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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Lexus Commercials
- Message-ID: <185132@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 02:32:05 GMT
- Sender: daemon@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation
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- In article <1993Jan24.054853.18849@scott.skidmore.edu> jdrout@scott.skidmore.edu (JTD is lost) writes:
- >
- >Does anyone remember the Nissan ad (my favourite) when the narrator
- >quips "I was having the wierdest dream. I was driving this car <black
- >300ZX Twin Turbo>, etc etc." People are chasing him and he spools the
- >car up to what must be 140 (full boost in 4th, hits the redline, etc).
- >Absolute wildness. Anyway, the commercial was only shown here for a
- >few days (in New Jersey, at least) and was removed from the air.
- >ANyone know why?
- >
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- Because the speed-Nazi's and safety-freaks were being admitted to
- cardiac care clinics in record numbers.
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- Nissan originally responded that the entire tone of the
- advertisement made it clear that this was strictly a fantasy, but
- the speed fascists were unrelenting in their persuit of making
- driving so damned boring people will walk first.
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