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View Poll Results: What is your reaction to receiving a new car with a bow on Christmas Day?
I would be overjoyed. Best gift ever. 8 8.79%
I would be happy about it, but a little worried that it would be what I really wanted. 6 6.59%
I'd graciously accept it, but I'd wish that I had a little more input. 2 2.20%
I'd be a little bit unhappy that my spouse made that big decision in secret, though I'd like the thought. 10 10.99%
What the heck? You should NEVER spend that much money and buy a car that you don't even know is the right fit for your spouse. 27 29.67%
I give people cars all the time. I never even think about potential issues. 2 2.20%
I don't think these commercials are depicting situations that happen in real life. 35 38.46%
Cars are an artifact of the 20th century. I'd prefer an Uber gift certificate. 1 1.10%
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Old 12-28-2018, 07:37 PM   Topic Starter
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How would you feel if your significant other gave you a vehicle for Christmas?*
* If you are from a non-western culture, you may substitute another gift-giving holiday at your discretion.


I'm watching these commercials, and people are getting up on Christmas morning to discover that their spouse has gifted them with a brand new vehicle. One company even upped that, and the husband bought both a pickup and an SUV for him and his wife.

Am I unreasonable that this would tick me off? A vehicle is really expensive, first of all. It's going to involve either payments or a very large check. But even more than that, I buy a car less than once per decade. It has to be the right car. It has to be a car that I bond with, a car that melds with me both on the road and in my personal brand. I would want a specific set of options that would serve me well over the next decade. I would want - nee, I would require - that I be in on the decision to purchase said car. I wouldn't want a car to just show up with the statement that it's now mine.

Or are these couples talking about it beforehand in the commercials? Do you think that TV commercial husband is saying to the wife that he wants X car with A, B, and C options in an apricot color? If that's the case, then is it really a gift? Is the buying spouse just weaseling out of buying a gift by taking delivery of a vehicle that they're destined to buy anyway?

I find the whole vehicular Christmas gift thing to be highly suspect. Am I alone in this, or do others feel the same way?
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Old 12-28-2018, 07:39 PM   #2
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They're always parked crooked in the driveway, too. I suspect alcohol may be a factor.
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Old 12-28-2018, 07:42 PM   #3
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They're always parked crooked in the driveway, too. I suspect alcohol may be a factor.


Or they are parked crooked in the driveway of a mansion.......
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Old 12-28-2018, 07:42 PM   #4
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Old 12-28-2018, 07:42 PM   #5
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I would think we're making too much money. Did you notice the house in the commercial?
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Old 12-28-2018, 07:43 PM   #6
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It’s completely asinine and a terrible idea for reasons you stated. A better, more relatable ad would be to show gifting a vehicle to a non family member person who cannot afford to buy a new car.
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Old 12-28-2018, 08:18 PM   #7
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I just bought the wife a new Lexus RX 350. It's sitting in my BIL garage with a big red bow on it waiting for Xmas morning. I test drove about a dozen SUVs before settling on this one. Besides the Lexus, the Acura MDX was a really nice SUV.
Well, this post is four years old and seems to have aged well.
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Old 12-28-2018, 08:33 PM   #8
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Well, this post is four years old and seems to have aged well.
Okay, we have a case study here.

Did you know that she wanted the Lexus? Did she expect that you might buy her a vehicle? Had she been talking to you about buying a car? How did you know the right color to buy? I have so many questions about this.
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Okay, we have a case study here.

Did you know that she wanted the Lexus? Did she expect that you might buy her a vehicle? Had she been talking to you about buying a car? How did you know the right color to buy? I have so many questions about this.
I knew she wanted a new vehicle and she had commented about several different makes/models she liked with the Lexus being one of them.

She had no clue I would buy her one, but we had discussed buying her a new vehicle after the first of the year.

She told me what colors she liked.

In retrospect, it was a mistake. She liked the Lexus, but she wasn’t attached to it since she didn’t pick it out. Two years later we ended up trading the Lexus in for a Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (I couldn’t believe it either).
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I knew she wanted a new vehicle and she had commented about several different makes/models she liked with the Lexus being one of them.

She had no clue I would buy her one, but we had discussed buying her a new vehicle after the first of the year.

She told me what colors she liked.

In retrospect, it was a mistake. She liked the Lexus, but she wasn’t attached to it since she didn’t pick it out. Two years later we ended up trading the Lexus in for a Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (I couldn’t believe it either).
Aha! So this supports my theory that one has to meld with the car during the selection process, or the person-car bonding process never occurs.

It was a nice thought on your part, though. If she liked a Hyundai, it seems like a Lexus would be a safe choice.
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I knew she wanted a new vehicle and she had commented about several different makes/models she liked with the Lexus being one of them.

She had no clue I would buy her one, but we had discussed buying her a new vehicle after the first of the year.

She told me what colors she liked.

In retrospect, it was a mistake. She liked the Lexus, but she wasn’t attached to it since she didn’t pick it out. Two years later we ended up trading the Lexus in for a Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (I couldn’t believe it either).
Jesus, what a step down!!!
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