# that Pontiac commercial
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pontiac-commercial/89031
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 23, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pontiac-commercial/89031 "2001-10-23T04:46:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pontiac-commercial/89031/1 "2001-10-23T04:46:39Z")
There is a Pontiac commercial making the rounds now where they ask random people what they would do with a Pontiac for a week. Then an off-screen voice hands them the keys and says “it’s yours”. Was this actually done? Of course I’m inclined to think it’s just another advertising ploy but I would like to hear if anyone knows for sure.
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### Author:  [@Schadenfreude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schadenfreude)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pontiac-commercial/89031/2 "2001-10-23T05:44:10Z")
I don’t get that commercial at all. How exactly does having access to a car suddenly allow you to go skydiving. or “take a spa tour?”
Perhaps they made this offer only to people with disposable income and loads of free time, but who have no car.
Anyway, Pontiac’s got a description of this campaign on their [url=“[http://www.pontiac.com/passiton/landing.html?source=pontiacHome](http://www.pontiac.com/passiton/landing.html?source=pontiacHome)”. It looks as though you can win the keys to a car for a week if you impress them with your tales of what you would do with the car.
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### Author:  [@Schadenfreude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schadenfreude)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pontiac-commercial/89031/3 "2001-10-23T05:50:11Z")
Of course, what I meant to say was [this](http://www.pontiac.com/passiton/landing.html?source=pontiacHome).
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### Author:  [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2001, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pontiac-commercial/89031/4 "2001-10-23T08:08:33Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Schadenfreude \*
> \*\*Of course, what I meant to say was [this](http://www.pontiac.com/passiton/landing.html?source=pontiacHome). \*\*
That’s the loudest webpage I’ve ever heard - glad I wasn’t at work 😃