Mcdonalds Advert

deian · Unread post by **deian** » 29 Sep 2008, 12:58

Hi all,

Is that a beige coloured CX broken down on the McDonalds 6:38 advert?

They are sending out the wrong type of subliminal message there don't you think.

Why not put a Rover or Vauxhall by the side of the road instead of the CX.

mooseshaver · Unread post by **mooseshaver** » 29 Sep 2008, 13:06

Or a C5, or a C3 if it had to be Citroen

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 29 Sep 2008, 13:19

Dei,

Whoosh! Straight over my head

I've clearly been leading a very sheltered life recently

Tell us more!

red_dwarfers · Unread post by **red_dwarfers** » 29 Sep 2008, 14:02

Im intruiged!
Tell us more!

deian · Unread post by **deian** » 29 Sep 2008, 16:05

It's an advert on the telly.
Showing what people do in the morning at a certain time over the country, in this case 6:38am, some are getting a mcdonalds breakfast obviously, someone is riding their bike to work, someone is putting the bin out, and someone broke down in their CX on a dual carriageway!

No idea when it's on, but I seem to remember it being on during xtra factor.

Keep an eye out for it guys, the penny will drop for one of you sooner or later.

I will be well embarrassed if it's NOT a CX. I think it is, or it's a Rover SD1, but I'm sure it's a CX.

zz9 · Unread post by **zz9** » 29 Sep 2008, 19:05

Is this the one? (at 23 seconds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybgb61Dq2B0

Looks like an 1980s Vauxhall Cavalier to me. The rear wheel arches are definitely not a CX.
However I could post pictures of my last Xantia burning to a shell on the hard shoulder of the A12...

uncle buck · Unread post by **uncle buck** » 29 Sep 2008, 19:11

zz9 wrote:Is this the one? (at 23 seconds)...

That's a Volvo init ?

deian · Unread post by **deian** » 29 Sep 2008, 19:19

Oh oh! Here we go. Yes it's a volvo 940/960 saloon isn't it, good work uncle buck, the smoke coming from behind it gave it the sweeping end of the cx.

So it's ok, it's not a CX, it's Volvo!

I didn't even think about going on ebay to look for that!

False alarm there, sorry guys.

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 29 Sep 2008, 19:20

Definitely not a citroen

red_dwarfers · Unread post by **red_dwarfers** » 29 Sep 2008, 19:38

First time I've seen that advert.
I was going to say, arn't Citroen's meant to break down when the get home/ at a stop due to the embarrassment that the car feels if it happens in the middle of a journey?

I always thought that the old Volvo's were pritty solid?

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 29 Sep 2008, 19:46

red_dwarfers wrote: I always thought that the old Volvo's were pritty solid?

They may be solid but they sure ain't pretty Kev

Don't get me started on breaking down in a Volvo

Too late, I already have

I had a 340

that decided to drop it's propshaft. The only car EVER to have left me stranded in 31 years of driving

And it was well maintained.

red_dwarfers · Unread post by **red_dwarfers** » 29 Sep 2008, 20:21

Actually, saying that Jim, I went on holiday with a mate and his family to Cornwall 3 or 4 years ago. We got down to Newton Abbot and smoke started pouring out the bonnet of their 940 GLE Estate. Que a two hour long wait for a recovery lorry

Never took a real interest in cars back then but I might ask what did actually happen.

Bren · Unread post by **Bren** » 30 Sep 2008, 11:48

I was just waiting for somebody to say it could be an SD1!

andmcit · Unread post by **andmcit** » 30 Sep 2008, 12:28

Bren wrote:I was just waiting for somebody to say it could be an SD1!

No it couldn't; they've mostly all been scrapped now. Gone the same way as
Alfa Suds, GS's, Cx's any Lancia or the even original mk3 Granada's - can't
remember seeing many of these in a long while (apart from the old Citroens

)
when the roads were chock full of them a while back. Easily thrown away and
now only in the hands of a small clutch of enthusiasts. I wouldn't offer an old
Gs to a film company for them to rip the p!ss out of either...

Andrew

Unread post by **citroenxm** » 04 Oct 2008, 11:12

How can ANYONE mistake such a square flat front for a CX!!

Theres no mistaking what so ever....