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Old 25-04-2005, 01:57 PM   #1
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Default Any Pontiac fans here? Check this mad commercial out!! *vid*

2004 Pontiacs in Action
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Dont know if any of you have seen this yet but I just stumbled on this TV commercial for last years Pontiac line up.

All I gotta say is.... damn why cant we have stuff like this on TV??? Its awesome!! :
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Old 25-04-2005, 02:30 PM   #2
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sidge vid. the ending was the best though. i bet half the ppl in america dont even realize theyre drivn an australian bred car. the pontiac GT0 version looks better than the monaro though. sum dude said he saw one in australia. im like pffft i doubt it. coz those cars r made for american standards and i dunno if those would b compatible with australian standards. the ads on australian Tv r gettn more and more lame. there is a lot of stupid ads that just suck balls.
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Old 25-04-2005, 03:10 PM   #3
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****in awesome. What I wouldnt give to be able to drive like that...
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Old 25-04-2005, 03:36 PM   #4
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The GTO came down on its nose pretty heavy, say there was a little bit of panel work on that one to get it back to show room condition.
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Old 25-04-2005, 03:41 PM   #5
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sidge vid. the ending was the best though. i bet half the ppl in america dont even realize theyre drivn an australian bred car. the pontiac GT0 version looks better than the monaro though. sum dude said he saw one in australia. im like pffft i doubt it. coz those cars r made for american standards and i dunno if those would b compatible with australian standards. the ads on australian Tv r gettn more and more lame. there is a lot of stupid ads that just suck balls.
mate, ive seen pontiac GTO's over here on about 5 seperate occasions.

and i'm not a fan of the pontiac GTO....i rekin it looks butt ugly....the rims look so shit on it

mad clip though...how mad would it be to be able to thrash cars like that when you dont own them!
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Old 25-04-2005, 03:51 PM   #6
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mate, ive seen pontiac GTO's over here on about 5 seperate occasions.
do u mean the newish ones or old ones? ive never seen any new ones.

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how mad would it be to be able to thrash cars like that when you dont own them!
sure would b awesome.. and get paid for it aswell. next best thing is taking a POS out bush lol. "yeah man were hittn 60km/h" :sm_headba
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Old 25-04-2005, 05:08 PM   #7
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do u mean the newish ones or old ones? ive never seen any new ones.


all i know is that they were pontiac GTOs...not monaros....

a few of them had the left hand drive stickers, but the others didnt, so they may have been right hand drive (Didnt get time to see) or they might have just lacked the stickers...
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Old 25-04-2005, 05:31 PM   #8
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I've seen a few 04+ GTO's. It's not like its hard to do.. wow, bolt a Pontiac front end onto a Monaro (otherwise identical car). And I don't know why anyone with half a brain would do it, its the ugliest, UGLY UGLY UGLY UGLIEST thing I've ever seen. I wish I could personally punch the person who designed that front end in the face. It would make me a tiny bit happier knowing I've done that.

Oh, that vid kicks *** btw.

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Old 25-04-2005, 05:41 PM   #9
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yeah but at least holden r exportn though and its picked up over there. i think america wants a piece of the utes as well. also a lot of visitors to the HSV site r from the US who are interested in importing HSVs. they exported the monaro to the UK and think its goin alright there, badged as a vauxhal monaro. dont think ford australia is exportn anythn. correct me if im wrong. why dont ford australia have a coupe match up to the monaro? if they did that means they could b raced.
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Old 25-04-2005, 07:06 PM   #10
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wouldnt the fact that there is an american "ford" hurt Aus ford if they ever wanted to export....since there is already a ford motor company over there.....just a thought I had...
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Old 25-04-2005, 07:16 PM   #11
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I saw a Pontiac GTO or a Monaro with GTO parts on it at Tempe tyres last week i thought it looked ok or at least different.
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wouldnt the fact that there is an american "ford" hurt Aus ford if they ever wanted to export....since there is already a ford motor company over there.....just a thought I had...
yeah spose it might b pointless. but a lot of american cars r ugly as. even i think a falcon might do well over there coz they r shit load nicer than the american fords in my opinion. i think america should take sum design tips from the aussies. holden has already ruled out exportn commodores i think.
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Old 25-04-2005, 08:12 PM   #13
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What load of crap. A little over the top for t.v
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What load of crap. A little over the top for t.v
lol...id say it is perfect for TV....as its not gonna happen in real life :P
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Old 25-04-2005, 08:21 PM   #15
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lol...id say it is perfect for TV....as its not gonna happen in real life :P
thats what TV is all bout
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Old 25-04-2005, 10:19 PM   #16
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I like the fact that the Mona...erm sorry, Pontiac GTO winds up on a trash Barge, just where it belongs.....
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Old 26-04-2005, 06:18 PM   #17
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cmon guys give atleast a bit of credit!
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Old 26-04-2005, 06:22 PM   #18
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at least its an awesome ad. a lot more creative than most. sum pretty kick *** drivn. not like the ads in aus
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the ad itself is good. i said that...but i dont like the car. its ugly....maybe they agree with me, because its not CLEARLY visible in the ad imo lol
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Old 26-04-2005, 08:17 PM   #20
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I thought the camera moved around way too much- I never saw a full maneuver (aside from a powerslide). It looked like they took each shot seperately :/

Need some `happy cam' videos of enthusiastic driving from our members!
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Old 26-04-2005, 11:32 PM   #21
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kick *** vid, the GTO sounds very nice.

come on some of u, the Monaro isnt that bad
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Old 27-04-2005, 12:09 AM   #22
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GMH had 3 GTO Pontiacs (Monaros) on display at the GM American day at Yarra Glen Racecourse (Vic) last November.

The Falcon would not sell well in the states as they love their SUV's & Americans don't look at 4 Door cars as performance type cars The Aussie ute is less optioned then their Pick ups.Plus RWD cars are not as good in snow condtions as AWD or FWD as most of the country has snow for 3-6 months of the year.

I been over 8 times latest being October last year for a month and most cars on the roads are SUV's being the most common then their Domestic and Jap cars.

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Old 27-04-2005, 10:13 AM   #23
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plus they like everythn bigger over there. those F250s r almost trucks. SUV (sports utility vehicle). as if u could take half of them offroad. no place for a SUV or 4WD wateva u call it in the city. there was talks of exportn the holden SS ute as the new el camino a while back. dunno where thats goin. of course they change to suit their market a bit. but the prototype i saw still had the SS badges on it . but this was when the VX commys were unveiled.

as for havin sound for the vid (no speakers). well lets say i was very drunk and they blew up so i dunno wat it sounds like lol
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