This one is very easy; buying a car is not expressing yourself. Furthermore, it’s fucking insulting to suggest that it is. If I have to explain to you why this is the case, you’re an idiot – or you work in advertising – or both.
Posts Tagged ‘car’
Seat – Express Yourself
Posted in Awful Awful Awful, Bullshit, Ill-Conceived, Patronising Bastards, tagged car, express yourself, ibiza, seat on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mercedes SLS – Rollover
Posted in Actually Quite Cool, tagged car, mercedes, roll, stunt on August 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Now this… is how you make an advert.
Audi – Spyder
Posted in Actually Quite Cool, Ill-Conceived, tagged audi, car, classic, peugeot, undermine on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This commercial suffers from the same problems as the Peugeot advert that I mentioned a few months ago; namely that the product is the least interesting, least exciting, least appealing and least desirable item on screen. Think about it, which would you rather have? A custom designed hot-rod or a mass produced mid-life crisis? No-one [...]
Confused.com
Posted in Bullshit, Patronising Bastards, Awful Awful Awful, tagged car insurance, money supermarket, compare the market, confused.com, money, car, savings, webcam, amazing phil on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned before I believe you should be wary of people doing adverts who clearly don’t need the money. Selling out is one thing, doing it to raise profiles or keep your face on TV is even worse. Equally you should be wary of people doing adverts for free. Why should you be wary [...]
