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BMW disses W123 and Volvo 240 diesels in SuperBowl ad - casioqv - 02-06-2011
I'm speechless... I didn't watch the superbowl but someone posted this to the Volvo D24 list. It's pretty funny, since I had a 245 diesel with shot rings that really smoked that bad many years ago...
RE: BMW disses W123 and Volvo 240 diesels in SuperBowl ad - winmutt - 02-06-2011
I saw that. If the best you can do is compare yourself to 30 yr old diesels that clearly have problems (what are they running used oil?) then you have a long way to go. Welcome back to the market either way.
RE: BMW disses W123 and Volvo 240 diesels in SuperBowl ad - casioqv - 02-07-2011
The American public is afraid of diesels still because they have a reputation for being slow, noisy, smoky, and hard to start they've never been able to shake despite the fact that only terribly tuned/maintained ~30 year old N/A diesels really live up to this reputation.
RE: BMW disses W123 and Volvo 240 diesels in SuperBowl ad - 300D50 - 02-07-2011
Blame CA.
They write the federal EPA guidlines, or at least lobby the piss outa the people who do.
RE: BMW disses W123 and Volvo 240 diesels in SuperBowl ad - BSharp - 02-07-2011
Hmmm, the 524td was missing from the ad. Surprising!
RE: BMW disses W123 and Volvo 240 diesels in SuperBowl ad - casioqv - 02-07-2011
(02-07-2011, 12:20 PM)BSharp the 524td was missing
Haha- I forgot about those.
RE: BMW disses W123 and Volvo 240 diesels in SuperBowl ad - ForcedInduction - 02-07-2011
They're missing every pickup ever made.
RE: BMW disses W123 and Volvo 240 diesels in SuperBowl ad - willbhere4u - 02-07-2011
It's all cgi to look like they smoke!
RE: BMW disses W123 and Volvo 240 diesels in SuperBowl ad - Captain America - 02-07-2011
I thought the commercial was hilarious....
RE: BMW disses W123 and Volvo 240 diesels in SuperBowl ad - casioqv - 02-07-2011
(02-07-2011, 02:27 PM)willbhere4u It's all cgi to look like they smoke!
+1 On the D24 list someone pointed out that the Volvo wagon is not even a diesel. It's clearly a US-spec 86-88 model (from the headlights and color code) whereas the last year they sold the diesel 245 in the USA was 1984.
It's a gas wagon with CGI diesel soot... but they *could* have made a real diesel 240 smoke that much just by turning the fuel screw all the way in. It's way easier to turn the fuel up on those VE pumps than our inline cam type ones.