Subject: Car videos worth watching :)
08/06/2008 @ 20:37:54: ingo: Car videos worth watching :)
Lada vs.Dacia:

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=N2utFVvAY6Q&feature=related
08/06/2008 @ 20:44:49: antp: Car videos worth watching :)

The Polish answer:


:rofl:

the 3rd one is well known but still so good :smile:
08/06/2008 @ 20:48:30: taxiguy: Car videos worth watching :)
Just a few minutes ago a friend sent me that link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UunbdjaUeb8

The location is Bern, Switzerland


What happened there? Why are all those cars just sitting there rotting in the mud? And what does "Der Friedhof der Toten Autos" mean?
Also, I felt bad for those four police cars in a stack at 0:16 :sad:
From bottom to top they were:
-1987 Pontiac Bonneville
-1975 Chevrolet Nova
-1978 Chevrolet Malibu (2-door)
-1978 Pontiac LeMans
08/06/2008 @ 21:00:55: ingo: Car videos worth watching :)
@taxiguy: it's an old junkyard. The authority want since more than 20 years to close it (environment etc.), but the owner is against it. They had juristic fights a lot.
The new idea (and the only chance) of the owner is, to declare it as a museum, a cultural-historic sight. So he started to mount stairways and lookouts. Also some artists have placed some installatations (like this white plastic, you can see on some pics).
See the top link on that page:
http://www.icmesa.com/tinhunter/

Just yesterday, on a big oldtimer-market in Northern Germany, I've met the "tinhunter"-guy, and this weekend a friend from Switzerland has visited me (surely he knows that place, too), so I got the latest news from the first hands. :wink:

Martin, the "tinhunter" told me, that a few weeks ago, he has been there again to take photos of all cars there. He was the last visitor, before they begun with the art-decoration.

Philipp, the Swiss guy (also the president of the Swiss Old-Beetle-club) told me, that the owner is a bit strange (like a lot of these old junkyard-men).
He always refuses to sell cars or parts (since years Philipp tries to pick up one of the split-screen-Beetles from him). He wants to keep the place as it is - or everything will be cleared off and brought to the scrap-shredder.

A time ago, one Porsche was sold - picked up by a helicopter, because it was the only chance to reach that car.
08/06/2008 @ 21:06:23: ingo: Car videos worth watching :)
P.S.

"Der Friedhof der toten Autos" means "The graveyard of the dead cars"
08/06/2008 @ 21:08:21: CarChasesFanatic: Car videos worth watching :)
When i see a site like this i feel like i wish i could get them all and restore them, there are real beauties in that junkyard :smile:
08/06/2008 @ 21:24:17: ingo: Car videos worth watching :)
At least they're too rotten for restoration. But you can try it.
I'm not sure, if it was that car on the pic, but one car in a condition like this Opel was picked up and restored (pic from the German yard of the tinhunter-page):
http://www.icmesa.com/tinhunter/WHV/OpelRekordP2Cabriolet.htm

If the Swiss authority can get through to clear off that yard, the same thing will happen like over there:
http://www.icmesa.com/tinhunter/Houthalen/THAHouthalen.htm
This place is empty since the year 2000. Everything was crushed in the shredder, totally.
I'm very happy, that I could see it in 1999.
16/06/2008 @ 12:56:04: CarChasesFanatic: Car videos worth watching :)
I wonder if it was really filmed there...
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=pp2dORfz99g
16/06/2008 @ 19:07:13: taxiguy: Car videos worth watching :)


:lol: Funny as that car is not even sold in the US.

Also notice that the "fancy" cars are not actual cars at all, but heavily modified Cadillacs, Hummers, Lamborginis, etc...
I suppose this was done as to not advertise for any other car company. :ohwell:
16/06/2008 @ 20:24:42: CarChasesFanatic: Car videos worth watching :)
Yes but that is not new for me, at leat not in Europe, every car advert announcing a car will modify the traffic cars or remove the logos so people dont pay attention to them, about the filming location even if the car is not sold there isnt surprising at all, its not the first time we see that, i was just wondering if it really was filmed there, which i dont know :ohwell:
17/06/2008 @ 04:24:54: badlymad: Car videos worth watching :)
Dodge Ram jumping over vehicles:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ed8_1213173471

The result of crashing into a train at 74mph:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c66_1213223069
17/06/2008 @ 22:54:19: taxiguy: Car videos worth watching :)
:bigeyes2125: This commercial is simply amazing, I wish there were more like it for other cars, it's so cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b939O7dGqQ

This one's kind of amusing too. I love how they've got the guy with the British accent to try and make it seem "luxury" :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c7_RurBqGs
17/06/2008 @ 23:23:54: taxiguy: Car videos worth watching :)
This one's quite entertaining also :smile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjY-FVVBlLQ
17/06/2008 @ 23:30:52: CarChasesFanatic: Car videos worth watching :)
The Plymouth one is excellent!! and the Olds one is quite funny haha, there is a special thing, in an Oldsmobile! (lala) haha :lol:
18/06/2008 @ 00:09:14: taxiguy: Car videos worth watching :)
Yeah, the Chevrolet one is quite sing-song-y too. "Cavalier and Camaro, Corvette and Caprice" :grin:
18/06/2008 @ 00:51:20: taxiguy: Car videos worth watching :)
Here's an Australian Holden Commercial from about 1991

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY-1mEPQMSk

The funny thing is, there isn't a single "Holden" in it, as they are all rebadged models from other makers

Barina = Geo Metro/Suzuki Swift
Apollo = Toyota Camry
Rodeo = Isuzu
Commodore = Opel Omega
Nova = Toyota Corolla
18/06/2008 @ 10:14:11: antp: Car videos worth watching :)
The Commodore was more than a simple rebadging :wink: (even if it is heavily based on Omega & Senator)
19/06/2008 @ 10:01:03: marioman3138: Car videos worth watching :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww5gKcfHz9w&feature=related
Monaro add
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjgSesvHoKc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Ic3RqPIJo&feature=related
Football, Meat Pies Kangaroos and Holden Cars (80's, then 70's add)
19/06/2008 @ 12:46:26: marioman3138: Car videos worth watching :)
http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/car_info_holden_torana_lx.htm
Scroll down, link under the orange SLR 5000 with the TV next to it. Original LX Torana add. How cool is the tent!
19/06/2008 @ 18:37:33: ingo: Car videos worth watching :)
[quote=taxiguy,22808
This one's kind of amusing too. I love how they've got the guy with the British accent to try and make it seem "luxury" :lol:
[/quote]

The "british-acting" actor is Christopher Plummer, the priest and bad guy in this (kind of classic) comedy: http://imcdb.org/movie_92925-Dragnet.html
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