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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Simpsons did it. Canyon Aarow

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago

12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American pride, Canyonero!

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Smells like a steak and seats 35!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fixed url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA

What some folks may not know is that at around the same time, Ford had problems with tires imploding on SUVs. While not called out in the Canyonero spoof, I always thought it captured the public vibe about big trucks at the time in light of this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_and_Ford_tire_controversy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Whoops, you can see where I tried to remove the m. from the youtube URL and messed up!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

It's also literally the motto for the Pontiac Grand Prix.

"Wider is better"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

And that was in 1998