amazing, but I think they wasted their time. In a world of Matrix-style effects, nobody is really floored by viewing this type of thing. It's a curiosity, to be sure, but they could have faked it and most people would have still thought it was "neat".

[SJSAMPLE]

I've got one little problem - with the tires. The first tire hits the second, smaller tire and that tire rolls forward (uphill) and hits another tire. Then the second, smaller tire rolls backward. As the camera pans to the right, you can see that the second tire rolls forward, uphill AGAIN. How did that happen? Shouldn't it have hit the third tire and rolled back down the ramp, instead of rolling uphill again?

[jimkress]

That's amazing! Rube Goldberg would be proud!

[Havoc]

Noting for later

[Andyman]

There were weights inside the tires.

[tdadams]

Click the link for the full article. It explains that the tires were weighted. I'm sure that's what causes this.

[RayBob]

"I've got one little problem - with the tires. The first tire hits the second, smaller tire and that tire rolls forward (uphill) and hits another tire. Then the second, smaller tire rolls backward. As the camera pans to the right, you can see that the second tire rolls forward, uphill AGAIN. How did that happen? Shouldn't it have hit the third tire and rolled back down the ramp, instead of rolling uphill again?"

They put weights in the tires, with the weight part up. when the tire hits the next, the weight throws off the balance and rolls it "uphill" into the next tire, and so on.

[FourtySeven]

I didn't see the original.....thanks for posting. :)

[Question_Assumptions]

Ping for later.

[Iowa Granny]

It's interesting. Unfortunately, I think I must be too Old and too female to 'get it'. Somebody has way too much time on their hands. I wish they'd come to my house to cut the lawn.

[eyespysomething]

Now that is cool.

From the story:

and from the wacky engineering of Caractacus Potts's breakfast-making machine in the Sixties film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

My son always wanted to crack eggs like they do in that movie!

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

You'd probably like this site:

The Nitpickers Site

[HairOfTheDog]

This is really neat.

[tom paine 2]

bump

[PhilSC]

A couple of things bother me about this video - 1) The lighting is perfect (almost too perfect). The small alcoves that hold the lights repeat going down the room, which would make an unusual room. 2) The separation in the boards on the floor seem to have a repeating pattern and a low probabilty of actually occurring.

At first I thought the video was real as described. Now I am not so sure.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Bump for later viewing.