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Did everyone see the old gas pumps in the Honda commercial around the 2:00 warning in the 4th quarter. Oh by the way, go Colts!!!!

Phil

yes i seen it, i about fell off my chair, i was trying to see them all. they looked pretty cool. have a nice day

I saw it and also about fell out on the floor! Cool Commercial for sure!

Mike

NO DOUBT, IT'LL BE ON "YOUTUBE" EVENTUALLY SO I CAN SEE IT!

~DOC

I will bet Honda uses that one for a while and not just for the Super Bowl. Saw a Wayne 505. See if we can name them all.

I saw a Tok 39, Bennett 646, Wayne 505 and I was oohhing too much to catch them all. Indeed it was a cool ad.

Phil

short bowser as well.

Did anyone from this site supply the pumps for the ad?

Hope this works:
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2819753/collection/18477/minisite/superbowl

Thanks nochevys,
My boy told me about the commercial. That's cool.
Mike

Bennett 541

This is disgraceful. The foreign car makers are getting rich from American dollars. We Americans are stupid enough to keep buying them, putting American money into foreign economies, while at the same time losing jobs here. Now the sickening foreign car companies are using American nostalgia in their commercials???? I for one am glad I missed it because I wave the flag of America, and I DRIVE AMERICAN AND I ALWAYS WILL NO MATTER WHAT. The notion of someone buying an Asian car is sickening. I know the usual half baked answer: "they are building them here"
WRONG ANSWER!!!!!!!! While the foreign car makers have put some plants here and supplied some jobs to American workers, they have displaced 15 times more workers than they have employed. This is not according to me, but this is according to the US government BLS (bureau of labor statistics as of 2004). I am sick and tired of seeing Japanese cars on the American roads as the PROFITS go to the Japanese economy! NOT the American economy!!!
One reason I collect gas and oil items is to keep some of the good old days of American history alive in some small way.

I guess I'll leave my Toyota pickup at home next gas bash...wouldn't want it vandalized. Does make you wonder for how long "American automakers" will remain such....Chrysler is now German owned.

Wow, ease up there gasteek, I thought it was neat to see the pumps.

Phil

Its too bad the American car makers didn't invest more money over the years into their plants when times were good and not so good. Now they are closing down aging facilities that are really bashing many people who worked at such plants for a long time. The blame doesn't lie with the car buying public who only want the best quality and value for their money but in the corporate board rooms of major auto companies. The Boards of Directors sold out their workers, not consumers.

p.s. Imaginative use of those pumps to say the least--navigating an obstacle course of gas pumps!!!

HE THAT HAS NOTHING FORIGN MADE, LIVES IN A CAVE.
FOR OUR ECONOMY TO THRIVE, SO MUST OTHER COUNTRIES.
BUT,
THIS IS NOT THE WEB SITE TO DEBATE SUCH THINGS.

gasteek, you hit the nail on the head. You are 100% correct on this.

Toyota and Honda 'quality' is nothing more than perception. They have done a slick marketing job on the American public. And forget about Consumer Reports. That has become just a politically oriented magazine not a true consumer testing agency. Case in point: the recent baby seat debacle that CR OUTSOURCED to somebody else to do the testing----- it was all a scam against Evenflo baby seats.

Wake up people. Chevrolet and Ford build some wonderful cars and the MONEY STAYS HERE. Our American standard of living EVOLVED from organized labor and American ingenuity and hard work and sacrifice. This is going to affect everyone eventually as your standard of living drops under the one world government taking shape now.

Unfortunately, Americans are too stupid and lazy to ask questions and do not know their own history. We are pretty easy pickins'.......

Aw, come on Dick....Cars run on gas and this is an oil and gas site. (LOL) I had two generations of family (cousins) in Detroit that worked for GM (Pontiac. I think the bottom line is that American Car producers missed out on the fuel economy and lost market share. The first Hondas I was exposed to was in 75. It was tin-like, but got great mileage and the guy owned it forever. Gas was moving from 37 cents to a $1.00 by 79. Wages were not moving that fast. I bought a Honda Prelude in 80 becasue I used my car for work and only made $12,000 a year. It was pure econimics and it was a good car. The Chevy Citation was lousy and the Ford Taurus....forget about it. What else was there? Comsequently we got used tothem and my wife and I owned a few. We owned American made along the line. But, we always bought cars based on what we needed it for. Not to support the car industry. We have now owned 5 Suburbans/Yukons since 89. I still drive my 95 Ford to work. Bought it becuase I needed a truck andit was the best price. My son's first car is a 98 Honda. Solid and dependable. To me, the last innovative car that was US made was the Chrysler Mini Van. Iacoca sold a ton of them. Ford and GM can keep making the Mustangs and retro looking things. But, they aren't for the masses and they need something to get back the market share. Sorry for the long ramble.

yeah it is dick... owned chevys most of my life... the last two... crapola... quality junk... sorry.. switching over...

All of this over a commercial, hard to believe. But just to add a little fuel to the fire. lol Lets do a little history lesson, I like history. The last vehicles to be made entirely in the US with only US parts. 1890's, maybe never? Once vehicles started using rubber tires it became a product of the world. I raced cars for most of my 50 plus years. I have raced everything from Go Carts to GTP cars. I have raced on tracks as small as a 1/16 mile(Go carts) to LeMans. Not one of those vehicles could claim to be American made only. Classics like the Corvette, Model T, Model A, T-Bird, Mustang,'55-57 Chevy's, etc have all had foreign parts on them. Whether it was rubber, steel, glass, technology,carb parts, design, etc. So lets all take a deep breath and enjoy our hobby, shall we. Sorry to get on the soapbox,guys.
Bob

I thought Toyota just opend up a plant here in the states... Would that make it AMERICAN MADE? lol


Travis E. Towle
Topeka, Kansas

785-357-1004

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have things that are foreign made, but NOT cars, nor my house. These purchases RUN OUR ECONOMY. Oh, and to the poster who says American vehicles are not as good as the %^$@# $#$#@$% foreign makes, I say BS. I have had NO problems with my Chevy trucks over 500,000 miles on the last two and over 150,000 on this one. So, it is all perception. Go ahead, buy into the foreign car hype, soon you too will be saying "welcome to walmart" or " would you like fries with that?" You see, the point here is that Americans should support American products. The jobs we are losing are being replaced with low paying, crummy service based jobs. The economists don't tell you that, but it is true. Look it up. Why do you think that our cities and townships are in such dissaray? NO manufacturing base, that is why. The point of this website is collecting Americana. Well, start collecting paycheck stubs from American manufacturers, as they soon will be as scarce as a 5 gallon Fry.

To answer the post that Toyota, (I cant stand even typing that name) opened a plant in Texas, that is fine.
HOWEVER, the PROFITS go to Japan. The jobs that are created there are only a fraction of the jobs that have been lost in the American automobile industry. According to the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics), the foreign manufacturers create one job, and the American manufacturing base loses 15 for every one of those jobs. YOU DO THE MATH. So, start a new hobby, collect remnants of the American manufacturing industry. Soon to be more scarce than a MUSGO one piece globe.

so gasteek.... who created this mess... face it... quality was NOT job one... GM used to rule the world... where are they now... and why ???????

Well KMAN. I will set you straigt too. You obviously know very little about quality of American automobiles. LOOK IT UP> GM is nipping at the $%#%^$#%^ foreign car makers in quality. IN FACT, BUICK is no. 1 in some of the segments. Chevy trucks are no. 1 in quality. You dont have to take my word for it, nor would I want you too. Look it up. Edmonds.com is one of the UNBIASED car critics in this country. That rag consumers digest is sickening with their bias. It is obvious that they have an agenda. LOOK IT UP for yourself. GM is matching the foreign car makers on quality. There is NO gap anymore. There used to be. I will grant you that, BUT, the UAW has gotten the message. Oh, that is another subject,....... don't get me started on the union thing..... although their colletibles are going up in value.

Geeeezzzzzz

It was a decent commercial. Good use of the pumps.

I guess an American manufacturer couldn't have thought of it.

And by the way, my Dodge Hemi was made in Mexico!!!!!!!!!!

Still, it's been a great truck, knock on wood.

Lighten up and enjoy this site for what it is.

hell man... i ain't takin' your word... I DRIVE ONE !!!... chevy truck that is... if i gave you a penny for it i would want change back !!!... so... are you saying the unions are to blame ???

Yeah, Toyota just opened up a truck plant in Texas. And they have had the Camry plant in Georgetown, Ky. for a number of years. BUT, this is how they play the game.

Workers at the Ky. plant who are experiencing Metacarpal Tunnel Syndrome after assembling there for several years go to the plant doctor to report it. They are quickly told' No, you didn't do that here' and are promptly fired. That puts the scare into the others.

Workers at this same plant are not given time to go to the bathroom and are worked like scalded dogs. Workers at this plant are harrassed by management and threatened against organizing. Obviously a lot of you 'I'll buy what I want' are not used to actually having to work for a living. So go ahead and knife your fellow American in the back. If these Toyota plants were unionized then I would say they really cared about their workers, but they don't.

Oh, and by the way, read the report put out by the Level Field Institute on January 22, 2007. You can find it on the Internet. It states (quote) " Despite the massive buyouts at General Motors and Ford, American automakers will still support 2.5 times more jobs for every vehicle they build in the United States than their foreign competitors. Even after the cuts, the Detroit automakers will employ 33 U.S. workers, including white and blue collar employees, per 1,000 vehicles sold, compared to 14 workers per 1,000 vehicles for foreign brands. Chrysler leads with 42 workers per thousand, followed by Ford at 31 and GM at 29. Few foreign automakers develop new vehicles in the U.S. and those that do still rely heavily on foreign engineering for many parts."

My last two Ford Tauruses that I drove to work ran over a quarter million miles each,and I never did a bloody thing to them.

I spoke with a man at the gas station today that was almost in tears because his 4 year old Mitsubishi just had a $467 starter installed. He told me he was going BACK to GM as soon as possible. Good for him. At least he doesn't follow the crowd.

and.... don't preach to me about quality... been a machinist most of my life and still am ... i pride myself on quality. what i drive is pure and simple junk made by chevrolet....

I have owned at least two GM, Ford and Chrysler cars and trucks. There were things I liked and disliked about all of them. I never owned a foreign car but it doesn't mean I never will.

The issue of foreign and American made cars is totally economic. Why do you think Honda and Toyota built factories in the US?
The answer is the same as to why GM went to Mexico, ECONOMICS. Japan and the US can build vehicles cheaper by doing it outside their borders. The foreign partnerships that US automakers are putting together allow them to stay in business. Do we loose jobs, yes, are the jobs replaced with equal pay and benefits, no, thats like compairing apples to oranges.

It's not only wages that cause the moves,
Japan is a rich nation and can afford to build plants in the US and they don't have to ship their product half way around the world and pay import fees. And, they get a much better tax advantage in the US. When companies outsource their work it is only because they get it done less expensively.

The world is changing and business has to stay competitive or they die. JMTC

Mick

I am a Ford man, but I have to tell you many of my buddies drive Chevy's and swear by 'em.

If your so-called 'junk' Chevy is truly THAT bad, then you need to apply at GM and put your 'superior' machining skills to work to right the wrong.

Or, maybe you're not as good as you think you are and they wouldn't hire you..............

This is enough guys.

This forum is about gas station collectibles. This topic has gone off away from the subject. Let's keep the discussion about petroliana.



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hey midway... i see by your post you don't know **** about me or manufacturing. no big deal. but think of this.... everytime an American soldier pulls the trigger on his weapon chances are i had something to do with it. yup.... weapons manufacturer for the army. American made and proud. know what you are talking about before you post... but.... apples and oranges.... ain't it ???

This is hilarious..... Really gentlemen, Its an old commercial..... About three months or so.

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oh.... back when i entertained thoughts about working for the general.... motors that is... it was strictly a father and son union... i believe... if memory serves... friends of mine were making a very substantial living installing windshield wipers and filling up the coolant jug.... all have retired with more money than i will...

Like the sands of an hour glass.....these are the Days of Our Lives.(cue music & roll credits)

yeah... seth you are right.... if anybody wants to take this up a notch... email me....