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If "Real People" Commercials Were Real Life - CHEVY Awards (humor)
YouTube ^ | Mar 16, 2017 | Zebra Corner

Posted on 05/24/2017 2:08:12 PM PDT by Leaning Right

This is a 1 1/2 minute parody video of those Chevy TV commercials, the ones where "real people" gush over all the awards Chevy cars have won. Very funny video, I think.


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: awards; chevy; jdpowers; realpeople
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I'm a Ford man myself. So apologies ahead of time to all the Chevy fans out there. Anyway, this is a very funny - and clever - video.
1 posted on 05/24/2017 2:08:12 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

He’s done several, they are all hilarious.


2 posted on 05/24/2017 2:10:18 PM PDT by mykroar (Congratulations President Trump)
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To: Leaning Right

I hate those commercials.

They are on constantly, cable and airwaves.

They should stop and get a new shtick.............


3 posted on 05/24/2017 2:17:39 PM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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To: Leaning Right
It raises a good point, whether intentionally or not, about the initial quality awards. Yes that's all very nice, but how do they compare after five years.

I'm no fan of GM after the bailouts, but I would consider giving them another chance, for the sake of the US economy, after this country came to its senses and elected President Trump.

4 posted on 05/24/2017 2:19:19 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: Leaning Right
It's funny, over the past few years I have seen Chevy "quality" awards first hand​ ( or first wallet), and it always has cost me money. Chevy seems to use defective parts suppliers and replace defective parts with equally defective parts. That is why my next car WILL NOT be a Chevy. No quality control and no repurcussions for the parts suppliers that replace defective parts with more defective parts. Trash
5 posted on 05/24/2017 2:27:03 PM PDT by cyberstoic
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To: Red Badger

The only thing lacking in those commercials is “ Hurry up and buy one before the next recall”.


6 posted on 05/24/2017 2:40:21 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: antidemoncrat

The guy on his knees proposing to the Silverado is especially annoying............

Also watch the same commercial, there’s a black guy in a blue shirt that disappears and reappears................


7 posted on 05/24/2017 2:42:45 PM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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To: Leaning Right
I thought the next one was even funnier

If "Real People" Commercials Were Real Life - CHEVY Malibu Ad

And the next! I don't shake hands!

8 posted on 05/24/2017 2:47:57 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: cyberstoic
Chevy seems to use defective parts suppliers and replace defective parts with equally defective parts. That is why my next car WILL NOT be a Chevy.

Funny you should say that.

I only buy foreign cars, but when I rent, sometimes I get stuck with a Chevy. At least half the time, it's a disaster like locking myself out of the car because I was to not to know that the door locked behind me when I got out with the ending running to ask a policeman a question; or barely being able to see behind me because half of the back window is opaque and the center supports are massive (and also opaque).

It amazes me that a company like GM wouldn't make sure that their cars in the major rental fleets aren't at least twice as good as what they sell. Those rental experiences are the real test drives.

I would NEVER buy a Chevy.

ML/NJ

9 posted on 05/24/2017 3:22:57 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: Leaning Right

One of my favorite car commercials is this one. (Mainly because the teenage in this looks and act exactly like my next door neighbor’s daughter!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8x7NFYHtm8


10 posted on 05/24/2017 3:43:53 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Red Badger

Friend swore never to buy a GM product after the government bailout stiffed bond holders, many of whom were elderly. However, he was seduced by the new Corvette Stingray and bought a 2015 Z-51, 2LT model after reading numerous positive reviews. The upside is he loves the car’s performance but there are two irritating issues that can not be fixed and are ignored by Chevrolet: loud squeaky brakes and an automatic transmission that hesitates between first and second on the initial shift after the car has been sitting. The car has been to the dealer 3-4 times under warranty but the problem persists. In reading the Corvette Forum, he found that this was a fairly common problem although the dealership acts as if this is unique to him. My wife wanted me to consider a Chevy Traverse but based on his treatment and problems we’ll be getting another Honda or Toyota. How can you trust a company that won’t stand behind its’ top or certainly most visible product?


11 posted on 05/24/2017 3:50:21 PM PDT by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

It’s difficult to have long term “quality” without delivering initial quality (Design, Build and Supplier).


12 posted on 05/24/2017 3:51:47 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Boomer One

Squeaky brakes are not a real problem. Auto shifting is always a problem solved by buying the manual transmission.

YMMV...


13 posted on 05/24/2017 3:53:32 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Red Badger
"..I hate those commercials.They are on constantly, cable and airwaves.."

Aaarrgghhh. AGREED! These commercials, although muted here, are really annoying, repetitive crap. Wholly cheesy.
Almost makes a fella miss the old "fawning models" meme. d;^)

Government Motors. **spit**

14 posted on 05/24/2017 4:15:21 PM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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To: ml/nj

My first car was the last Chevy I’ll ever own. I learned a lot about car parts as I replaced them on that POS.


15 posted on 05/24/2017 4:21:37 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: cyberstoic

To be fair, Chevys are cheap compared to their competition. As there isn’t a lot of profit in the entry level vehicles that Chevy mostly makes, cost-cutting has to show up somewhere.


16 posted on 05/24/2017 4:32:53 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Leaning Right

I don’t know what it is about these Chevy commercials, but I quickly grab the remote and mute every darn one of them. I don’t think I’ve ever heard more than the first three words of any of this crap. It certainly wouldn’t convince me to buy a Chevy. Worst commercials on television.


17 posted on 05/24/2017 4:52:02 PM PDT by shortstop (I used to wrap fish in the New York Times, but it made the fish stink.)
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To: Paladin2

True, but most car reviewers were giving the new 8 speed transmission a thumbs up and 0-60 times were slightly faster with the automatic. One of the solutions for the shift problem was to start in manual (paddle shift) mode, switching to automatic after the first run. Regarding squeaks, we’re talking about louder than normal and in mild driving conditions. Standard dealer response is to blow off any brake dust and say “that should do it”.


18 posted on 05/24/2017 5:10:55 PM PDT by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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Brake noise can be a difficult problem to resolve.

Getting all of the parts to have fundamental and overtone frequencies separated from each other (a design problem) can help along with friction material selections and additional damping elements can help.

Brakes should only be used in an emergency which is why a m/t is good as one can get a fair amount of compression braking to avoid hitting the other pedal so frequently. Promotes fuel economy....

19 posted on 05/24/2017 5:23:56 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Leaning Right

Oh, wow!


20 posted on 05/24/2017 6:32:29 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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