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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  
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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, 07:47 PM   #16
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That GMC commercial is so unrealistic

first, they have a big ass house and buy 2 gmc cars at 50-60k each

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Old 12-28-2018, 07:47 PM   #17
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I'm extremely particular and have specific taste with the following things:

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I would prefer to make my own decisions on those items.
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Old 12-28-2018, 07:47 PM   #18
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I've given cars for Christmas before.

I learned that, occasionally, the giftee can just drive away in their nice, gifted car and the next thing you know the giftee is busted with 10 grams of coke and your name on a registration that's still in the glovebox.

I now prefer a nice selection of seasonal fruits from Harry and David.

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Old 12-28-2018, 07:47 PM   #19
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Yeah, I've never met anyone who bought a car for their spouse for Christmas. Their kid, sure but never their spouse
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Old 12-28-2018, 07:52 PM   #20
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I'm extremely particular and have specific taste with the following things:

Cars/Trucks
Wristwatches
Firearms
Fishing Gear
Tools

I would prefer to make my own decisions on those items.
I don't even really like getting clothes for Christmas. I have a unique style that cannot be decoded by any other human being.

I'm not sure when this pickiness started, though. When I was 12 I wouldn't have looked a gift horse in the mouth. Somewhere along the way I got ruined by my own ego.
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Old 12-28-2018, 07:53 PM   #21
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I would hope the dealer has one hell of a return policy.
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Old 12-28-2018, 07:54 PM   #22
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Some spouses seem to have no problem going out and racking up a huge payment for their own vehicle.
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Yeah, I've never met anyone who bought a car for their spouse for Christmas. Their kid, sure but never their spouse
Maybe that's the thing. If you're buying something expensive for someone who can't afford it, that's great. But if you're buying it for your spouse, presumably he/she can afford it because he/she is actually going to be paying for it.

Or maybe it's simply the fact that they're paying for it at all.
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I would hope the dealer has one hell of a return policy.
If I was doing this, I think I'd immediately hand my spouse a piece of paper that declares the vehicle in the driveway to be a mere prop, and that we'll go together to pick out the actual vehicle. That could work. But even then, it seems weird. My wife and I jointly make decisions about any purchase of five digits or more. By definition in my household, a vehicle wouldn't be a gift.
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Meh. I'm not bitching if someone gives me a border collie puppy.
I’m not either. I’d just politely say “no thanks”.
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I’m not either. I’d just politely say “no thanks”.
Nah. It's coming home with me.
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Another problem is those giant, red, car-sized bows. Those damn things cost about $50 bucks a pop. Unless you drive super slow, by the time you get home, the bow part is half-flapped to hell and gone. Also, when you stop at a red light, people stare at you like you stole somebody's gifted car out of their driveway. And sometimes you can see them thinking, "That poor bastard can't afford his own car so somebody had to give him one and he forgot to remove the ribbon." It's humiliating.

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Border collie? Damn right it’s comjng home with me. Between those and aussies. Favorite dogs ever.
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Border collie? Damn right it’s comjng home with me. Between those and aussies. Favorite dogs ever.
Yip. Got a short haired red one currently.
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