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Feb 16, 2010 | 09:14 PM

Belzebutt

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Audi suicide ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOt67CzPwPk

Feb 16, 2010 | 09:30 PM

phile

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saw that coming a mile away as soon as the hose came out

Feb 16, 2010 | 09:41 PM

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WOW... seems pretty intense

Feb 16, 2010 | 10:25 PM

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Feb 16, 2010 | 10:50 PM

wonton

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I thought the end was pretty funny but the whole situation is not a laughing matter. maybe its from all the violence i've seen on TV that got me so desensitized. I'm sure this is gonna cause a lot of debate.

Feb 16, 2010 | 10:57 PM

princelybug

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This is an ignorant commercial.

Feb 16, 2010 | 11:03 PM

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Ever post a thread in Car Talk that isn't pro-Audi?

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Feb 16, 2010 | 11:51 PM

FiveLiterCheater

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They will obviously get a lot of heat for this...

....which is exactly why they did it.

Feb 17, 2010 | 12:10 AM

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haha, thats a funny ad

Feb 17, 2010 | 12:29 AM

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Interesting ad. Like Audi or not, it's an ad that you don't soon forget. Nor the "Clean Diesel Technology". On those fronts, the ad arguably did it's job.

Terry

Feb 17, 2010 | 12:30 AM

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wow

it's pretty disturbing in some sense, but it is a GREAT commercial..

Feb 17, 2010 | 12:38 AM

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i laughed

Feb 17, 2010 | 02:10 AM

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FutureBagdA4

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Where is the, "Don't try this at home" statement at the end?

Feb 17, 2010 | 07:44 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by I Go To Costco

Ever post a thread in Car Talk that isn't pro-Audi?

Yes, sometimes a Pro-Canada post needs to sneak in.

Feb 17, 2010 | 09:30 AM

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Pretty good ad and it will def. get them more media coverage. Remember when Abercrombie made thongs for kids and had a T that read "two wongs dont make a white?" Marketing genious

Feb 17, 2010 | 11:02 AM

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We Todd did.

Feb 17, 2010 | 12:47 PM

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laughed at the end with the windows

Feb 17, 2010 | 01:40 PM

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I liked the window part at the end.

Feb 17, 2010 | 03:34 PM

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Controversial? Yes.....

But what it does not show is the dude getting some guns and going postal on the people that made him want to do this..... Oh, for our Canadian friends

Feb 17, 2010 | 05:33 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CL6

We Todd did.

Sofa King We Todd did.

Feb 17, 2010 | 07:47 PM

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Ad should have ended with "Audi: the only thing that commits suicide is the car"

Feb 17, 2010 | 07:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by I Go To Costco

Ever post a thread in Car Talk that isn't pro-Audi?

I'm a team player.

Feb 17, 2010 | 07:58 PM

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Something about ze Germans and a gas chamber that sort of makes it a little... awkward.

Feb 17, 2010 | 08:04 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rapture

ad should have ended with "audi: The only thing that commits suicide is the car"

+1 on the comment. i don't like audis even though they're nice.

Feb 17, 2010 | 10:19 PM

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'd a little...

Feb 17, 2010 | 10:39 PM

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FiveLiterCheater

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Quote:

Originally Posted by einsatz

Something about ze Germans and a gas chamber that sort of makes it a little... awkward.

good catch...

Feb 18, 2010 | 04:23 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by einsatz

Something about ze Germans and a gas chamber that sort of makes it a little... awkward.

Wow, totally missed that one. There's a lot of room for inappropriate jokes on this. Better left alone.

Feb 18, 2010 | 09:14 AM

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Definitely memorable. I like the ending.

Feb 19, 2010 | 04:10 PM

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good ad

Feb 19, 2010 | 08:13 PM

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Haha wow. I wasn't expecting any of that.

Good idea but no way in hell this will ever be on tv.

Feb 20, 2010 | 11:20 AM

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Lol, creative at least. But damn that guy must have been one patient dude! 17 gallon tank, idling at maybe .8 liters per hour... over 3 days in that garage and still alive!

Feb 20, 2010 | 11:46 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by paz840

Definitely memorable. I like the ending.

Reminds me of the SAAB Turbo 900 in the late '80's or '90s-- when tested in Denver, IIRC, the exhaust coming out of the tailpipe was cleaner than the outside air being sucked into the engine.

Feb 20, 2010 | 04:58 PM

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Feb 20, 2010 | 07:30 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by teranfon

Interesting ad. Like Audi or not, it's an ad that you don't soon forget. Nor the "Clean Diesel Technology". On those fronts, the ad arguably did it's job.

Terry

true, my ex-client owns an ad agency, and he always told me that... positive or negative... if people are talking about the product, they've done their job.

Feb 21, 2010 | 12:29 PM

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Excellent job with the ad.

Feb 21, 2010 | 12:42 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rapture

Ad should have ended with "Audi: the only thing that commits suicide is the car"

, Audi's warrantied to die within 120K miles or 7 years what ever comes first.

Feb 21, 2010 | 05:26 PM

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I hate to admit it, but I was ROFL'ing at the end of the ad. That was another subtle safety point at the end--the windows don't close completely if there is something in the way.

The ad made its point.