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[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 55 points 6 days ago

Simpsons did it. Canyon Aarow

[-] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 40 points 6 days ago

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

[-] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 37 points 6 days ago

Smells like a steak and seats 35!

[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 27 points 6 days ago

Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 15 points 6 days ago
[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

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

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

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

[-] fishos@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

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

"Wider is better"

[-] geissi@feddit.org 8 points 6 days ago

And that was in 1998

this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2024
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