I will never buy a Hyundai after seeing this commercial...

[Cid_B]

Seriously, what marketing genius thinks that one of the most annoying sounds in the world ( drained smoke detector ) is going to convince me to buy your car.

Has anyone else seen this abomination?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JvMklkqsew

[seabeyond]

1. i think it is funny. i have fire, alarm, carbon, and one other. i have been that man

walking thru the house to see where the beep is coming from.

[Bluzmann57]

2. Haven't seen it

But it doesn't matter because I only buy American cars.

[jobycom]

9. It's probably made in Alabama.

:shrug:

Cars are so multi-national now that the "origin" of the car is really only a PO Box in whatever country the company is cheating on their taxes in, anyway. :)

[Name removed]

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[Romulox]

47. By non-union workers whose state was selected for its anti-labor policies, and low standards

of living. :hi:

[JNelson6563]

50. Thank you. Always good to get the FULL story.

:toast:

[jobycom]

52. Ah, South-bashing is allowed at DU again?

:shrug:

[Romulox]

54. It's the simple truth. There's no "bashing" involved. nt

[BiggJawn]

19. Me too.

Of course, I haven't been getting around much since I ripped that damn Frenchie Frog-Frog-built tranny out of my Ranger...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. That little chirp?

[virgogal]

4. I've seen it several times------doesn't bother me at all. (I mute most ads)

[kas125]

5. I thought it was funny. My dad is deaf and has about seven

smoke detectors and two carbon monoxide detectors in his little house. When one of them starts beeping, I have to keep listening and search for which one it is. I thought that commercial was kind of clever.

[Warren DeMontague]

6. they're really good cars.

honestly, that's a stupid decision to make- pro OR con- over an ad. Sure, buy a piece of crap that's going to break down every 5 minutes (like the cars from one particular country that we're always being guilt-tripped into buying) because you like the ads.

[lbrtbell]

49. I don't buy American cars because of "guilt-tripping"

I buy them because they're better and more comfortable.

[Warren DeMontague]

55. I didn't say American cars, did I?

Anyway, I'm glad you've found something you like. My experience with them has that they've near-universally been pieces of poorly made crap. But, as they say, YMMV.

[jobycom]

7. Looks like a pretty good commercial to me. The one that pisses me off lately is...

This Nissan Leaf commercial. First, it's just dumb. Second, the commercial defeats itself, because before you realize they are advertising the car, you think they are pointing out that every electrical item pollutes the air because the source of the electricity pollutes... then they show you the electric car and claim it doesn't pollute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn__9hLJKAk

[CreekDog]

8. i don't think they're trying to convince you to buy their car based on an ad

they're trying to get you to think about that car, or perhaps just the brand when you are thinking of buying a car.

advertising is kind of complicated.

:rofl:

[WillParkinson]

10. I thought it was cute...

But I'm weird.

[RSillsbee]

11. Think of all the free publicity you just gave Hyundai NT

[Cid_B]

12. I shall now go take my life in the most disgusting and painful manner possible...

[Bladian]

13. I have a Hyundai, thank you.

More reliable than my dad's Jaguar or my mom's BMW put together and then some.

[nessa]

14. How about this ad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4V8uaQFAq8&feature=player_embedded

I think Hyundai is great

[cherokeeprogressive]

15. Have you seen this Volkswagen commercial?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnL-7x4n4d8

[Synicus Maximus]

17. One of my favorites

[sharp_stick]

16. That's all it takes to make you ban a company

I'm guessing your house must be pretty damned empty.

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. I'll alert the media

[BiggJawn]

20. You must go through a lot of TV's...

Because if *THAT* pissed you off, some of the really obnoxious sexist crap out there must make you throw bricks through the screens...

[Atman]

21. Hyundai's are excellent cars. If that's what it takes to make you not buy a quality car...

...good for you. You probably belong in 1992 Escort.

[fadedrose]

22. No, missed it.. The POM commercial gives me the creeps tho....lnt

[flvegan]

23. THAT's the breaking point for you on buying a Hyundai?

Or for that matter, any brand?

[A HERETIC I AM]

25. Makes ya wonder, eh?

"I'll never buy another coffee till they do away with sugar packets!"

[flvegan]

26. I hate the Progressive commercials

doesn't make me want to change my car insurance. And then who would I change it to? They ALL make stupid or annoying commercials. "I JUST WON'T CARRY INSURANCE, THAT WILL TEACH THEM ALL!!!!1"

Cracks me up.

[dems_rightnow]

24. Wow, overreact much?

???

[Cid_B]

29. The strangest threads get people riled...

Seriously, after I posted this I said to myself "Why would you bother? It's just a petty annoyance and no one besides you actually cares"

Looks like I was right and wrong...

[Romulox]

27. It's cute how DUers don't care about American workers! SOLIDARITY!!!!

:puke:

[Riftaxe]

30. jingoism, a game

the entire family can play!

[Romulox]

32. jingoism: "extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jingoism

[Riftaxe]

34. Bravo, you selected a single definition

now grasshopper, give us the rest of them....

Learning never killed me, i doubt it will harm you much :)

[Romulox]

37. It's the only one listed at Webster's. Learn to admit your mistakes, then move on. nt

[Riftaxe]

38. LOL skip that nationalism thing why don't 'ya

I forget do i salute your type with the left or right arm...ahh well no matter.

but for those who do not believe your not lying your arse off...

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jingoism">Merriam Webster: Jingoism

the sheer fact that you are able to post, and have no awareness of 20th century history is staggering in and of itself. I mean, sure we always had high school drop outs, but an elementary school one?

[Romulox]

44. The phrase "gibbering incoherence" gets bandied about a lot these days...

Ummm, I am speechless. :rofl: :hi:

[Riftaxe]

41. You cannot possibly win a fight with a logiphile

even if you do, we just thank you and ask you for more :)

[Union Scribe]

39. Well, that was dumb.

For Christmas, please get someone to buy you a dictionary and a good history of organized labor.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

40. Well, you only seem to care about 400,000 of them.

So you should feel quite at home here.

[Romulox]

43. While your labor views are indistinguishable from those of George W. Bush.

:hi:

[NutmegYankee]

31. Huh? That was a funny commercial!

And it made a nice point about a big Hybrid concern - battery life.

[Romulox]

33. LOVE how American workers may be insulted on DU, but not Alabama!

:silly:

[jobycom]

42. I love how space is dark, but not the inside of my refrigerator when the door is open.

:shrug:

[Romulox]

edit: dupe

:shrug:

[Romulox]

46. I think we've spotted our Alabammy-defender.

:hi:

[jobycom]

51. You've spotted someone who can't understand your twisted grammar or your point. nt

[Romulox]

53. And yet there you are, crying about it upthread. Again. nt

[Liquorice]

35. My husband and I thought it was a terrible too and couldn't understand

why in the world they did it. It's ridiculously bad!

[rufus dog]

36. I actually liked it

But I have a dog that goes crazy when the smoke alarms beep so I can relate with the ad.

[L0oniX]

45. Stupid sells.

[lbrtbell]

48. I had that happen to me in real life

Right before bedtime, one of our many alarms started doing that. We have an open floor plan in our house, so sound travels too strangely for us to be able to pinpoint where the sound was coming from. After taking several smoke alarms off the walls to no avail, it turned out that the carbon monoxide alarm was the culprit. FINALLY, we could go to bed, LOL!

But about this commercial...it's not that annoying. You want annoying, try watching a music video with all the flashing and quick cuts they've been doing in recent years. It's enough to make you have a seizure, even if you don't have epilepsy. :(