check this out yall!!!!

[wolfdogs]

Very important that you understand: There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you see it. The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again. The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. The film cost six million dollars and took three months to complete including a full engineering of the sequence. In addition, it's two minutes long so every time Honda airs the film on British television, they're shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover for a lifetime. Honda executives figure the ad will soon pay for itself simply in "free" viewings (Honda isn't paying a dime to have you watch this commercial!). When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed off on it immediately without any hesitation - including the costs.
There are six and only six hand-made Accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers, the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make the film. Everything you see in the film (aside from the walls, floor, ramp, and complete Honda Accord) are parts from those two cars. When the ad
was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphics have gotten. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real.
Here's the commercial (with sound):

http://www.imediaconnection.com/cont...3/honda_ad.swf

[raroZ28]

I saw that a couple years ago. I wanna say that some of the parts are digitally made. How does the tire go up the ramp and keep chugging up without just rulling backwards or falling to it's side?

[wolfdogs]

I saw that a couple years ago. I wanna say that some of the parts are digitally made. How does the tire go up the ramp and keep chugging up without just rulling backwards or falling to it's side?

read for yourself: http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp

[bigtow]

i rember that ad when they started to show it we got it in little teasers befor they showed the whole thing fantastic

[Joe 1320]

I bought it right up until the point that the second full size tire gets bumped uphill. Unless there is some form of camera trickery, there is insufficient mass and velocity of the first tire to transfer enough energy to make that second tire travel uphill. Clever, yes. Real, nope. Simple physics wouldn't allow that to happen.

m1v1+m2v2=m1v1¹+m2v2¹


edit: upon reading the snopes explaination, I still don't buy it. Personally, the only way I can see that happening is if the tire isn't actually rolling uphill. The camera had to be tilted to make it appear as though it was uphill.

[wolfdogs]

I bought it right up until the point that the second full size tire gets bumped uphill. Unless there is some form of camera trickery, there is insufficient mass and velocity of the first tire to transfer enough energy to make that second tire travel uphill. Clever, yes. Real, nope. Simple physics wouldn't allow that to happen.

m1v1+m2v2=m1v1¹+m2v2¹




edit: upon reading the snopes explaination, I still don't buy it. Personally, the only way I can see that happening is if the tire isn't actually rolling uphill. The camera had to be tilted to make it appear as though it was uphill.

snopes no lie

sorry whiteman, you lose

Chief Baldy

[Joe 1320]

snopes no lie

sorry whiteman, you lose

still don't buy it. I guess I spent too much time taking physics. Actually I have more of a problem with the force of gravity rather than the explaination of the tire. I can see how counterbalance weight could work that way, but neverless........ I still don't buy into it.

[wolfdogs]

I buy it. Tell you why, the Japanese are very very inovative folks... and the weights held the tires stationary until that nude caused them just enough to roll forward carried by the weight.... they come with some bizzar stuff man....

i think you should by an Accord, take it appart, and see if you can duplicate it..........




hee hee

[Joe 1320]

I buy it. Tell you why, the Japanese are very very inovative folks... and the weights held the tires stationary until that nude caused them just enough to roll forward carried by the weight.... they come with some bizzar stuff man....

i think you should by an Accord, take it appart, and see if you can duplicate it..........




hee hee

Already been there. On a side note, I have to say my accord was one flimsy tin can. I pushed out a couple of small dents with my thumb. The sheetmetal and paint integrity was awful. Mechanically it wasn't too bad. More of them should be taken apart and experimented with as long as they don't put them back together.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

I can't see it here at work but I can say that snopes is not always right. Here is an example of something that is false that they say is true. http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/wetroad.asp
While it is true that the cruise control can cause you to loose control (especially with a limited slip rear end) it is not true that the car will speed up when it starts hydroplaning.

[Dave M]

I saw that a few years ago, along with a news story about how they did it. It's all real, no tricks. If you look at how far the tires roll uphill, they don't even make a half a revolution, that's why the weight works. If it had to actually roll uphill, it wouldn't get very far, but it doesn't. If you watch the film, picturing a weight attached to the upper right quadrant of each tire, you can see how it would work. You can also see by the motion of the tire how the weight is affecting it. It starts off slow, then speeds up quickly as the weight picks up speed "falling" toward the ground.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

I got it to work. That's great!

[fastTa]

I saw that a few years ago, along with a news story about how they did it. It's all real, no tricks. If you look at how far the tires roll uphill, they don't even make a half a revolution, that's why the weight works. If it had to actually roll uphill, it wouldn't get very far, but it doesn't. If you watch the film, picturing a weight attached to the upper right quadrant of each tire, you can see how it would work. You can also see by the motion of the tire how the weight is affecting it. It starts off slow, then speeds up quickly as the weight picks up speed "falling" toward the ground.

Bingo. It all seems to obey physical principles to me. Very cool too!

[Trash man]

check this out yall!!!!

last time some1 said that, a redneck died

[raroZ28]

last time some1 said that, a redneck died

lmmfao. That was the most awesome thing I've read today.

lol