Yea, Jon!!! Amen, Amen, AMEN!!!!
Richard in San Antonio
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 03:52:41 -0500 (EST) Jon Steiger
<stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu> writes:
>
>On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
>
>> Ok...I just saw the lamest commercial about the new Toy-Let Tundra.
>They
>> claim it runs just about as fast as the Lotus Esprit in the 1/4
>mile...then
>> they switch from a Paved Track to a Dirt Track. (Showing the Lotus
>> spinning out in the dirt and the Tundra bouncing merrily along the
>dirt.)
>>
>> Now who's with me on this one:
>>
>> Let's call up Toyota and challenge them to a dirt race with our
>4x4's (and
>> 4x2's)!! I've taken my Dak on worse than what they show in the
>> commercial...and am fully confident that we can beat them. ;)
>>
>> Anyone?
>
>
> Yep, I feel your pain. :-) These Tundra commercials are really
>starting to tick me off. They border on blatant lies! That Lotus one
>
>isn't *too* bad; I can see how it might be sort've funny the first
>time
>you see it, but that one with the Tundra towing a load and passing a
>Ram,
>F-150, and a Chevy is just that; a load! (A load of what, I'll leave
>up
>to your immagination...) ;-) I think I can say with some certainty
>that any one of those trucks could lay waste to that "Toy". Heck, I
>think the new Ford can be optioned out to tow 14,000lbs! Grabbing a
>camcorder and recording the Tundra trying to move that much weight
>would probably win you $10,000 on America's Funniest Home Videos.
>Then
>they have the nerve to say "Have we gone too far, or have others not
>gone far enough?" Yes, Toyota, you *have* gone too far; not with your
>
>sandbox playtruck, but with your advertising! Reminds me of some
>loser
>with an inferiority complex trying to elbow themselves into the "in"
>crowd... The very notion of comparing that truck to any of those full
>
>size trucks is downright insulting, much less saying that its better!
>
>The problem with these commercials is that they say it can accellerate
>
>past the trucks "in its class". Well, I'd like to know *exactly* what
>
>Toyota considers the Tundra's "class"??? I didn't get a chance to
>read
>the miles of small print, but I did notice that the Ram had a 3.55
>rear,
>certainly not the best setup for acceleration or towing. (I wouldn't
>be
>surprised if it had the 6...) The sad thing is that there are
>probably
>people who see these commertials and won't even question them.
>Actually,
>Toyota may be right; the Tundra probably can out-tow anything in its
>class, but only because the other trucks in its class are all hanging
>on pegs at Toys R Us...
>
> Ok, I'm done now. :-)
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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