Chevrolet’s Silverado Ad – The Music, The Location, and Hands-Free Towing?

Imagine bee-bopping down the road, chilling out with an old rock song, and playing cards with the passenger in your Chevy Silverado. Sounds a little crazy, right? Who would take their hands off the steering wheel ever, much less when you’re towing! And just to play cards? Come on, man. If you’re going to go hands-free, be making a sandwich or something. A new ad from Chevy boasts more than you’d expect from a vehicle you buy to pull things with. I have a Silverado that I use to take my travel trailer to campsites around the southeast (more about my trips here) and never in a million years would I evvverrrrrr tow anything hands-free. Honestly, I can’t believe an idea like this didn’t get laughed out of the boardroom. It’s about as dumb as someone from the government knocking on your door and saying, “I’m here to help.”

Here’s the ad, the scroll down for more info…

https://youtu.be/QfQK6AcJxI8?si=YKJ8BNmu0hhkLTAN

The Music. The idea of towing hands-free disgusts me. This is an SNL spoof, right? It’s got to be! But let’s just move on to the music… Playing in the ad is a song from the 1970s called “I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home)” by Grand Funk Railroad. Here’s the full track…

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The Location. The picturesque shots with the truck and trailer rolling down the road about to crash into a lake because the driver doesn’t have his hands on the wheel is actually not a lake. It’s Green Mountain Reservoir, west of Denver, Colorado (thanks to comments on YouTube for pointing out the location). Highway 9 if you’re ever in the area. Get your camera out and take some videos and photos because remember, you can put the truck in hands-free mode. Good luck not crashing or submerging yourself into whatever body of water is near you. RIP.

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I can’t think of a scenario where hands-free towing is a good idea, and I tow often enough. It’s something we always knew we never needed. Maybe it’ll catch on for reasons I haven’t thought of but I certainly don’t see that happening. It’s nearly as smart as a submarine with a screen door, an idea I’d heard some time in middle school and haven’t forgot. Hands-free towing should be added to dumb ideas humans have thought of, don’t you think?

-Out of the Wilderness