Commercial with Grant Hill and Laettner is grounds for a boycott.
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Boycott Continental Tires
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Agreed. I’ve got em on my truck right now from the factory but I’m bout due for my first fresh set, and it’ll be some Taiwanese maypops before Continentals.
Continental used to be great tires, but now they kinda suck just like their commercial.
Going Michelin next time.
Going Michelin next time.
It's just so weird how much they play up when Kentucky loses. That shot, which Laettner should have been ejected well before for.. and the Christian Watford shot.. a regular season game winner, in which Kentucky BEAT them later in the year in route to the title.
And yet, no one even talks about the half court buzzer beating 3pointer from Villanova's Kris Jenkins to WIN THE NATIONAL TITLE over storied UNC. That gets zero play. I bet most here forgot it even happened. I'm not even entirely sure it was Kris Jenkins who took that shot! Because they literally swept that shit under the rug within like 3 days.
And yet, no one even talks about the half court buzzer beating 3pointer from Villanova's Kris Jenkins to WIN THE NATIONAL TITLE over storied UNC. That gets zero play. I bet most here forgot it even happened. I'm not even entirely sure it was Kris Jenkins who took that shot! Because they literally swept that shit under the rug within like 3 days.
The first time I saw this commercial I had to swallow down bile. It made acid reflux flare up lol.
This commercial is the definition of beating a dead horse
This commercial is the definition of beating a dead horse
I just picture a Conti exec saying “It’s been 31 years. Let’s run it, they won’t care!”.
Wrong!!
Wrong!!
It should be considered the greatest shot in modern college basketball. I want to say Marcus Paige hit an incredible shot right before this, it's the national title game, it's a buzzer-beating DEEP 3-pointer to win the game.
And because it was against UNC, it's been forced into far corners of the college basketball library. They barely even show this play come March every year.
Continental tires are made from HerrosHeroes‘ used rubbers. They’re terrible.
Funny a lot of time has passed and that’s still the highlight of their program.
Amen plus they had a plant in Western, KY and closed it to move all production to Ohio! I worked there 5 years my hometown has never been the same as when they took 2000 jobs out of a small town. I will drive on Flintstone tires before I ever buy a set if continentals
I’m going with whatever Big O brand is on sale. I have no need for name brand tires. Just throw a pair that will last 60k miles and I’m good.
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I would agree as long as they aren't noisy. I usually buy the 40k Kumho's, but then I put about 5k a year on my car.
Put a set of tires on my old vette last spring and continental was the only thing my boy could find that would fit...goodyear or firestone, whatever the original was, doesn't make them anymore
The big difference is that if laetner misses, dook loses; if Jenkins misses they've still got overtime.
I’m still boycotting papa John’s for using their private plane to fly pitino in.
I’m so sick of seeing that commercial! CL shouldn’t have even been in the game at that point.
I would rather drive on my rims than give Continental Tires a nickel of my money.
Yep, my dad worked there for 35 years. I worked there while going to college at Murray on the weekend crew for about 6 weeks before they realized they hired too many people and did a layoff. It was cool however making about $750/week in the 80’s while going to college.
I have sold hundreds of these tires over the years and after seeing that commercial I’ll never sell them, buy them, or recommend them again. I have them on 2 of my vehicles now and no more. Just stupid marketing imo to run off a massive fan base worth of customers.
Hence the reason I will now be using Michelin. It sucks only having two choices but Continental just made my choice easy.
We looked at them, but the Michelin's didn't match front and back. Continental was uniform. And the grant hill commercial hadn't come out yet...
