Bury a Toyota for a Dodge Magnum?

IMPALAon20s · 07-22-2004, 10:04 AM

from thecarconnection.com

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Families Bury Cars to Get New Ones

Imagine if we treated relatives this way: two families, one in Philly and one in L.A., will receive new Dodge Magnum R/T wagons because they were willing to bury their old family vehicles in their yards. The Rosenfelds of Hacienda Heights, Calif., and the Dooners in Morton, Penn., each responded to contests advertised in June that gave the Magnums as a prize for deep-sixing the existing cars. The Rosenfelds sunk a '98 Camry, while the Dooners buried a '97 Mercury Mountaineer. Both families bid farewell with mock funerals, complete with pallbearers, a procession and a tombstone bearing the fateful inscription "Rust In Peace."

tgagneguam · 07-22-2004, 10:34 AM

I read this on the internet today and found it to be a curious campaign, though I secretly enjoy the fact that they seem to gladly display a family burying their Camry. How great is that?

Maybe the Toyota Camry family was pi$$ed with their dealer's service?!

ibechip · 07-22-2004, 11:37 AM

Wow I'd bury the Cavalier if it meant a new Magnum!

logansowner · 07-22-2004, 11:38 AM

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Originally posted by LakeMichigan@Jul 22 2004, 10:21 AM
I hope all the oil, coolant, atf, gear oil, power steering fluid and fuel are drained...nothing like contaminated ground water!!!! I emailed this to my city building inspector (I know her) asking if I could do this to a toyota or alike in my yard....her reply...NO WAY, not in this town!!! <_<

Always have to ruin the fun don'tcha? :P I'm sure all that stuff was taken care of, can you imagin all the legal crap Dodge goes through to pull a stunt like that?

akumaknight · 07-22-2004, 12:14 PM

well hell, if I would have known this I would have burried my LeSabre..

pontiac is for me · 07-22-2004, 01:06 PM

Now, wait a second. neither I (nor a lot of others) have heard of this until now, yet it supposedly happened in June and was nationwide. I think this is a very clever and funny hoax.

I'm going to check the joke site www.theonion.com to see it it is on there.

**paul8488** · 07-22-2004, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by akumaknight@Jul 22 2004, 04:14 PM
well hell, if I would have known this I would have burried my LeSabre..

and i would've buried bigal's Z28!

:lol:

**Rex Raider** · 07-22-2004, 01:43 PM

Here's another winner. He burried his 97 Mercury Mountaineer.

usa1 · 07-22-2004, 03:22 PM

Looks like the plastic liner takes care of the ground water contamination concerns.

Mark

New_Mexico_Sunset_on_Rt66 · 07-22-2004, 05:11 PM

ahh, the death of Toyota. How sweet.

"Sweeet!!"

**Rex Raider** · 07-22-2004, 05:26 PM

When all is said and done, do they get to unbury the car, and keep driving it?

SUPERBADD75 · 07-22-2004, 11:09 PM

i'd never bury a Toyota for a Dodge!!!

**jro4566** · 07-22-2004, 11:40 PM

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Originally posted by SUPERBADD75@Jul 22 2004, 09:09 PM
i'd never bury a Toyota for a Dodge!!!

You seriously wouldn't take the Magnum!?! :huh:

AJR · 07-23-2004, 01:41 AM

I would never bury my car for that thing.

saabman · 07-23-2004, 08:53 AM

I'd bury my wife's old Sportage for a new Magnum in a second. I'd dig the hole by hand. My Saab would be a bit more difficult to part with, but I'd have to think about it real hard.

If this is real, I'd have to think that these cars would eventually have to be "exhumed" as groundwater contamination is a real concern unless all fluids were drained. Even with that, however, I'm sure that there are all sorts of nasty chemicals that would leech from decaying plastic, rubber and other materials. When old ships are towed out to sea to be sunk as artifical reefs, they are striped of all wiring and other contaminating materials.

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pontiac is for me 2.0 Liter Supercharged ECOTEC Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 140	Now, wait a second. neither I (nor a lot of others) have heard of this until now, yet it supposedly happened in June and was nationwide. I think this is a very clever and funny hoax. I'm going to check the joke site www.theonion.com to see it it is on there. __________________ 1998 Pontiac Firebird

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Rex Raider Administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Drives: 2009 Camry Hybrid (company car) Posts: 11,782	Here's another winner. He burried his 97 Mercury Mountaineer. __________________ Sure, I drive a Toyota, but at least I don't have to pay for it.

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Rex Raider Administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Drives: 2009 Camry Hybrid (company car) Posts: 11,782	When all is said and done, do they get to unbury the car, and keep driving it? __________________ Sure, I drive a Toyota, but at least I don't have to pay for it.

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SUPERBADD75 6.2 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: at the corner of walk and don't walk Drives: 2008 Trailblazer LT3 2005 MB SLK350 Posts: 2,898	i'd never bury a Toyota for a Dodge!!! __________________ Acura: Because if you want a really nice Honda, there's only one choice. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Albert Einstein - 2008 Trailblazer LT3 - 2005 MB SLK350 SUPPORT AMERICA: BOYCOTT WAL-MART

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07-22-2004, 10:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
tgagneguam 7.0 Liter LS7 V8 Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,928	I read this on the internet today and found it to be a curious campaign, though I secretly enjoy the fact that they seem to gladly display a family burying their Camry. How great is that? Maybe the Toyota Camry family was pi$$ed with their dealer's service?!

07-22-2004, 11:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
ibechip 3.9 Liter V6 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Minot, ND Posts: 819	Wow I'd bury the Cavalier if it meant a new Magnum!

07-22-2004, 12:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
akumaknight 3.5 Liter V6 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 230	well hell, if I would have known this I would have burried my LeSabre..

07-22-2004, 03:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
usa1 6.0 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,585	Looks like the plastic liner takes care of the ground water contamination concerns. Mark

07-23-2004, 01:41 AM	#14 (permalink)
AJR 3.6 Liter V6 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,210	I would never bury my car for that thing.

07-23-2004, 08:53 AM	#15 (permalink)
saabman 1.8 Liter ECOTEC Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 38	I'd bury my wife's old Sportage for a new Magnum in a second. I'd dig the hole by hand. My Saab would be a bit more difficult to part with, but I'd have to think about it real hard. If this is real, I'd have to think that these cars would eventually have to be "exhumed" as groundwater contamination is a real concern unless all fluids were drained. Even with that, however, I'm sure that there are all sorts of nasty chemicals that would leech from decaying plastic, rubber and other materials. When old ships are towed out to sea to be sunk as artifical reefs, they are striped of all wiring and other contaminating materials. __________________ 2004 Buick Rendezvous 3.6 1993 Saab 900S 1997 Ford F-150

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