In a case like this where your buying two vehicles and one of them is to be a gift the dealer would most likely work with you. You would buy one of the vehicles outright and put it in your name. The vehicle that is going to be a gift you would would put a down payment on and have your insurance company put a binder on it before adding it to your policy. The dealer would deliver the car with the understanding you would come in and have your wife sign the papers the next day so it will be in her name. As nothing is final if she wants to exchange it for a different vehicle there would be no problem. You would need to have excellent credit to do this and it would help immensely if you had an ongoing relationship with the dealer.

My wife could are less about car shopping...which makes me appreciate her trust even more ~

I’d use the 30-second skip on my remote.

GMC Ad
 

She'd probably get both trucks and the house in the settlement.

GMC Ad
 

I thought they were watches but others have said they were sunglasses, so I could be wrong.

one for you........one for me
 

How about that house and stone fence that "one for you ....one for me" live in . Heck, they could afford to buy 3 vehicles for each other !

Good to know. Sending this to my husband!


As for the person who said the ad worked, I must disagree--the commercial is cute, but I couldn't tell you what brand the trucks are. On the other hand, the ad where he gives her a puppy and she gives him a truck, I remember what brand the puppy is, but not the truck!

I noticed at the end of the commercial the black one had transformed into SUV.

My wife and I bought matching motorcycles. One grey and the other black. I asked her which one she wanted. Much to my surprise she chose black. We still have the bikes.

Return the red SUV and get another truck for himself.

Why?

Especially would never buy car for my wife without taking her along.

Ohiobuckeye
 

For me this is an easy one. My wife wouldn’t be caught dead driving a truck, of course she would take the SUV.

It’s a commercial !!!! Make believe, and kind of stupid at that.
If it was real, then unless the guy is super wealthy, he should have his head examined.....
GM does get their point across though. Nice vehicles!

I would do nothing. I like SUVs. If I needed a pickup, then just ask to trade for a day or so. Simple.

Are you selling houses, or should people just stay put? People with enough affluence to buy two cars (or a house) are helping the economy and the workers in the auto/house construction areas.

:clap2::duck:

I'd have consulted with the other person (or at least had one of their closest confidants ask) to find out what they'd like before making such an expensive purchase. Even if I were a millionaire, I would have had that much decency. At least, then I wouldn't have been as bent out of shape as this writer seems to be that she got to pick what she really wanted!!!!

Thank goodness we are totally immune from commercials. It is just a pure coincidence, that the two Lexus' we purchased (of course my better half is with me on every large purchase) since 2002 - were in December. Come to think of it, that completely ineffective "December to remember" commercial, has been around for a long time. LOL

Or you can rent a pickup, by the hour, from places like Home Depot.

She’d be sleeping with Jimmy Hoffa

Hoffa is still alive and living with JFK and Elvis, on the set of the faked moon landing.

I'm a woman, I have an SUV and a crew cab F-250...... so I'd have kept the SUV and the pick up <g>

Carry her inside and try to reach a deal in the Bedroom!

Fake commercial

You never surprise any spouse, male or female with a very expensive gift bought with funds belonging to both parties, as in a marriage, unless you are 100 % sure it's exactly what they want. The guy was stupid and now pays the price by watching his wife drive the truck of his dreams. Hopefully he'll learn from it. Take her to the dealership next time and let her pick her gift.

The guy should have "grown" a couple and stood his ground!!!

Reality
 

I would tell both of them to face reality. However, do you really think that this depiction of holiday giving lines up with the truth? This is not a realistic view of the world.

Obviously not for everyone. But, it seems as though the vehicle companies are trying encourage people to make it true.

What I bought for myself is mine. I would of only presented the gift (car) I bought my spouse . That was their gift. As the saying goes," Never look a gift horse in the mouth"
With that being said, My husband knows better than to buy me something that can't be returned!

I did give that one some thought. I immediately thought it was a bit of a "throw back" to the days when "the nagging wife" was a staple character on TV. Males in the villages over about 70 were "raised" on these ideas - but I digress. I then thought - this could be "What a nice guy, he adores that women" but also quickly thought "He knows she won't happily sleep with him unless he cooperates".

I cannot really answer "What would you do?" since I am not a "guy" and I do think they dynamics of a wife work differently, on average, from the dynamics of a husband. But if my husband wanted a vehicle I had intended for myself my response would depend on how attached I was to my choice. This is assuming - by the way - that the "exchange period" on vehicles had passed, because obviously if it were in effect, just exchange the vehicle neither wants. But if no exchange were possible - If I did not care all that much, I'd let him have his preferred vehicle. If I did care, I'd tell him so, and together we were work out who "cared most" about the issue. I always though that might be a good way to work out conflict in marriage - trying to see who "cared most" about an outcome and letting them "have their way" if no compromise could be found and no one could be convinced to change their mind.

I also thought "Dad would have done that for Mom because he adored her". Probably my nicest, least cynical response to the commercial.

I'd of course have done it for any man I adored, but I have never cared all that much about the type of car I drive, so no big deal for me.

Why did she get the to choose? What will she need a pickup for?

Why did she get the to choose? What will she need a pickup for? It's a commercial how many people ho out and buy 2 brand new auto at the same time.
Dumb commercial at a time when 15 % of the nation is unemployed oh I forgot the simulist check will help..
Lmao....

:oops: OMG...... that wasn't a true story? :shocked:

Ohiobuckeye
 

Everybody made pretty good points. In the commercial I saw about $100,000. in 2 vehicles. Better have a lot of money!

Who are you kidding, most of you all can also use Weightwatchers, so better buy 2 while you're at it.

I have 2 vehicles. My wife a toyota Rav 4. Myself a toyota Tacoma. These vehicles are driven according to the current need.

GMC - - Giant Metal Container

Happy wife...happy life. She gets what she wants in my opinion.

First of all, realistically, how many people buy someone a car for Christmas? We've all seen the commercials with the car parked outside either wrapped or with a bow on top, but does that really happen.

I would think that with all the money being spent on gifts, decorations and food that Christmas would be the last time that almost anyone would consider buying a car.

As far as the commercial goes, I would tell her that the black one is mine, (although I would never consider buying a pickup). If she didn't like that, I would go back to the dealer and tell them to exchange it for whatever she wants.

But overall, the whole premise is absurd.

I would convince her that pickup trucks make women look fat.