Aviva ad - spotted

[Captain Slow]

Just winced, as I saw an Azure blue MK1 Maestro run into a MK2 Cav.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMNl8kL5WMo

Looking at the Cav's dodgy respray I'm assuming the Maestro wasn't great either...

[Guest]

The advert is as amusing as an in growing toe nail....

[BIGDAVE]

oppps sad to see the car crash

opps sorry to see the car cash on the t.v. last night
it was only wing damage so hope it gets sorted and sold on after they finished filming

[Simon]

Saw it last night too - bit of a surprise to say the least! OSF tyre of Maestro looks a bit soft anyway before the accident...

[Captain Slow]

Simon's third printscreen is why it soesn't bother me. Look at the damage - both cars have been thwacked with a lumphammer, NOT crashed. The plastics would be all over if it had been done properly.

Both should be salvagable. And as it happens, as I type this reply it's on the telly...

[digital efi]

Hmmm. I doubt the production company would have been interested in repairing the two cars after probably buying them for less than a grand.

Can anybody remember seeing the Maestro for sale recently? (those hubcaps may be a clue)

Incidentally, the registration number on the Cavalier is currently assigned to a gold 1985 Mercedes estate

[Piggy Bank]

The advert is as amusing as an in growing toe nail....

Like this one on our telly....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUMBijjlXbQ

[The Express Valeter]

Maybe it could be worth a call to Avviva customer services?

[Captain Slow]

Can anybody remember seeing the Maestro for sale recently? (those hubcaps may be a clue)

1985-87MY Maestro L with an Osprey interior? Alas, I can't remember seeing it! Not even in another colour! Looks like a MK1 dash so I'm assuming 85-early 86.

[Russ]

Its not a mk1 as it has side repeaters

[Captain Slow]

I'm fairly sure late MK1s had them, as they came in during 85 and the MK2 Maestro was 86.

[H48HPE]

I like it - they could have chose an Escort or a Golf Mk2 to represent the typical 80s car, but they went for a Maestro... And at least it's not been the stereotype rust bucket! If anything this should be viewed as good free publicity!!

Its a shame its been crashed, but even if it had not been put on the advert it probably would have gone down the non-ethusiast banger for a year then scrap route.

I Imagine it's been crushed by now to be honest, it'll just have gone to a scrap yard - sat there for a bit and been dispached.

Andy

[matthewsemple]

I bet both cars were scrapped before the ad even went to air. The cost of the cars would have been a small fraction of the total cost of the advert and therefore completely disposable.

[Russ]

Looks like a bit of mutant, not certain its a mk1 dash, but it has the wide rubbing strips but no locking fuel flap

[Captain Slow]

Narrow strips!