I GO WHERE I'M TOWED TO

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  • Sebastian
    Sebastian Posts: 24
    Where is your  sense of humor at?
  • Nomad
    Nomad Posts: 7,209
    Have none when it comes to tag lines ;-)
  • RZRBUG
    RZRBUG Posts: 890
    The success of a slogan is often measured by its recognition and the amount of public discussion it generates.  Methinks perhaps that LG may have hit a home run with this one judging by just the amount of space dedicated to it here.  I'd bet some PR person somewhere is snickering up his sleeve.

    Larry & Booger - 2013 T@B, 2012 GMC Sierra

    Happy Trails Y'all

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  • Nomad
    Nomad Posts: 7,209
    Doubt it! Probably hiding from embarrassment ;-)
  • Machak88
    Machak88 Posts: 160
    Oh no, most certainly not   :) . The slogan is making people smile as they pass by a t@b (it makes us smile too each time we see it even after all this time), and THAT is truly wonderful.
    2014 T@B S-Maxx with 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport Turbo, Atlanta, GA. 
  • Nomad
    Nomad Posts: 7,209
    So, has this thread been beaten to death yet?
  • ChanW
    ChanW Posts: 3,165
    I go to where I am towed. Therefore I am.
    Chan  -  near Buffalo NY
    2014 S Maxx
    2011 Tacoma 4cyl ... edit: 2022 Tacoma 6cyl - oh yeah! 

     A_Little_T@b'll_Do_Ya
  • Cat_913
    Cat_913 Posts: 56
    PXLated said:
    So, has this thread been beaten to death yet?
    And yet you keep coming back, perhaps you go where you'er towed to. ;D
  • Nomad
    Nomad Posts: 7,209
    Just to see what other absurdities are added :-)
    Think it's run it's course and is time to close it out.
  • Michigan_Mike
    Michigan_Mike Posts: 2,858
    edited September 2015
    Once again, this is all personal preference (whether to agree or disagree) and something that our forum sponsor Little Guy feels is catchy, a form of advertising and obviously (as shown above) creates conversation and is food for thought.  I've owned a Little Guy for 5 years now and will say that 99.9% of the comments about the phrase were positive and most people feel it is cute.....  So in as much as each of us have varying opinions about it (as we do likes & dislikes, etc.), we do have to agree to disagree, whatever your opinion is therein....  Just saying   ;)
    Mike - Elmira, Mi / 2019 T@B 400 / 2021 Chevy Silverado LTZ
  • Lil_L's_Sofitel_15
    Lil_L's_Sofitel_15 Posts: 30
    DITTO!
  • KyBawpaw
    KyBawpaw Posts: 183
    Funny how different we Tabbers can be! One of the first things we did when we got the T@B home was to peel off the "I go where I'm towed to" letters. My wife and I didn't care for the slogan. Hit our "hokie" button but to each their own.  
    "Not all those who wander are lost"- J. R. R. Tolkien 
    2014 T@B-S
  • KyBawpaw
    KyBawpaw Posts: 183
    Being from the South our upgrade is:  "I go where I'm towed to ya'll "  Now THAT'S what it needed!
    "Not all those who wander are lost"- J. R. R. Tolkien 
    2014 T@B-S
  • Nomad
    Nomad Posts: 7,209
    Not an English major, just a marketing/branding/design guy. Know slogans but couldn't point out a preposition if my life depended on it. AND, don't care that I can't. That's what writers are hired for :-)
  • Nomad
    Nomad Posts: 7,209
    "English is Hard" - No, it's just for English majors not normal people ;-)
  • RZRBUG
    RZRBUG Posts: 890
    English is difficult.  If it were easy, everyone would get it right.  I retired my red pencil 40 years ago and have never regretted it.  I still think "I Go Where I'm Towed To" is an awesome slogan, even if grammatically incorrect.

    AND, I consider myself to be a "normal people."  Now, there's a sentence you can pick apart with a red pencil.


    Larry & Booger - 2013 T@B, 2012 GMC Sierra

    Happy Trails Y'all

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  • Nomad
    Nomad Posts: 7,209
    Still disagree - Always will ;-)
  • TabberJohn
    TabberJohn Posts: 588
    edited April 2017
    Here's a quick fix (if the slogan bothers you) including all the original characters. ;)
    http://tab-rv.vanillaforums.com/discussion/comment/63820#Comment_63820
    2015 T@B Max S (White/Silver) -> 2014 Ford Escape 2.0L (turbo, AWD, factory tow)
  • ericnliz
    ericnliz Posts: 4,437
    Me thinks I hear PXL's coffee boiling! :o
    2016 T@B MAX S-aka: WolfT@B
    TV: 2006 Chevy Avalanche LT Z71 aka: WhiteWolf, or 1972 Chevy Custom10 P/U aka: SnarlingWolf
    Spokane, Wa.
    Eric aka: Lone Wolf  


  • Ratkity
    Ratkity Posts: 3,770
    Wow, this thread goes way back! No variations on what happens when letters naturally peel off. More a grammar thread.... naw, I ain't inta dat grammah stuffs. Newp. I wanna play "what happens when letters come off in strange orders and what do they spell?" Cryptic messages in the logo!!! :lol:
    2017 820R Retro Toy Hauler from 2015 Tabitha T@B from 2009 Reverse LG Teardrop (but a T@Bluver at heart)
  • Nomad
    Nomad Posts: 7,209
    Yep, an old, old thread.
    Except for new features added each year, I don't know that any T@B topic hasn't been discussed and rehashed at least 2-3 times :-)
    That's one reason I've been pushing the search first meme.
  • jcfaber1
    jcfaber1 Posts: 318
    Forget the English corrections, I would like the morel's sauted in butter with a tarragon, cream, white wine reduction sauce!

    2007 T@B

    Rockford, IL

  • Ratkity
    Ratkity Posts: 3,770
    PXL could try crab stuffed mushrooms in sautéed onions on that Q thing!! Pictures too, of course.
    2017 820R Retro Toy Hauler from 2015 Tabitha T@B from 2009 Reverse LG Teardrop (but a T@Bluver at heart)
  • sherm2954
    sherm2954 Posts: 38
    I have two issues with this slogan:
    1. Sentences DON'T end in prepositions. 
    2. Regardless of the poor sentence structure, when spoken out loud is has the sound of the stereotypical early 1980's kid in a television commercial. The kid who always sounds like he/she has a stuffed up nose. So when I read it, i hear, "I go where I'm told to" spoken by some obnoxious 9 year old with a bowl-cut like the kid off "Eight is Enough." Makes me ill. Seriously nauseated.

    Either way, if I found it on a T@b that I paid for, I would remove it. Good riddance. 
  • jkjenn
    jkjenn Posts: 6,424
    edited April 2017
    I neither love nor despise  the phrase, but a few points of consideration:

    1. Marketers are interested in a hook, but grammar. It was an effective hook.

    2. Taglines are phrases, not necessarily sentences. Was there a period at the end? I can't remember.

    3. Grammar experts disagree about the proper use of a preposition at the end of a sentence, but almost all agree that there are appropriate uses, especially when used in a manner to replicate human speech. 

    Like any niche, most of us were taught not to put preposition at the end of a sentence because it was easier than teaching us when it might be appropriate to do so. This is completely understandable, given the amount of spelling exceptions and other grammar rules we need to last.  However, just as the "rule of thirds" can be broken in visual art of "parallel fifths" can be broken in music, the preposition rule also has reasonable exceptions.

    Language and grammar are constantly evolving and for the most part I am OK with that, but I still prefer my Oxford comma.

    2021 T@b 320 Boondock "Mattie Ross" | 2021 T@b Nights: 239 | Total nights in a T@b 455 | 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Overland | T@b owner since 2014

  • KAR
    KAR Posts: 86
    HAHA! I love it! Poor grammar and all. Ours is wearing off one letter at a time:) So far just the I at the front and the 0 at the end. I'd like to find replacement.
    2015 Tab S with Alde 

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