Ridiculously Nice Ad for a Crappy 1996 Honda Boosts the Asking Price by 300 Times

Homemade spot for "Greenie" goes viral

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Absurdly polished advertising for shitty used cars is a fairly common thing. Every year we seem to get another example, from art director Castor’s “Buy My Volvo” to Chris Murphy’s “F150 truck for sale.”

Now, we have another entry in the canon, as filmmaker Max Lanman put together a cinematic spot for his girlfriend Carrie’s 1996 Honda Accord. “Greenie,” as the car is currently nicknamed, has 141,095 miles on it. Regardless, it’s “a treasure,” according to the sales

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