Lighten up, Francis!
If you expect commercials (especially ones where they go out of their way to make sure you know it is comedy) to be truthful, they you have a hard life ahead of you. Does AOL speed technology really make cars go back in time? Does eating Mintos really turn you in to a raging Euro-metrosexual? Were anybodies buns as big as the ones in Wendy's "Where's the Beef" series? Do the Yellow Books really stay on a table in a 500 mph wind tunnel? Once comedy is inserted into a commercial, most people (except the professional victims lobby) know that they are not in for a serious recitation of facts, but rather a little entertainment meant to make their brand name more recognizable. Nothing more, nothing less.
Here are the hints that everybody outside RMR can see that this commercial is not attempting to depict reality: a) The lead actor is a well-known comedian, not a serious actor or unknown. This is your first hint that the commercial is not serious. b) The car, when struck my a small model rocket, explodes in a gigantic fireball. Most rational people understand that even if that were a stick of dynamite with fins, it still would not have had that cartoonish outcome. c) After the explosion, the comedian mentioned in #a above says "I should have brought your Mom's car." I say, I say, that's a joke boyah! [/Foghorn Leghorn]
This commercial does not damage model rocketry. If anything, it may re-kindle memories of happy youths in some soon-to-be BARs.