by "TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
Published 03/11/2017 at 07:23
by "TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
Published 03/11/2017 at 07:23
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STARS: 6
Yeah, I’m looking at you, Chevy. http://m.chevrolet.com/special-edition-silverado.html
Five? Why not just call them appearance packages? Doesn’t “special edition” mean anything any more? Dang marketers.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/11/2017 at 07:58, STARS: 4
I love how they take the flame decal approach to this.
“The ultimate outdoorsmen truck, because it has a camouflage graphic.”
“The ultimate snow truck, because it has a bear graphic.”
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
03/11/2017 at 08:08, STARS: 1
Chevy has been doing this with the Corvette since the 70s. Nothing to see here.
"whoarder is tellurium" (whoarder)
03/11/2017 at 08:23, STARS: 0
I saw one of these last night and I kinda.... I kinda liked it:
"Nibby" (nibby68)
03/11/2017 at 08:40, STARS: 1
love everybody is destroying the value of all hate has got me nowhere
"misfitmascots" (misfitmascots)
03/11/2017 at 08:49, STARS: 2
The snow truck is also prepped to have a snow plow attached, it has a bigger alternator, auxiliary light switches and some other stuff.
"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
03/11/2017 at 08:52, STARS: 4
Have you seen the commercial for them?
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Reminds me of this one:
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Definitely not overacting.
"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
03/11/2017 at 08:54, STARS: 2
Have you had your coffee yet this morning? I’ve had mine and yet I still can’t parse what you are saying.
"Nibby" (nibby68)
03/11/2017 at 08:58, STARS: 0
quote from this
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"GUYMANDUDE" (guymandudebro)
03/11/2017 at 09:08, STARS: 2
There are plenty of people who are actually this stupid. That is what they are counting on.
Some bolt-ons at twice the retal price and some flame stickers, sign me up.
I’ll take the 6.0l with the 4l80. Trailer brakes, tow mirrors. Manual transfer case. Limited slip diff. Airbags in rear. And an interior designed to be hosed out. We will call it the “not a road princess truck edition”
"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
03/11/2017 at 09:13, STARS: 0
Sounds like a good setup. If only they could all be cleaned with a hose.
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"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
03/11/2017 at 09:44, STARS: 1
All at the junkyard where they all belong.
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
03/11/2017 at 10:21, STARS: 0
they’re applying Porsche logic
"daender" (daender)
03/11/2017 at 10:30, STARS: 1
I’m not going to lie, some of those special editions are pretty cool.
Rally 1: because it could make for a good-looking street truck with the right amount of lowering.
Special Ops: because rollbars with lights are still cool to my inner 8 year-old self.
Alaskan: because snowplow-ready.
Black Out: because perfect base to build a 454 SS-lookalike.
High Dessert: because magnetic ride control, folding hard bed cover, and Avalanche sail panels look great to me.
That said, these are WAY too much for my bank account or common sense so I’ll just end up buying an used small pickup.
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
03/11/2017 at 10:51, STARS: 2
Remember, those real people not actors, are people willing to spend an entire day filming for $50 and lunch from Jimmy John’s.
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
03/11/2017 at 10:55, STARS: 0
They aren’t fooling anyone with that special edition bs. The only thing that they are doing is ensuring that none of these will be collectable.
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
03/11/2017 at 11:12, STARS: 0
The marketing genius is they get enough gullible customers to keep the company alive. I work in a GM dealership and see it every day. The general public IS that stupid. Believe me, if I was being fed the load of bullshit that I hear our salesman feeding people I’d be running away. Somehow there are people so blinded or numbed by the sales spiel, plastic chrome and the leather smell that they sign on the dotted line.
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
03/11/2017 at 11:27, STARS: 0
I work in technical support, the informed consumer is a rare bird for sure, just today I’ve had 4 calls where the problem was the computer was unplugged.
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
03/11/2017 at 11:54, STARS: 0
In the dealership my favorite idiots are the ones that come in because of a tire pressure light. Very seldom is it a bad sensor. They are baffled when we add air to the tire and it goes away.
My own daughter who can change a spare and actually knows cars pretty well for a female has called me for the same issue. She has even changed a thermostat before on her own. She had no flat tires on her Audi but the light was one. My first question was “did you check the air pressure”? There was a long pause on the phone... “its that simple”? I had to restrain myself from laughing.
Back to the original post, there are few people who know cars anymore. When I was young my dad started showing me stuff when I was about 9 or 10. I had my first car before my license and was taught to change plugs, oil, etc. People have little knowledge of automobiles anymore and will accept whatever nonsense you tell them. You can sell some people anything if you baffle them enough.
"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
03/11/2017 at 13:37, STARS: 0
My beef with the rally one is that nothing whatsoever on that truck is vaguely “rally.” It’s like adding a winter weather package to a car and calling it the “Luchador Edition.” The name and the actual modifications are completely unrelated.
"daender" (daender)
03/11/2017 at 14:07, STARS: 1
I agree with your opinion. I think Chevy already butchered the meaning of “rally” when they used it on the Camaro as a appearance package. At least they’re keeping continuity by offering the same deal on a new truck.
"NJAnon" (NJAnon)
03/12/2017 at 19:02, STARS: 0
But jimmy johns taste pretty good. subs so fast you’ll freak!
"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
03/13/2017 at 12:32, STARS: 0
But they don’t have a double-special-edition. Like the pallet jack at work:
Also, The Incredibles was objectivist propaganda. “Atlas Shrugged” for kids...