Has anyone else been annoyed by this commercial? It goes a little like this:
Daughter: Dad, can you drop me off a block before we get to the theatre.
Dad: Sure
Daughter: It’s just becauase people in that part of town are all riding bikes and have hybrids and stuff.
Dad: Well, this is a hybrid.
Daughter: A hybrid hybrid?
And it goes on…
Is this really what society has come to? Guilting our kids into pressuring parents to buy them hybrids? I’m all for the environment, but isn’t this a little smug? Now our kids are going to be embarrassed by us if we don’t have a Hybrid? Make them cheaper, then i’ll think about it. Not because my kid’s friends’ parents have them.
November 12, 2007 at 1:10 am
Here’s how I think something like this would go down in our house…
Lincoln: Dad, will you drive me to the theatre?
Me: No. Why the heck would you want to go to the theatre?
Lincoln: I want to beat up some hippies.
Me: Oh, why didn’t you say so? Hop in the Hummer.
November 25, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Is the daughter an idiot? She doesn’t know it’s a hybrid even though the vehicle has a badge that say “Hybrid” on the rear. Is the dad an idiot? “I don’t know what a hybrid hybrid is, but yeah.”
Glad to see Ford thinks they got a shot at the vapid idiot market. No wonder the US auto industry is in trouble if that’s the market segment they are pursuing.
November 26, 2007 at 11:23 am
I totally agree with Mike, this is the most ridiculous commercial I have ever seen, the kid is dumb and can’t read, and the dad is worse because he puts up with it. If I was into buying a car that will cost me thousands to replace the batteries in, this ad would make me go to another vendor. Who do they pay money to make these stupid commercials?
December 31, 2007 at 2:36 am
Here’s how the conversation would probably go in my house:
Daughter: Dad, can you drop me off a block before we get to the theatre.
Dad: Why, are you scoring drugs?
Daughter: It’s just becauase people in that part of town are all riding bikes and have hybrids and stuff.
Dad: Okay,I’ll go one better, I’ll drop you off right here in the driveway and you can walk the whole way.