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| | Honda's Incredible Driving Contraption - The car ad you'll be e-mailing to all your friends. By Rob Walker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | At one point, for instance, just enough oil is spilled from a can to tilt a piece of glass and roll some ball bearings, whose weight lifts the battery, which sparks the fan, which spurts forth a few feet to bump the muffler forward a little, which—OK, you get the idea. |
 | | In the end, the key is punched to close the windows on a fully assembled Accord, and an announcer says (somewhat smugly), "Isn't it nice when things just work?" Shot in one continuous take, it's a highly satisfying 120 seconds. |
 | | According to this article in the Daily Telegraph, the assembly-line-style stunt is not a triumph of special effects—it's real. |
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