82nd Auto Mall McLaughlin

I’m amazed at all these rotten people throwing fits about the McLaughlin jingle. The song is brilliant. I catch myself singing it in the shower, in the car, walking down the street, etc. The Blazer adds were funny too. The nature music is so so lame. Shame on these horrible complainers.

The first commercial with oooooh was goofy and fun. If the Blazers were brave enough to make it, good for them & their great sense of humor. Now the chopped up version with half song, half words loses the whole point. Silly commercials are just that, not Emmy award efforts.

Previous review was removed. Soooo, I decided to stop in and see how they conduct business. Did I check out a car? I did actually. A real nice truck. But my overall experience with this business will never bring me back again. What brought me in? Their awful commercials. The first «jingle» was terrible. And then they decided to throw in two idiotic Portland athletes to add insult to injury and had them sing off tune. As if this was going to bring in addition business? Haha. I suppose it DID bring me in, but purely out of curiosity. What business would subject their customers to such a terrible commercial? I arrived earlier this week and approached the counter where I was met by a somewhat nice receptionist. I told her what I was looking for and was told a salesman would be with me shortly. As I waited, I joked with her about the commercials to which she replied «oh god, people are such complainers.» accompanied by an eye roll and small smirk. I joking replied to her that it was not the most pleasant commercial to listen to and that I reached for the remote every time it came on. To which she replied, «we removed the music for you people with nature music so I hope you like that instead!» I said I didn’t. Not off to a great start.
I met with a salesman who caught part of the end of that convo with the receptionist and also seemed to think that everyone who «whined» about the song was a sad party pooper (my words, not his). We went out, checked out a truck and went for a short test drive. I loved the truck, I did not like the sales approach though. Am I in the market for a new truck? I am. And I am actively hunting for one. And so I thought what better place to start this search then a business that thought it would be amusing to ear hump their potential customers. I am surprised they dont have the song playing in every car you test drive a vehicle. I mean, why not?
We returned about 15 min later. He gave me a business card and I left.

Please stop running your ridiculous TV commercials. Just because you have muted most of the annoying audio doesn’t change one simple fact: the ads are an insulting and horrible embarrassment. Not just to people in the car business, but also to people in the advertising business.
I know athletes aren’t generally known for being terribly smart. But seeing Aldridge and Lopez mugging in front of the camera (where they obviously look uncomfortable) makes no sense whatsoever. I don’t buy for a second that either one of them believes what they are saying. Makes me wonder if they were given free cars for their silly appearances.
In fact, you don’t give potential buyers one valid reason to shop at your dealerships. To be honest, I was in the market for a new Jeep, but after seeing your ads, they make me want to run. As far away as possible. I also own a Hyundai Elantra and was looking to have it serviced near where I live. But when I found out that the former Town and Country Hyundai is owned by McLoughlin, no thanks.
Whoever approved this abomination should be fired. If this is the best you can do, I can only imagine the ideas you rejected before settling on these dreadful TV spots. I will give you credit for one thing: just when I thought the negative image of local car dealers couldn’t get any worse, you succeeded in reinforcing the cheesy stereotype.
Congratulations on lowering the bar even further!

My kids love the song and we miss it! Bring it back!!! Sure it was silly but that was the fun in it. People take themselves too serious. I for one loved getting that song stuck in my head for the day. Mcghlaughlin ooo ooo oooo mcghlaughlin ooo ooo oooo mcglaughlin auto mall.

Thank GOODNESS they listened to the overwhelming feedback from the public and have edited the commercials! I think I pulled a muscle diving for the mute button on the remote before the edits.
The feedback about the commercials may not be relevant to the way they do business but by posting these reviews it caught their attention and caused a change.
Again, thank goodness!!!

Someone in marketing is job hunting… or should be. It is so annoying to listen to people who can’t carry a tune «sing». I couldn’t carry a tune if you gave me a bucket to carry it in, so I don’t sing! And it is playing every single commercial break. Pleeease give us a break and do re-​do!

It is amazing that people would review a business based on a stupid commercial. I am a business owner and these reviews on Unilocal can definitely effect a business. The hope is that people will review a business based on the quality of the service and/​or the product that’s being sold. I find it inexcusable that these idiots would tamper with a person’s livelihood just so they can submit an irrelevant review on Unilocal.What are these people thinking???