Holden Colorado Ad

[DGW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close DGW]

Saw it last night, CGI.
It showed a different yellow attachment point on the Colorado and a similarly poor atachment point on the truck, it was no longer a straight piece of RHS but had a 90 deg piece connected on the end. Well it did until it showed the truck from a distance.

Anyway, we had a win and if it stops one person doing something stupid and getting injured, it was worth it.

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Looks like they digitally edited the ad, as at the beginning the car has a towbar with an obvious towball and then when the vehicle is performing the recovery the towball has disappeared so now the chain looks as if it attached to the rear bar.

[Daz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Daz]

Still showing the old ad here tonight 6:30pm on WIN in WA

[Daz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Daz]

Still showing the old ad here in WA today at 1pm on GWN during the footy.....

I had another response from Holden last week indicating all stations in Australia had stopped showing it.

[K & M McF Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close K & M McF]

In Sydney it is the modified ad from what I have seen.

[Madkore Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Madkore]

Hmmm... seems to me they are showing the 'new' ad in WA.

I've seen it a couple of times now and you can clearly see the yellow shackle.

[Jeffers Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jeffers]

This is the result from a tow ball snatch...

Holden are stupid for thinking this is ok!!



Cheers,

Jeff

[KIMBOPRADO Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close KIMBOPRADO]

Seems the dodgy advt dosn't matter, Colorado just won a "safety" award

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...-1226424939880

[Torrie 72 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Torrie 72]

Looks like Holden have finally made an effort to right some wrongs - albeit on YouTube. At least they got someone who knows a bit about 4wding to present it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgEC8...e_gdata_player

Cheers, Ben.

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A little bit off topic - but I want a paint job like the new Colorado. An ad on the telly up here shows a white colorado driving down a muddy dirt road, going through muddy water and crossings and ending up squeaky clean. Bloody fantastic, Ill never have to wash my car again!!!!

[mickmac_42 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mickmac_42]

Looks like Holden have finally made an effort to right some wrongs - albeit on YouTube. At least they got someone who knows a bit about 4wding to present it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgEC8...e_gdata_player

Cheers, Ben.

The factory tie-down points are rated for recovery according to this video. Interesting...


Mike

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You noticed that too? I thought it was my tired old eyes playing DIRTY tricks on me.

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The dude said that it was rated to 1.5T but yet he only used one of them. ???

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The factory tie-down points are rated for recovery according to this video. Interesting...


Mike

They are not factory tie down points (I was reliably informed) they are manufacturers rated recovery points, but I would still be using an equaliser strap

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The factory tie-down points are rated for recovery according to this video. Interesting...


Mike

They are not tie down hooks, they are recovery hooks, they are rated at 1.5T each