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Re:Britain's roads can't keep up with our cars by moomin on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @05:30AM (#37494368)
Seems a good time to drag up this ad that demonstrated how much space cars take up again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYn8aQIpNH4
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Re:Britain's roads can't keep up with our cars by austinjp on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @05:48AM (#37494528)
Wow, I watched that with the sound off and was surprised it's actually a car manufacturer's ad. What a misfire. In turn, that reminded me of this legendary ad misfire:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strand_(cigarette)#Marketing

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Re:Britain's roads can't keep up with our cars by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @09:50AM (#37496735)
This Fiat advert from the seventies is remarkably honest:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/22/8e/70/228e700a28f190746ea9...

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