How would you feel if your significant other gave you a vehicle for Christmas?*

[Rain Man]

* 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?

[Deberg_1990]

Yep, two 60-70k cars,

5 million dollar home with an under 30 couple. Totally realistic!

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Those commercials are stupid. And so are Border Collies. The asswipe who lives behind me has one that I've been forced to listen to incessantly bark anytime it's outside for the last ****ing 10 years. And it's a loud ****ing bark that I can hear all the way into my basement. And god forbid I'm outside and it sees me, it steps the barking up to another whole goddamn level. It's the only dog I've ever known that I could walk up to and fire a bullet directly into it's brain and not feel one ounce of remorse afterwards.

You should probably put that bullet in the brain of the owner, not the dog.

[Buehler445]

I’d throw an intergalactic fit.

My wife may not care.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Significant other? Elated.

Spouse? Furious.

Totally different questions to me.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Those commercials are stupid. And so are Border Collies. The asswipe who lives behind me has one that I've been forced to listen to incessantly bark anytime it's outside for the last ****ing 10 years. And it's a loud ****ing bark that I can hear all the way into my basement. And god forbid I'm outside and it sees me, it steps the barking up to another whole goddamn level. It's the only dog I've ever known that I could walk up to and fire a bullet directly into it's brain and not feel one ounce of remorse afterwards.

Antifreeze.

[BryanBusby]

I bought my wife a car but we both knew she wanted one, she dropped super obvo hints at what she wanted and really it was an easy year to figure out.

I paid cash because **** paying for one gift for years.

[cdcox]

My dad bought a car for my mom in 1976 for her birthday. He had some logic about her being pregnant and couldn't buy her clothes. But she was driving a 1964 vintage at the time, so it was going to happen in the near future anyway. She was a little skeptical about it, but that was her nature on anything.

At a certain stage of life Christmas presents become problematic. We don't need much that we don't already have. If either of us want something below some mutually understood threshold, we buy it. My wife can't wear metal jewelry and is really picky about clothes. A car could be a wow gift. I could pull it off. My wife could probably buy a car that I would love, by spending more than I would typically spend.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by cdcox

My dad bought a car for my mom in 1976 for her birthday. He had some logic about her being pregnant and couldn't buy her clothes. But she was driving a 1964 vintage at the time, so it was going to happen in the near future anyway. She was a little skeptical about it, but that was her nature on anything.

At a certain stage of life Christmas presents become problematic. We don't need much that we don't already have. If either of us want something below some mutually understood threshold, we buy it. My wife can't wear metal jewelry and is really picky about clothes. A car could be a wow gift. I could pull it off. My wife could probably buy a car that I would love, by spending more than I would typically spend.

For the very reasons you listed the wife and I don’t exchange gifts.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

I make TV ads for a living. I've made them for Mitsubishi, Chevy, VW, Hyundai and Volkswagen.

This one pisses me off every time.

I get that in my business are often trying to make things aspirational. But this is total Bs and unrealistic. The house is like a 5 million dollar modern home.

Getting Two of these cars for a holiday gift is BS. and How young are these couple? Thirty? Is he a tech bro? A cliche everyone hates?

I just don't get why they went so high end and the couple is white and privileged AF.

Maybe if they're wearing Dallas Cowboy Jerseys it would be more believable.

**** all this.

Plus, it's obvious to any married person (and probably anyone) that this was a power play. She got some small his and hers Christmas gifts that was probably meant from the heart, and he went all megalomaniac with two vehicles. For a normal couple, that would make the wife feel terribly inadequate. I have a feeling that he probably abuses her.

But then she sees the two vehicles and immediately stakes a claim on one. So that tells me that she's a selfish person as well, so over the course of this commercial we learn that these are two very screwed up and dysfunctional people that I don't really want to know.

Are these people going to help you move with their new pickup and SUV? No way. You can't rely on them. She's going to lie about visiting a sick parent in the hospital and you'll see her at the mall later, and he's going to be drunk at a bar. He'll drive home drunk, nearly hitting a small girl on a bicycle, and then he'll beat her when he finds out what she spent at the mall.

I really don't like these people.

[lostcause]

If she or her ex-husband is paying for it, I'm good.

[DanT]

I like that GMC 'One for you, one for me' commercial, mainly because I think the actress, Morgan Matthews, is strikingly pretty and fun to watch. She's a Nebraskan, by the way. it is cute to me that her character wants the truck. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5796482/
I think the guy's reaction is funny and relatable, too. If you do something crazy, like buy two big, beautiful vehicles for your wife and you as Christmas presents, you better be able to go with the possibility she is going to want the vehicle you thought would be yours.
Sure, it is a silly commercial, but it entertains me. i hope Morgan Matthews scores some good roles in Hollywood.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

* 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?

You should also notice that in these commercials, the people always appear to be wealthy, in other words, money is not an issue

[Tombstone RJ]

FFS people, grow up. Mercedes has been doing these stupid-****ing-car-is-a-Xmas-gift commercials for years and all the made-up characters have Uber money.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Those commercials are stupid. And so are Border Collies. The asswipe who lives behind me has one that I've been forced to listen to incessantly bark anytime it's outside for the last ****ing 10 years. And it's a loud ****ing bark that I can hear all the way into my basement. And god forbid I'm outside and it sees me, it steps the barking up to another whole goddamn level. It's the only dog I've ever known that I could walk up to and fire a bullet directly into it's brain and not feel one ounce of remorse afterwards.

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by Frazod

I think you should adopt me.

You'd drive a Chevy Vega?