....and Austin Shackles spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
> On or around Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:45:20 +1100, "Natalie Drest"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>> "SimonJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> http://www.best4x4xfar.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=10&pos=0
>>>>
>>> Well its very good, but it doesn't advertise land rovers at all if
>>> you ask me, you could do exactly the same in a nova with that winch
>>> on the front of it.
>>>
>>
>> I'd like to see you drive off the road like that in a nova (whatever
>> that is- I'm assuming it's a generic hatchback)
>>
>
> OK, I've looked at it. I'd take a bet that they don't really winch
> it up the dam, although a big enough winch would do it. You'd need a
> lot of cable and to be damned sure the top end wasn't gonna move
> though.
A couple of observations from the LRO article on said advert:
The winch-in-action shots were taken when the vehicle was on the flat.
The winching up the dam was done with a cable attached to something massive
on the top (a crane?) - the vehicle winch was not used for the ascent
A hydraulic winch was out as the engine could not run at that angle (oil
supply)
There ain't a battery big enough to winch a 90 that distance almost
vertically.
To that extent, the ad is a fake. I regard it as a bit like the "serving
suggestion" on food packaging - maybe this isn't exactly the truth, but the
impression it gives is a fair one, with an acceptable degree of exaggeration
understood by the viewer. Has anyone really complained that Citroens don't
turn into boogying robots? Personally I think it's brilliant, and gave me a
right old lump in my throat.
--
Rich
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