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Its halftime in America....Clint Eastwood Chrysler ad. Cool!

Started by 70charginglizard, February 06, 2012, 01:12:33 PM

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redmist

Wow times must be tough!!! What with all those new cars being driven in the advertisement and all.... Bwhahaah!!
JUNKTRAVELER: all I've seen in this thread is a bunch of bullies and 3 guys that actually give a crap.

PA Dodger

On a side note...Did anyone catch the SNL spoofs of the Superbowl commercial? They were hysterical. I'm sure they'll hit Youtube soon.
'69 Charger / '69 Dart convertible/ '74 Cuda

Ghoste

SNL was spoofing the Chrysler ad?  They have to be one of the stupidest things on tv so if thats the case then I just like it that much more.

Fred

Quote from: Silver R/T on February 11, 2012, 11:37:53 PM
Quote from: flyinlow on February 07, 2012, 08:01:28 PM
I liked the ad.

I think my parents 68 Plymouth wagon that I learned to drive in said ,"Made in Canada" on the door. So Canada gets a pass.

My 04 Hemi El Ramo was made mostly in Mexico. Maybe a pass, we'll see how it holds up.

I like Eastwood's films, but it is just acting (makebelieve,fantasy,lying)

Do you think he did it for free?

In our capitalist economy there's nothing for free, only old fridge on the corner of the street might be for free.

Lucky they're not charging us for the air we breathe.............wouldn't we all be up shit creek then!  :'(


Tomorrow is promised to no one.......drive your Charger today.

mauve66

with all the electric cars coming out they are trying to find a way to recoup the lost gas taxes so they will want to tax the mileage driven in the future
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TK73

Quote from: PA Dodger on February 12, 2012, 12:19:36 AM
On a side note...Did anyone catch the SNL spoofs of the Superbowl commercial? They were hysterical. I'm sure they'll hit Youtube soon.

YEP!!

DAMN GOOD ones!!

Tried finding vids this morning... no go
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Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
      a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
      acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!



Ghoste

Saturday Night Live do parody commercials.  The show was funny years ago.

Bobs69

guys I realize that we're all probally all in denile here but the hemi is made in mexico. 

TK73

Quote from: Bobs69 on February 12, 2012, 09:26:00 PM
guys I realize that we're all probally all in denile here but the hemi is made in mexico. 

El Hemirino...  K pasta??
1973 Charger : 440cid - 727 - 8.75/3.55


Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
      a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
      acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

Fred

Try El Hemi.............sounds heaps better!  ;D

El Hemirino... sounds like you've got piles!! :smilielol:


Tomorrow is promised to no one.......drive your Charger today.

TK73

Quote from: Fred on February 13, 2012, 12:56:48 AM
Try El Hemi.............sounds heaps better!  ;D

El Hemirino... sounds like you've got piles!! :smilielol:

:rofl: :rofl:
1973 Charger : 440cid - 727 - 8.75/3.55


Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
      a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
      acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

Kern Dog

Quote from: Bobs69 on February 12, 2012, 09:26:00 PM
probally all in denile here but the hemi  

Probally?
Denile?
Educated?
No, No, and uhhh.... no.

PA Dodger

Someone finally downloaded the SNL commercials. The quality is bad but they are funnier than hell. Watch them in order.

First one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0KHJosFcNI
Second one- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY7QhDyFoNU
Third one- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF87e4Pw0hY
'69 Charger / '69 Dart convertible/ '74 Cuda

Ghoste

Oh no!  Now Dodge is running an ad for a President's Day Sale.  Will this maddening hypocrisy see no limits?

:sarcasmalert:

hemi-hampton

 :scratchchin:
Quote from: Red 70 R/T 493 on February 11, 2012, 01:17:18 AM
We COULD build more things in this country if there wasn't such a zealous environmental influence. If you choke a business with excessive regulation to the point of them no longer being profitable, what choice do they have?


Can you give some examples? LEON.

hemi-hampton

I was just painting numerous sets of wheels (for Chrysler Special Vehicles) & every set said MADE IN CHINA on the back of Aluminum rim & had a Pentastar cast into it. When I worked at a plastics factory in the 80's painting Chrysler truck grilles The grilles were made in Canada, Sent to us to paint in Mt Clemens, Michigan. Then we sent to Mexico. Next thing we know they build & paint shop in Mexico & we lose that job. Now made in Canada & sent directly to Mexico by passing USA all together. You can ad the new Dodge Dart to made in USA (Actually Belvidere, Ill.) The detroit newspaoer 10 years ago had a pie scale in paper showing how GM made 45% of the car while Ford built 35% & Chrysler only Built 25%. Whats this mean? It means GM now has to outsource 20% more to be as competitive as Chrysler. :scratchchin: :scratchchin: LEON.

Bobs69

Quote from: Red 70 R/T 493 on February 13, 2012, 03:20:44 AM
Quote from: Bobs69 on February 12, 2012, 09:26:00 PM
probally all in denile here but the hemi  

Probally?
Denile?
Educated?
No, No, and uhhh.... no.

can I blame the bad spelling on android's  speech recognition program

bull

Quote from: Paul G on February 10, 2012, 09:16:15 PM
What is Chrysler supposed to do? Keep all there plants in the US while the other car company's go off shore for cheaper manufacturing costs? They have to do what ever is necessary to be competitive and stay in business. Going off shore has happened through out our entire manufacturing base.

Fair enough. But if that's the way it's going to be Chrysler shouldn't feed us a bunch of BS about it being made in Detroit. Just because the integrity has gone out the window doesn't mean the honesty should follow.

stripedelete

Ok.  So, maybe it's half-time.  But they failed to mention it's an "away-game". ;)

Paul G

Quote from: bull on February 15, 2012, 01:10:01 PM
Quote from: Paul G on February 10, 2012, 09:16:15 PM
What is Chrysler supposed to do? Keep all their plants in the US while the other car company's go off shore for cheaper manufacturing costs? They have to do whatever is necessary to be competitive and stay in business. Going off shore has happened throughout our entire manufacturing base.



Fair enough. But if that's the way it's going to be Chrysler shouldn't feed us a bunch of BS about it being made in Detroit. Just because the integrity has gone out the window doesn't mean the honesty should follow.

They still produce vehicles in Detroit don't they? Illinois as well. There corporate HQ is in Detroit is it not? I guess I am more lenient than some about this topic. I spent over 30 years working in an American owned integrated steel producer, Inland Steel Co. I saw firsthand, our local steel producing competitors go out of business one right after the other. Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, the entire rust belt vanished during the 80's. My friends and family members lost their jobs as companies went under. It was a terrible time. Inland Steel, my employer, was ready to follow the others right out of business until we were purchased by a foreign steel company investor, Lakshmi Mittal, from India. Guess what he did? He shut down our operations that were not profitable, cut our costs every way possible, brought in cheaply produced raw steel from overseas to be processed at our plant in Indiana. We became global. And, no longer an American company. It was a kick in the teeth! But we survived. And layoffs of our people stopped after he took over. Still in business today as Arcelor Mittal Steel Co.

So, is Chrysler still an American company? You have to decide that. Are you still loyal to what is left of Chrysler? I am. Do you want to see Chrysler survive, and thrive? I do.

That's my feeling about it all.
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Ghoste

Mine too.  It's all in your perception I suppose.  I don't watch the ad and naively think "oh, Chrysler is telling me that all their cars are made in Detroit".  Could be some folks out there though that think Mr. Clean really comes out of that bottle when you open it to wash your floors too.

bull

Yea, cutting Chrysler slack and making excuses for them is what got us the '06 "Charger" and Mexican-made Hemis. All I know is every year they do those Made in America indexes and every year Honda and Toyota top the lists. That's pretty pathetic of you ask me, and it tells me that the "you have to use foreign workers to stay competitive" argument holds no water. I don't see the logic in demanding a mediocre performance from Chrysler in exchange for my loyalty. Like I keep saying, I never left Chrysler, Chrysler left me.

redmist

I don't blame any company for sending manufacturing offshore. It's getting more and more restrictive to manufacture in the USA, and be in compliance with federal regulations. Here is a small example of that based on my experience with my own company.

I am a co-owner of a high end CNC manufacturing shop focused on the firearms industry. We have an anodizing line setup to do hard coat Mil Spec T Black anodizing process. The regulatory rules put in place of our operation has become so costly that we have decided to shut it down. The EPA Wants water meters put on every tap in our building, and each gallon that is sent through that tap must be accounted for in waste barrels each month by the EPA. If we do not match our waste with flow numbers we are fined. What these Bozos don't understand is that water EVAPORATES!  :brickwall: This is especially true in an Ano process that runs tanks at 98deg all day long.

When we tested all the taps to verify water flow for the EPA, I ran three gallons of water into a brand new Home Depot orange bucket. When we were done verifying the water flow, I poured the water down the wash tub drain, and the EPA fella told me I was in violation because of oils that could have seeped out of the bucket from the manufacturing process, and I just poured it down the drain.

That was the final straw. Ano line is going away, we are not going to hire any people to run it now, and we will find another shop to do it. (If we were huge, we would send it all over seas)

From the above example, I think it's clear as to why manufacturing is going away in the USA. You folks should be able to figure out what must be done to fix it.  :popcrn:

JUNKTRAVELER: all I've seen in this thread is a bunch of bullies and 3 guys that actually give a crap.