redneck boat launch

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Re: redneck boat launch

Back in the 80's when Ford was advertising the F150's by showing them bounding over big rocks, someone in Salt Lake City bought one, paid for it with a check, and drove it up the mountain till he high centered it on a big boulder, breaking the transmission case wide open. He walked back down, stopped payment, and told the dealer to go get it.

It went to court. His take was that it didn't do what the advertisement showed. The jury told the dealer he owns the truck.

Soon after, Ford quit showing that commercial.

I seem to remember reading about that. I couldn't remember which automobile maker it was who got busted on it.