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One Can Only Wish They Could Drive Like That! Chevy commercial

chevydan

chevydan

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Anyone seen the Chevy Commercial with the 18 Wheeler and his Trailer loaded with NEW CHEVYs in the MAJOR POWER SLIDE up to the Dealerships Front Door? :eek: :eek: :eek:

That is one cool sombitchin Driver! I don't care who you are, that there is pretty awesome driving. ;D


If it is all Computer Generated, those are some mighty fine bits strung together.

I can only dream of being that good, either way it was done!
 
Yes, very cool. I was wondering if it was real or 'arranged'. I'm thinking real with a well greased pad and just shells of cars on the top to keep the truck bottom heavy. If it is real, my first question was, "I wonder how many takes to get that??"
 
Most of the time, on stunts like this, they are in fact real, but they run a bizzilion takes with cones set up to represent the objects (cars, buildings, etc), so if they hit a cone--no prob--just try again. They also use lines on the pavement to know when to brake, turn, etc. The stunt driver has to get it right a ungodly amount of times, with no cone mishaps before they will move to the real thing.
 
sparky said:
Yes, very cool. I was wondering if it was real or 'arranged'. I'm thinking real with a well greased pad and just shells of cars on the top to keep the truck bottom heavy. If it is real, my first question was, "I wonder how many takes to get that??"
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My thoughts as well........

1) The parking lot area is very wet..........just the thing for skid pads. Maybe the trailer was equipped with slicks as well - you can't see that detail - or even hidden rollers.......
2) The load would almost have to be shells - not only for the physics of weight transfer, but I doubt any insurance company would float a rider for a stunt like this - one miss would take out over $200K of stock!
3) When the skid ends, you actually see the recoil of the trailer load rebound to a normal upright position - certainly not impossible for computer generated graphics, but this one seems so accurate....
4) You can do almost anything with a Peterbilt...........
5) If it is fake, I'd rather not know.......I like this spot just the way it is........

Jake
 
Did they film it at Oasis Chevrolet ? A member told me about damaged trucks there. ;)
 
I drive a tractor trailor for a soft drink company and all I can say is that....... as we say in the drink business if you pull the trailor hand brake like they do in the comercial you better be thirsty cause you'll be able to grab a drink out of the bays on the trailor as it passes you.

The driver in the comercial (if it is real which it looks to be) has got skill. You never want to pull that hand break unless you have to in an emegency. It's just like the emergency break on a car except it only locks the trailor breaks.
 
hate to burst bubbles here but...

it could be a double driven trailer!! Like the old hook and ladder fire trucks with the driver in the back. The could have used a set of smaller wheels under the trailer portion with a driver in one of the car shells with a steering wheel and a small motor to drive the back of the trailer. If you look closely at the end on the commercial the cab of the hauler is almost strait and the back end moves into position for the recoil.

Just a thought...

Bonedog
 
bigdaddy said:
I drive a tractor trailor for a soft drink company and all I can say is that....... as we say in the drink business if you pull the trailor hand brake like they do in the comercial you better be thirsty cause you'll be able to grab a drink out of the bays on the trailor as it passes you.

The driver in the comercial (if it is real which it looks to be) has got skill. You never want to pull that hand break unless you have to in an emegency. It's just like the emergency break on a car except it only locks the trailor breaks.
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you noticed that too. i am also a CDL (commercial drivers license) holder myself.
 
I don't know if it is real or not, but, I have driven many different fire trucks on skid pads including a rear-tiller. The only thing that I can say is that it isn't all that difficult to skid a truck. Now to make the truck skid exactly where you want....that takes some luck, skill, practice. The "lot" for the comercial is a skid pad and having real cars on the truck actually makes it easier to slide the truck on the skid pad. (an empty or non-weighted trailer would tend to hop)
I am inclined to think that the slide is real, but with a solid color background all around to add the sliding truck to a different background. Like the weather forcast with the map or superman when he was flying.
 
Don't they call that type of filming..."blue screen" ? They add in the background later.
I think the skid is real and the background added after
the "shoot"...whatever the shot is too cool... :cool:
 
I have to say that I still liked the SSR doing the Kowalski and backing up on the rig. ! ! !
Fake or not - shows attitude..

Chevy's got it!!
 
I was involved with a commercial that had cars in a somewhat controlled slide and the way we were able to get the slid without a lot of speed was to put liquid dishwashing detergent on the asphalt ... If I remember right we used 500 gallons before we were done
 
I don't know. I still think the slide seems to be too controlled and consistent to be real. That skid is long!

Nonetheless, I LOVE the commercial, and the one with the SSR as well. The music doesn't hurt either! (y)
 
Chevy Kid said:
What about the one where the guy in the colorado plays tag with the cat (cant remember what kind it was)
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that was a Z71 colorado with an american Mountain lion I think. COOOOOOL commercial!
 
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