biggest advertising lie you ever heard?

[Texas Diesel]

What is the biggest advertising lie you have ever heard?



"Built Ford tough" :-{}



"Highest horsepower in class" - Dura-whatever



"Just 20 minutes 3 times a week" Bow flex master thingy



"Guaranteed for life" Fook Yu Manufacturing, Bejing China

 

[nickleinonen]

"can your little dinky stereo sound like this?" Bose commecrial. biggest load of cow plop avalable. . i don't like bose much. i think a better line for them would be "no highs, no lows... must be bose" for the price you pay, you get very little in return for them. . [sorry if someone here likes bose. . i am just stating my own personal opinion]

 

[Sled Puller]

"NOBODY out pulls, out drags, out farts, our trucks, and we don't don't even use fuel. " Oh yea, and yer warranty is still intact.



My personal favorite:



" Go ahead and slip it, it will hold better. "

 

[Champane Flight]

Most

The New Chevy Duramax "The most powerful diesel on the planet!" UGH... ... ... .....

 

[me4osu]

The new SuperDoody commercial where it is pulling a freighter through the ice comes to mind... .

 

[TomGolden]

Any GM/GMC/Chevy ad "lomgest lasting, hardest working trucks running... ... continues the tradtion... ". And just what tradition would that be???? long lasting ain't exactly synonamous with any GM product that I've ever heard of... ... .



To paraphrase a great old quote - "I'd rather push my Dodge..... up a loooong steeeeep hill... ... in the snow... ... . than drive a Chevy"



I Love my Dodge/Cummins!!!

 

[Todd G]

Not to bash our own brothers, but what's with the Dodge commercial that says we have the only full-size four-door on the planet? Did I hear that right?

 

[Shovelhead]

Originally posted by Todd G

Not to bash our own brothers, but what's with the Dodge commercial that says we have the only full-size four-door on the planet? Did I hear that right?

The Dodge is a "Full-Size 4-Door"

They have a "CREW CAB".



WAKE-UP DODGE#@$%!

 

[Jumbo Jet]

(Black Dog's signature over on the Chevy Forum)



Tim



'01 GMC 2500HD, regular cab, Duramax/Allison

A Dodge or a Ford is nice if that's all you can afford.

Advertising hype must work!



I have a friend that owns a Duramax equipped 4x4 and he is trying to install a lift kit so he can actually take it off road. Their advertisements show the Duramax trucks pulling some big loads over some rough terrain. I don't think so - at least not for very many times!

 

[TPCDrafting]

No purchase necessary... . details inside.

 

[Rotty]

Free!

No purchase necessary!

yea, right... .

 

[socal_rattler]

We don't make it till you order it

 

[willyslover]

let us not forget the "Five Star Stealer". . is a hard earned reputation

 

[Shovelhead]

The small print at the bottom of the "after" picture for weight loss products,



"Use Lard-Off and Lose 500lbs in two days, and eat like a horse".















"Results not typical"

 

[duaneparks]

Originally posted by socal_rattler

We don't make it till you order it

That's actually a true statement at Whataburger down here in Texas, FWIW...



I'm a little put out with Dodge over their Quad Cab advertisements... The only full-sized 4 door? You mean Chevy and Ford don't make 4 door trucks that are bigger? Yeah right.



Sorry, I love my Dodge, but this is just flat wrong. And if it weren't for the Cummins engine, I wouldn't have considered a Dodge BECAUSE their cabs are smaller.



Duane

 

[KPhillips]

Originally posted by Texas Diesel

What is the biggest advertising lie you have ever heard?

"Become inches bigger after just a few pumps" :{



"buy these x-ray glasses and see through anything"



kerryp

 

[GLASMITHS]

ANOTHER BIG LIE

Sept 2002 issue of Trailerlife Mag, page 99. quote "THE ONLY TORQUE CONVERTER SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE POWER OF YOUR DIESEL ENGINE". ATS Diesel Performance------



Are they implying that all the others won't

 

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[Texas Diesel]

That is more disclaimer than warranty:-{}

 

[Bill Lins]

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