# What happened to those BIZARRE VW Ads? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395 "2006-03-07T17:03:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/1 "2006-03-07T17:03:49Z")
Those were really weird-you know where the guy driving his hot new JETTA finds a grinning, alien-like creature on the seat next to him? I wonder what ad agency dreamed this one up? Anybody know if they are cancelled? I was looking forward to learning what planet the monster came from. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/2 "2006-03-07T17:24:36Z")
I think that grinning creature was his FAST (i.e. his need for speed). Those were pretty bad commercials. The underlying message was that buying a sporty volkswagon would turn you into a complete and utter jerk. Kick the girlfriend out of the car because you want it to be “light”? So what, the Jetta is an underpowered piece of garbage? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/3 "2006-03-07T17:25:48Z")
Saw one yesterday so I don’t think the campaign is over. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/4 "2006-03-07T17:30:39Z")
There is also a set of commercials that’s like the anti-pimp my ride. VeeDub in da house! ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/5 "2006-03-07T17:43:20Z")
Well, I think they’re funny. I have a new Passat, and I’d like to get my Fast, but they are scarce, and expensive when they come up on eBay. Here are the commercials, if you haven’t seen them: [My Fast has a problem with authority.](http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=my+fast+gti) ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/6 "2006-03-07T17:44:32Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > There is also a set of commercials that’s like the anti-pimp my ride. VeeDub in da house! It would be even funnier if they were to have Ali G do these commercials! -Joe in da hawse! ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/7 "2006-03-07T17:48:55Z")
Gahh, I hate those ads. “My fast says delivery is for wimps.” umm, ya. whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/8 "2006-03-07T18:18:50Z")
I too would like to find out who’s responsible for selling cars by making idiots want to drive really fast. What I’d REALLY like to do is sentence them to clean up highway accident fatalities that involved high-speed driving. A couple of hundred hours hosing blood and intestines off the pavement might feed their “Fast”. Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/9 "2006-03-07T18:32:32Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > There is also a set of commercials that’s like the anti-pimp my ride. VeeDub in da house! Although I like that series as a whole, that particular one irks me slightly. That’s because a German wouldn’t pronouce VW as Vee-Dubbleyou. It’s more like Fow-Vey. Yes, I know most Americans would just be baffled by it, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/10 "2006-03-07T19:33:28Z")
Isn’t the “V-Dub in da house” guy the killer in “Fargo”? Stormare? ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/11 "2006-03-07T19:38:57Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > There is also a set of commercials that’s like the anti-pimp my ride. VeeDub in da house! I love those commercials. Especially the one with the trebuchet. “You know what we do with this? We FLING it.” ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/12 "2006-03-07T19:45:18Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Isn’t the “V-Dub in da house” guy the killer in “Fargo”? Stormare? Im not sure but I don’t think so. He looks alot older [here](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3420/Events/3420/PeterStorm_Grani_5632613_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Stormare,%20Peter) . ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/13 "2006-03-07T19:45:46Z")
The FAST kinda freaks me out. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/14 "2006-03-07T19:45:52Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > I too would like to find out who’s responsible for selling cars by making idiots want to drive really fast. It’s Crispin Porter + Bogusky. [Slate article](http://www.slate.com/id/2137532/) ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/15 "2006-03-07T22:03:07Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Isn’t the “V-Dub in da house” guy the killer in “Fargo”? Stormare? I’m fairly sure it is Peter “Pancakes House” Stormare. He had a major role _Prison Break_ earlier this year, his face is pretty distinctive, even if they dyed his hair white for this commercial role. Very interesting casting choice, he played a mob boss of Italian descent. I figure he must have originally been slated for another part. Perhaps for his next acting challenge, he’ll be playing a guy with a French accent… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/16 "2006-03-07T22:14:22Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Perhaps for his next acting challenge, he’ll be playing a guy with a French accent… 🙂 Been there, done that. 🙂[_Chocolat_](http://imdb.com/title/tt0241303/). ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/17 "2006-03-07T22:50:14Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Been there, done that. 🙂[_Chocolat_](http://imdb.com/title/tt0241303/). Stormare also played a Russian in Armageddon, and I forgot if he had any lines in Fargo, where he played a Minnesotan of Swedish descent. He also played Satan/Lucifer/The Devil in COnstantine. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/18 "2006-03-07T23:09:58Z")
> [@«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™](#): > > Gahh, I hate those ads. > > “My fast says delivery is for wimps.” > > umm, ya. whatever. The one with the cop was good. The cop has a fast, too! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/19 "2006-03-07T23:21:24Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Isn’t the “V-Dub in da house” guy the killer in “Fargo”? Stormare? Don’t forget his role as Nihilist #1 in _“The Big Lebowski”_. (“Vee f\*ck you up!” “Vee cut off your johnson!!”) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395/20 "2006-03-08T01:37:12Z")
I kind of like the FAST commercials. My FAST likes the windows down. Down! _DOWN!_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-bizarre-vw-ads/347395.md?page=2)