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12-04-2003, 02:44 PM
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Giant red bows for cars given as gifts
In the TV commercials, whenever somebody gives a car to someone as a gift, whether it's husband to wife or parent to child or whatever, there's always this big-ass bow on the car, as if to additionally signify that it's a present.
The first few times I saw these in the ads, I assumed it was just a convention, a bit of visual shorthand to emphasize the "gift" message for the purposes of the commercial (sort of like in movies how a bag of groceries always has a long thin baguette sticking out of it to let the viewer know what's in the bag). But then I started to wonder: If you were giving a car as a gift and you actually wanted a big-ass bow, could you get one? And if so, will the dealership throw it in for free if you're buying a car brand-new? Or does it cost extra? Seems like it's a lot of plastic or whatever they're made out of. If I wanted to buy it separately — say, I got a car out of the newspaper classifieds and now I want a bow to go with it — how much would it be? I'm still thinking they're probably fiction, but the more I considered the less certain I am. Anybody ever tried to obtain one? What's the skinny? 
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#2
12-04-2003, 03:01 PM
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About 5 years ago my ex-father in law bought my ex-mother in law a little Mercedes convertible as an Xmas present. On Xmas eve we went to the garage where it had been stored and drove it to the house. In the trunk was a roll of red plastic (sort of like police tape, only red and withouth writing). We were able to wrap the car up and we topped it off with a big red bow we bought at the drug store.
That car was a ton of fun to drive.
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12-04-2003, 03:12 PM
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Someone has been watching those stupid Lexus commercials they run every year, methinks.
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