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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: donut82 on 20 August 2010, 13:50:25

Title: What were they thinking!?
Post by: donut82 on 20 August 2010, 13:50:25: I was bored so went on Youtube for a bit and found this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUM3oej8P5g

I remember alot of old car adverts, especially Vauxhall because there were some pretty cool ones, but I don't ever remember this one, and its sooooo crap!
Thank god the car was a damn site better than the advert because it wouldn't make me want to go and buy one :)
Title: Re: What were they thinking!?
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 20 August 2010, 15:10:49: ............and note in that advert that Omega is pronounced using the letter 'O', Omega. Yet the times garages and others say 'Omega! :D :D :D :D :D ;)
Title: Re: What were they thinking!?
Post by: Dave Elite on 20 August 2010, 17:12:38: I remember this one, is was shi*e. I used to like the cavalier one that used Peter Gabrial's 'Sledge Hammer'. But that would probably look shite now as well. wonder if its on youtube?
Title: Re: What were they thinking!?
Post by: Dave Elite on 20 August 2010, 17:17:38: yeh havnt seen this since it was on telly, still like it lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zYbq-L0hiE
Title: Re: What were they thinking!?
Post by: Road Hog Mad on 21 August 2010, 09:51:28: I like the old Eric Clapton song they play with the adverts, I used to always have that song on one of my CD's in the car and when it was playing say to myself, buy a vauxhall with 0% finance lol.
:D
Title: Re: What were they thinking!?
Post by: andy_driver on 21 August 2010, 09:58:06: my god that advert is crap what were they thinking the omega deserves better than that
Title: Re: What were they thinking!?
Post by: plym ian on 21 August 2010, 18:56:40: Doesn't make me want to buy one. Wonder what the sales figures were like in that year :)
I always liked the nova ad where the back was jacked up at the back
Title: Re: What were they thinking!?
Post by: Andy B on 21 August 2010, 19:37:54: Quote
............and note in that advert that Omega is pronounced using the letter 'O', Omega. Yet the times garages and others say 'Omega! :D :D :D :D :D ;)

I've had the same conversation just about every time I've had to say what car the part or what ever is for. I say Oh-meg-a, they say ... 'what :-/? do you mean O-meeg-a?
Title: Re: What were they thinking!?
Post by: Sir Sideways on 21 August 2010, 20:16:40: Ive always pronounced it oh-mee- ger, I wonder if its an accent thing....
Title: Re: What were they thinking!?
Post by: markomega25 on 23 August 2010, 02:10:44: At school we were always taught to pronounce it "oh-mi-ga".

But then the 24th and last letter of the greek alphabet does not actually appear on my car!

But it means in translation - "the last of a series; the final development". Oh how car manufacturers like to take the micky eh?