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After much anticipation, the new Ferris Bueller Super Bowl ad has been released on the internet — and has been revealed to be a commercial for Honda’s Honda CR-V. Titled “Matthew’s Day Off” — the ad is more a day in the life of Matthew Broderick and less a Ferris Bueller sequel per se, as some people had previously envisioned.

I am not a car person — have never been, never will be. I still don’t really even understand the “Cash For Clunkers” story. However! Turns out that, without knowing how to change the oil or why V-8 doesn’t just pertain to vegetable juice, I knew a whole lot about cars (even people who ain’t too clever/can learn to tighten a nut forever!).

It’s unlikely that the teens of Hughes’ films could exist today. Being stuck in a school library on a Saturday for detention wouldn’t be quite the same punishment – between iPhones and Blackberries they’d never actually have to talk to each other. Ally Sheedy would be updating her Facebook status and posting to twitter about how bored she was while Judd Nelson texted Molly Ringwald something creepy. The nerd would probably be in the back creating a new app.

Those teenagers existed in a snapshot of time – the 80s – but the essence of the characters remains relatable for anyone who’s been through it.