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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, 10:27 PM   #46
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Those Christmas car commercials are crazy stupid.

The Buick ones with the drunk guy in the chair to the side really bug me.

If it happened to me I would be stunned and make happy comments, but after a period of time (an hour) there would be some pointed questions.

Unless.....it was her way of telling me she had a winning lottery ticket, and even then I would be picky about the selection.
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Old 12-28-2018, 10:29 PM   #47
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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.
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Old 12-28-2018, 10:32 PM   #48
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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.
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Old 12-28-2018, 10:43 PM   #49
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Assuming my wife wouldn’t present me with a 1950s pickup that needs a ton of work, I’d surely be disappointed.
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Old 12-28-2018, 10:44 PM   #50
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"Where the **** are you getting this money from for making this purchase?!?"

Yeah, seeing those lame assed commercials with a new car in the drive way or people buying their S/O a car is just dumb as hell. Ever notice the background that the house is pretty mighty fancy too?

Only the rich people can pull of this kind of stunt.
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Old 12-28-2018, 10:47 PM   #51
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Old 12-28-2018, 10:52 PM   #52
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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.
Pretty sure mine has that same bark. He'll let whoever walks by on the sidewalk hear it.
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Old 12-28-2018, 10:53 PM   #53
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Why is it always the luxury cars?

It’s never “Merry Christmas, here’s a new Nissan Versa”
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Old 12-28-2018, 10:54 PM   #54
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Why is it always the luxury cars?

It’s never “Merry Christmas, here’s a new Nissan Versa”
If you're rich enough to buy a car as a Christmas present, you're not buying some economy car bullshit.
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Old 12-28-2018, 10:56 PM   #55
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Old 12-28-2018, 11:02 PM   #56
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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.
Beagles will do that for me. They don't emit a bark-- they emit Jim Carrey from Dumb and Dumber doing the most annoying sound in the world in short bursts
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Old 12-28-2018, 11:18 PM   #57
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I’ve usually taken those kinda commercials as the spouse getting the other or each other a leased vehicle.
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Old 12-28-2018, 11:21 PM   #58
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If you are in a marriage and money means something to you, it's obviously a bad move buying a new car as a gift. It's a commercial, they want people to think that it's a good idea.
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Old 12-28-2018, 11:26 PM   #59
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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.
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