@ed_Frugal, we got a brand new dump truck, impressive grill, but chrome plated plastic or smething similar, tightened too hard at the factory, stress fractures at the bolt points in the brand new truck, Those big grills remind me of the critters in yellow submarine, beatles
Triedaq,I,ve mowed our local chapel with an old lawnboy,its pretty rough and uneven,its an acre and took Me 7 Hrs,only time I stopped was to gas up the old Lawnboy.Back in those days when my left hip started killing Me,figured it was arthritis and kept going(turns out it was broken L5) Despite the pain,kept going,knew that I could quit when I was done(dont have that willpower now or just got smarter)
When the time comes for major auto repairs done by yours truly,I tear into because ,we are not going anywhere till its fixed. The amount of money people spend on huge riding mowers to mow these “grass deserts” astounds me,even in this rural area,the stillness is broken by the constant drone of mowers.The yard sizes have been creeping up over the decades,what used to be ,hay fields or grazing land is now lawns.I wonder if the average person realizes how much time and money thet spend on these never satisfied “verdant” expanses?
Conspicuous consumption is very fashionable in the 'burbs. And anything over 3 acres can be considered an ‘estate’ with ‘grounds’ that require maintenance. But just last week 2 people died near me while mowing their grass on zero turn machines that flipped on steep banks. One was 19 the other 77.
If I found myself living on a 3 acre spread a herd of goats might be in the picture somewhere.
Make that one acre…
A now deceased friend who was a race car driver and ran a tow truck operation along with a salvage had a goat turned loose in his salvage yard. It kept all the greenery mowed.
Unfortunately it would get into a car sometime and start eating the seat covers. Once while standing there talking to him I felt something on my hiney and when I looked around the goat took off while chewing up my checkbook. That goat would eat anything except sheet metal.
@RK,these things are very dangerous on slopes,I imagine the Feds will mandate Stability controls,better roll cages and harnesses on these things,dont think ABS and Airbags will help them
“the reason so many people buy these huge pickups needlessly is the “mine’s bigger than yours” impulse.”
+1
Back in the '90s, Hyundai used this theory to their advantage in commercials for the Elantra.
While they are comparing an Elantra owner to owners of expensive GT cars, the principle is exactly the same.
“Mine’s bigger than yours” is the operative motivation for a whole lot of men when it comes time to purchase a vehicle.
I like it VDC, I like it!
Yeah, and why do the grilles on all the trucks have to be big snarling chrome monstrousities these days?
I like the big chrome grills. At stop lights I can just look in the rear view mirror to check all my rear lights. Although you can see the other driver start looking nervous as they see one turn signal then the other then the hazards. Then they get really nervous when I check the reverse lights. 
And I thought those outrageous chrome front ends were useless…
I do the same thing PvtPublic does. And when I’m at a stoplight behind a big flat-assed shiney vehicle I check my front lights. I do it often.
Not a car ad but still related.
Ah, a new low in commercials!
That advertisement was “just a little bit” too suggestive
I think it definitely crossed some lines
Anyways, I work and live near Burbank. In fact, one of my colleagues lives in Burbank, and knows MANY of the shops and shop owners there. I’ll have to ask him if he knows this joker
@db4690 : I agree, it is not really good advertisement for any business if you think about it. That’s why we think someone was really fooling with the owner to make the ad. Apparently it was shown on the Ellen DeGeneres show, but I can not imagine for positive comments.
Unfortunately, I think there’s a distinct possibility the ad was legitimate, and the owner was fully aware of it. Perhaps he even authorized it
Not all people have the good sense that you obviously have
The man in the commercial, Georgen Zargarian appears to be the owner of Arlen’s Transmission. He seems to be a strange guy.
I definitely wouldn’t send my daughter there… or any other woman I cared about.
Come to think of it, I wouldn’t send my son there either. Sleeze is sleeze, and I wouldn’t trust this guy to straighten a bandaid.
In a city as large and diverse as LA there is likely an immense potential customer base that is impressed with such a commercial. As they say, one mans trash is another mans treasure.
Sad, but true.