# A Lexus for xmas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877 "2007-11-27T04:09:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/21 "2007-11-27T18:46:21Z")
[Just in time](http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/monopoly_releases_special), **Antinor**! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/22 "2007-11-27T19:01:44Z")
[QUOTE=Lionne] [Just in time](http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/monopoly_releases_special), **Antinor**! [/QUOTE] Heh. It’s only partially a joke, there really are a bazillion. (he has 2 of the regular version and something like 15 of the various theme ones…it’s really a sick obsession) ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/23 "2007-11-27T19:48:42Z")
My parents went out together and spontaneously “gave themselves” a Lexus as some sort of gift once. I don’t know what they chalked it up to-either their anniversary or Diwali. But it’s their money and they made that decision together. I think a purchase of that nature made unilaterally by one person would be way more difficult for me to appreciate. I mean, christ, I would want to know about a 40K expenditure. Not talking it over with me would be a sign of disrespect. ---
**Author:** ![FourPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e0b2c6/32.png) [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/24 "2007-11-27T19:51:18Z")
Let’s see. I bought my wife two vans that way. One was used, one was new. I made the bow. She likes vans. She’s crazy that way. ---
**Author:** ![MacGyverInSeattle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@MacGyverInSeattle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacGyverInSeattle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/25 "2007-11-27T20:51:13Z")
[QUOTE=romansperson] do they give you that big red bow to put on top? How do you get it home (the bow, I mean)? [/QUOTE] There are places that sell [big bows](http://mysticalley.com/berwick_ribbon_carbows.html) for cars, also [permanent bows](http://www.kingsizebows.com/about.htm) with a base and little rubber feet, then there are the [giant bows](http://www.giantbows.com/), even [car gift wrap](http://www.coverking.com/giftcover/). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/26 "2007-11-27T20:56:22Z")
Just last month, my mom gave me a Lexus for my birthday. It wasn’t a _new_ Lexus: it’s a '92. But it’s still a damned nice car. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/27 "2007-11-27T21:10:01Z")
Last Feb, we were buying me a new car (Scion xA - cute and cheap - just like me!) Somehow, one of my husband’s employees thought he was giving it to me as a Valentine’s gift. :rolleyes: How could she know that we’ve managed to ignore Valentine’s day for each of the 24 years we’ve been together?? Silly woman… But if I had the means, I’d give my sweetie the keys to a BMW Z4 - he has serious lust for those. However, with a daughter in college and about to get married, and a roof and houseful of windows that need to be replaced, and my impending retirement, ain’t gonna happen. Not in this life, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/28 "2007-11-27T21:35:06Z")
Next door neighbor. Lexus SUV for the wife. Bow and all. He sells labels for a living (long story), she is a homemaker who got wind of his first big commission. He wanted to get her a Toyota, and she pretty much told him he wouldn’t get laid ever again if she didn’t get a Lexus for Christmas. He probably gets laid three times a year, all missionary (’’…my wife feels like a whore if she gets on top…" /end neighbor quote). That was three years ago. Now with 46k on the SUV, she is putting her incredibly valuable vagina on the craps table, demanding an E class Mercedes by Christmas. So, where were they last weekend? Looking at Mercedes. He wants a Toyota Camry, she demands an E Class Mercedes. She’s fugly. She explained to him that he only works five days a week to her seven, so she calls the shots. It’s quite a show. ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/29 "2007-11-27T23:11:34Z")
I was just discussing this with my boyfriend after one of those Lexus commercials; unless you’re stinking filthy rich, you’re going to want to know that your husband/wife is dropping that kind of cash. It’s not like the payments aren’t coming out of the same account. Therefore I decided that cars should be given as gifts only by people who have no financial connection to the person they’re giving the car to. Parents, grandparents, friends who won the lottery, fond strip club patrons… You know. Those people. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/30 "2007-11-27T23:28:41Z")
[QUOTE=Audrey Levins] It’s not like the payments aren’t coming out of the same account. [/QUOTE] Many married couples have separate finances plus a joint account to manage shared expenses. I could conceivably buy my wife a new car and use my money to make monthly payments. (Though I’d only do it if it was obvious to both of us that she/we needed a new car.) ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/31 "2007-11-27T23:55:38Z")
Now I’m very curious as to the nature of **Philster** ’s friend’s marital situation. Do her breasts leak Stella Artois? If everything you say is true, how does she hold on to this fellow? Does he cheat on her? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/32 "2007-11-28T00:04:17Z")
[QUOTE=Philster] Next door neighbor. Lexus SUV for the wife. Bow and all. He sells labels for a living (long story), she is a homemaker who got wind of his first big commission. He wanted to get her a Toyota, and she pretty much told him he wouldn’t get laid ever again if she didn’t get a Lexus for Christmas. He probably gets laid three times a year, all missionary (‘’…my wife feels like a whore if she gets on top…" /end neighbor quote). That was three years ago. Now with 46k on the SUV, she is putting her incredibly valuable vagina on the craps table, demanding an E class Mercedes by Christmas. So, where were they last weekend? Looking at Mercedes. He wants a Toyota Camry, she demands an E Class Mercedes. She’s fugly. She explained to him that he only works five days a week to her seven, so she calls the shots. It’s quite a show. [/QUOTE] I think the following NWA lyrics are appropriate: “Started talkin’ shit, wouldn’t you know, I reach back like a pimp and I smack the hoe” She is negotiating sex for cash and it doesn’t sound like she is good at it. Have you explained to your friend that 10’s of thousands of dollars will buy a whole lot of tail. It doesn’t have to even be a high-class Las Vegas prostitute. You can get quality college girls for that and they will get on top. I would like to say that it is his fault but that is outlawed when the same thing comes from a woman. How did he fall into that especially since you said she is fugly? Even if he is fugly, it sounds like he has money so that sound be enough to claim more than a missionary position from someone else? ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/33 "2007-11-28T00:43:36Z")
Assuming I had an SO, I’d be furious, because paying for the insurance on one of those things would be murder, and he’d better expect to make all the payments because there’s no way in hell I could. A cheaper car, now, wouldn’t make me as mad, probably. But I’m perfectly happy with my current one and feel no desire for another. I can’t imagine spending more than about $25,000 on a car…ever…and right now, I can’t see spending more than about half that. Maybe if I won the lottery. **philster’s** neighbor’s wife doesn’t know what she’s missing! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/34 "2007-11-28T01:15:16Z")
Many years ago my wife hinted (repeatedly) that she would like a blue topaz ring for her birthday, which happens to be 2 days after Christmas. The morning of her birthday she got up and looked out the front window, parked in front of the house was a blue Topaz. A Mercury Topaz. Then I gave her the ring she really wanted. I had rented the Mercury for the day as a gag, at the time she had a Ford Tempo which wasa clone of the Topaz. ---
**Author:** ![TwoOnSunday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TwoOnSunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoOnSunday)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/35 "2007-11-28T01:57:49Z")
A few years back, my dad traded in his much-loved truck to buy my mom a snappy little convertible for Christmas. Because he wasn’t sure how he could hide it until Christmas and they really needed the use of both cars (we had a van too), he told her his truck broke down and that it was a rental. Unfortunately, thinking it was a rental, my mom was guilty-pleasure driving around Chicago in December in drizzle with the top down :smack: On Christmas Eve, we made the bow for it, pretended like the dog got off the leash and made my mom step outside to find her car with bow and ginormous homemade gift tag. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/36 "2007-11-28T02:29:06Z")
[QUOTE=racer72] Many years ago my wife hinted (repeatedly) that she would like a blue topaz ring for her birthday, which happens to be 2 days after Christmas. The morning of her birthday she got up and looked out the front window, parked in front of the house was a blue Topaz. A Mercury Topaz. Then I gave her the ring she really wanted. I had rented the Mercury for the day as a gag, at the time she had a Ford Tempo which wasa clone of the Topaz. [/QUOTE] That is freakin’ hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/37 "2007-11-28T02:37:28Z")
My mom bought her boyfriend of 5 years a brand new Ford pickup for xmas one year. He hated it and she could tell. It eventually broke them up. I can see his view though because he worked on a farm and used his truck for actual hauling and towing and she bought him a single cab 2WD Ford F150. He couldn’t very well take it back and hurt her feelings so he was stuck. I felt bad for him. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/38 "2007-11-28T02:40:27Z")
I’ll go along with those who want to choose their own car. Picking a car is, for me, a very personal thing. Kinda like dating. I want to check the fit, and see if it’s all I expect it to be. Actually buying the car is akin to entering into a relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/39 "2007-11-28T03:28:19Z")
According to [this article](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/15/business/media/15adco.html) from the New York Times, a few people do buy a car for Christmas, although many of them just delay delivery of a car they were already going to buy until December 24. (And apparently Lexus stockpiles the big bows in California.) But [this article](http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/weekinreview/19mcge.html) suggests that the problem with such gifts is that car dealers don’t normally allow returns. So if the recipient doesn’t like the color or model, you could be out of luck. What I’d try to do is borrow the car long enough for the big reveal and then go back to complete the sale. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877/40 "2007-11-28T05:00:21Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I would backhand bitch-slap my wife [QUOTE=Shagnasty] I reach back like a pimp and I smack the hoe" [/QUOTE] Mercy. What’s got you in such a slappy mood?? P.S. I think it’s [“ho”](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ho). No “e”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lexus-for-xmas/427877.md?page=3)