LordoftheHildago
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Dec 7, 2023 2:36 AM
LordoftheHildago
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heyimjephph
But it's the December to remember sales event...
SwiftyGuy
Car commercials, especially during Christmas, are utterly horrible
hizbit
I don't see anything about "buying"........Just sayin...
METROlD
I babe! Weve shared finances for 20 years but this year for xmas I thought I would put 100,000 dollars on our joint credit so you can have this Benz. By the way the payments are only 1,200 a month. Merry xmas! Enjoy!
Phobetor42
https://youtu.be/WcEylCwkSxE?si=dVFv9LwxT9rdIg0D
OdinYggd
Don't give me any of these. They are all garbage.
GrandAdmlStrife
Counterpoint: none of these ads say anything about actually purchasing said car..... just saying....
fumpst781
This is all a lie. Nobody actually buys cars as gifts for the holidays. This is literally a giant money pit that manufacturers have created. (ex) Hyundai corporate gives Bobs Hyundai $250 for every new car they sell, and that money has to go towards OEM approved new car advertising. In December, Bobs Hyundai realizes they have $10k in funds they haven't used. So they dump it all in to these sales events. And everyone says it's to boost year-end numbers. But it's not, it's weird economics.
FatBastardVegetarian
Don't spend it? Lose it.
LaffertyDanie1
Surprise sweetie! I made a huge financial decision that's going to affect the whole household without talking to you first!
Chaapai
Of all the things I hate about Christmas (in America the Christmas season runs from mid October till late January) are the luxury car and jewelry commercials. Most Americans don’t have enough food, or medical care but the seem to think you should be able to afford a new luxury sedan. Hell, buy one for your wife and another one for yourself. Just sick!
arek314
Nooooo, that grill is way too nice for Lexus. It's square, and pretty pleasing looking. Squish it in the middle, make the proportions all wrong, with top being narrower than the bottom. Then it's Lexus
OblivionCityGuard
This shit is so American lol
suvasam
God I'd kill for physical intimacy this Christmas.
Apollymkatistrafia
Merry Christmas, I got you 5 years of payment obligations without consulting you or your finances!
mrthewhitee
My fav commercial are the ones where someone buys a brand new car for their spouse. I don't know a single person who wouldn't rip into their spouse if they ever showed up with a suprise new car lol
KYGELL91
Always feels bad when the watermark is cut off
The701
Yup. Credit: pizzacakecomic https://www.instagram.com/p/C0cEivRr9X4/
Sulexar
A hug would be pretty awesome.
ImperfectDad
"Oh, wow! Crippling shared debt?!? How'd you know?"
NotTheDevilYouKnow
You're not who they're advertising to.
chaylar
these commercials always feel so tone deaf.
mirrorz
Macaroni art for everyone. Bonus, you can eat it later if you get really hungry.
VoidScreamer
Elmer's glue is non-toxic!
SomeDetroitGuy
No one is randomly buying a car for someone for Christmas. It's a marketing thing where they want upper middle class people to associate buying a particular car with being wealthy.
Snooj
And/or take advantage of the deals to buy a car together.
ToasterDent
If you're really wealthy you don't wait for a sale. If the car is $5k off $75k normal price, that's like 5 cents off a 75 cent piece of candy for a regular person.
LeftRightThere
TrueLegateDamar
Nathan, you got fired in March 2019!
Effehezepe
You bought a Lexus?! You come to me 3 weeks ago "oh Mike, help me! I need money! I can't buy Christmas gifts for my family! My wife doesn't respect me. My wife's cheating on me with everyone! I want to look cool in front of my son's girlfriend! I just need 5 grand to get back on my feet." And then you buy a Lexus?! I want my money back, man! Tomorrow! Hey Cathy.
weidermeijer
You are a shitty partner if you don’t discuss this with your SO first. Even if you have the money, what vehicle do THEY want?
SindarElla
And also are you planning on paying indefinitely for the additional license/registration and insurance costs that come with a new car? If not, it's shitty to put those extra costs on someone who wasn't expecting it
TheOneThatGotBanned
He will love the car I buy for him!
Corrodias
Look, they've treated their partners as property (maybe pets) this long; don't expect them to change now!
SwiftyGuy
Hopefully not a big-ass bullshit truck or SUV.
APassingPlasticBag
I imagine it’s more like omg I want the new Land Rover blah blah blah rich people talk. And then next week it’s in the driveway be it Christmas or not
Degarafarat
So, but it will be scale 1:87
OdinYggd
Next time take the train.
Degarafarat
It's nice to have some scenery too
echonite
My mom sold cars for 15 years. Never ince did someone come in to buy a car for a present. I don't doubt it happens but I don't think it's all that common. It's just a holiday p
Spin on their usual commercials.
ZackWester
the only car present bought as a present is the 16 year car thing in the US. when teens passes drivers license (because you must have a car and driver license in majority of the US to survive). and that car will usally be under dads/moms name to keep inurense cost down.
HelpfulCorn
You do that and good luck getting your claim paid when your teen has an accident. It's not who owns the car it's who the primary driver is
ZackWester
no no my kid will only drive it on wednessday to X and when sent to shop grocery.
meganical
The dumbest thing is when luxury car brands have ads on streaming services because anybody that could afford those things clearly pays extra with their service to not have ads
comacomacomacomachameleon
They balk at $11/month for Spotify but then they spend $1100/month on a F-150 with 120% LTV to flex on their neighbor.
Snooj
I still use Pandora and when they start the car commercials that's all I can think of.
Filanwizard
I chuckled during the baseball post season, the ads for Emirates 1st class on the A380. I was like "Do you really think the people stuck at home watching on TV can afford first class on an A380 to Dubai? The people who can afford that are at the game in a box with staff to get them beer and food".
JoshuaHarazin
The people who can afford those flights are probably using a travel agent anyway. The ROI on those commercials has to be miniscule.
Geistbar
I only have the context of this discussion to work with, but I'd take a guess that the purpose of the ad isn't to get people who see it to buy 1st class tickets on that airline. It's to associate that airline with quality. That way when the person is booking tickets to anywhere that airline serves, they're more likely to get the sale. First class is just a method to create that quality association.
k98aj01
Do not buy me a car I haven’t test driven.
kabummBaron
This
mattrixk
I don't even like the idea of buying shoes online because I haven't tried them yet, I can't imagine doing that with a car.
RedactedDude
That makes a lot of sense, its like how you can't buy another person a handbag. They need to totally jell with it for it to be an asset, an expensive gift given poorly is a burdon
k98aj01
Yes! It works with hoodies too. I am a full zip gal whereas my niece likes pull over sweatshirts w/hoods. We will never agree, but at least we know not to mess with it each others comfort.
ServerMonkeyKing
Learned this very quickly after getting married a long time ago. I have a much happier wife/life if I just set aside the budget and go shopping with her.
Filanwizard
Never mind the fact that it also means someone just spent a crapload of money or took out a big loan without telling their partner.
k98aj01
Yes! Like, you smacked down money on a car my short ass can’t get into, and drives like a tank. Hell no on so many levels even if we had money to burn.
AndyBlacksmith
Wth you on a few of your points, but you probably know what kind of car your partner wishes to have.
justplainvanilla
languex
We celebrate Clunkermas!
VanessaBludgeons
I celebrate Subaruby Tuesday all year long by buying a new stick to slap on the trunk each week
PunJedi
Be honest, it's what's holding your hatchback down...isn't it?
Corrosion
This kind of negativity is why we vape
Treebane
Is Lexus part of Toyotathon, or did they splinter during the schism?
mikeatike
From what I can tell Acura is the atheist branch of Honda. They don't seem to have a holiday-specific slogan.
itsallaboutthecones
Acura...... Because you're basic but feel like Hondas are beneath you for some reason.
nullbr
Even though Jesus himself drove a Honda
mikeatike
Shh, we don't talk about that.
sadsephiroth
He didn't even speak of it.