Can We Sue Nissan For False Advertising?

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
08/02/2014 at 23:30 • Filed to: ad watch

Watching the Barrett Jackson auction and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! keeps playing. The douchebag in the ad says that the Nissan Altima is the most exciting sedan on the roads.

BULL-FUCKING-SHIT.

DISCUSSION (28)

Tom McParland > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/02/2014 at 23:33

It's the most exciting sedan on the roads in that particular commercial, because there are no other sedans on the roads of said commercial.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Tom McParland
08/02/2014 at 23:34

Which also makes it the most boring.

GhostZ > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/02/2014 at 23:35

False Advertising only counts if they say something empirically, objectively wrong. Since "excitement" is subjective, they aren't technically wrong. Also, I think how much they have to gain financially plays a factor too (if they're making tons of money on something that is deceptive, but not technically wrong, it's worse than no money on something that is factually wrong) If they claimed it got a certain MPG or power that it didn't, that would be false advertising because you can measure how wrong they are.

But yeah, they're totally wrong. The Altima has fallen far since 2005. It's always been the worst car Nissan has ever had to offer for the last few decades. I'd rather own a Cross-Cabriolet than a new Altima, at least the former is weird .

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Tom McParland
08/02/2014 at 23:35

He doesn't specify which roads. He just says the roads, which means all roads. Therefore, he's lying.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > GhostZ
08/02/2014 at 23:38

But, you can measure excitement.

Tom McParland > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/02/2014 at 23:43

Yeah Nissan needs to stop with this shit.

GhostZ > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/02/2014 at 23:43

Not in the eyes of... the law .

(NSFW, BTW)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > GhostZ
08/02/2014 at 23:47

Are you a federal officer of the larw?

ARE YOU A FEDERAL OFFICER OF THE LARW?!?!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Tom McParland
08/02/2014 at 23:48

Can we get a comparison test done of a bunch of sedans to find the most exciting one?

Leadbull > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/02/2014 at 23:55

That beautiful ad from last winter makes up for it, though.

The Murano can definitely drive on trains, and MIA definitely doesn't suck.

Somethingwittyer likes noisy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/02/2014 at 23:57

But, but those totally not actors thought it was a high tech race car!!! I even saw another commercial of an Altima drifting! Never mind it's FWD, it's has to be legit guise! Guise?

Ark > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/03/2014 at 00:00

The Altima is vehicular Xanax. It's so boring I honestly think it's a safety hazard because it puts drivers to sleep. Also the other people looking at it on the road. And the employees building it in the factory.

pirates-ecu > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/03/2014 at 00:01

my vote is for sedan thunderdome.... many enter ..... one car leaves.

shop-teacher > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/03/2014 at 00:04

I actually laughed out loud at that commercial

JGrabowMSt > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/03/2014 at 00:09

Clearly they've never heard of the Model S.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/03/2014 at 00:10

That's my stand on the majority of all advertising - it's legalised lying.

wiffleballtony > JGrabowMSt
08/03/2014 at 00:28

Model S is the most unreliable FTFY

wiffleballtony > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/03/2014 at 00:30

I honestly don' t think Nissan knows what they're doing anymore.

JGrabowMSt > wiffleballtony
08/03/2014 at 00:30

That's part of what makes it the most exciting . A complete lack of reliability can sometimes make a car far more exhilarating.

Like the feeling of a dead battery, or 'sploded head gasket. That's why it's always "the thrill of the chase," not "the thrill of the catch."

wiffleballtony > JGrabowMSt
08/03/2014 at 00:44

Fair point, I cede to your opinion

grantsaccount > Somethingwittyer likes noisy
08/03/2014 at 01:47

I dunno... I've seen Altimas drift in Australia.

r35 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/04/2014 at 15:14

CVT................

Mike > Somethingwittyer likes noisy
08/04/2014 at 15:30

To be fair, I've gotten my Civic to "drift" around a bit on a private road with the handbrake. Though this is an utterly horrible idea, it is quite fun. Somehow I doubt you could do it with an Altima without breaking something, though.

Jacque8080 > GhostZ
08/04/2014 at 16:55

I would like to see when they did a survey that said people actually voted it is more exciting.

Plecostomus is a starred commenter > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/04/2014 at 17:33

That would actually be a worthwhile comparison.

Plecostomus is a starred commenter > Tom McParland
08/04/2014 at 17:52

Seriously. Because my commute regularly involves using some kind of advanced hardlight energy grappling hook to sling my Nissan from building to building, as well as grinding on rails and riding the roof of the metrolink to skip morning traffic. And my Nissan didn't do so well when I attmpted to get it onto the roof of the train.

Captain_Spadaro > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/04/2014 at 22:27

No, I'm Sparatcus.

Captain_Spadaro > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/04/2014 at 22:28

The V6 Altima would actually be a not bad car if it had a something other than a CVT and a firmer suspension tune (seriously, they mentioned in the 2013 brochure how the rear suspension has passive rear steering).