F... Lexus Xmas Commercials

Seriously, does this irk anyone else? Only two ways that these scenarios can work out. Either these mid twenties/early thirties couples are retardorich and can simply afford to drop ~$50k cash on a CHRISTMAS PRESENT or they are giving their special someone an assload of debt.

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every five minutes these things are coming on...seriously eff this commercial. Last year it was the hipsters singing christmas carols commercial, this year f*cking lexus with that annoying ass tone

I just lol'd. I've been off from work 4 of the past 6 days, and the wife and I have watched a lot of football... and therefore seen plenty of these dumbass commercials. And she and I have said the same thing as you.

Who in the hell just gives someone a $50K car as an Xmas present? I mean, I could go out tomorrow and grab the wife a nice Lexus on a lease, but it's like, here ya go honey, have a sweet Lexus.... and oh yeah, we now have a $600/month car payment to tack on to the bills.

I mean what freaking demographic are you appealing to with these commercials? .05% of the world's population? These ads have driven me nuts for years.

Well I'm going shopping for a car for my wife this weekend. And I know she wants a Lexus.

We'll see. My signing bonus wasn't exactly Lexus worthy but whatever...but where the hell am I gonna find a ribbon big enough to wrap around a car?

well there goes Smoot ruining my theory. That said, I drive a new BMW and even being able to afford it, it's not something I would consider a "gift" per se. Big difference between "can afford" and it's a gift, nbd. If you're the primary breadwinner and can swing it, i guess that's one thing. if you're signing someone else up for the payment... not so much.

BTW- good luck w/ the new job, whatever it is. I'm assuming it's something along the lines of
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Marketing folks usually know what they're doing. Take a look around the next time you drive in and around DC and note the badges on the vehicles nearby. $50k here, $35k behind you, $125k over there, etc etc

There is big money in the region and Lexus knows it. They probably don't sell too many cars that actually become spur of the moment gifts, but I bet they do sell a fair amount of cars because of the ads.

Wife sees the ad, says to husband "you should buy me a new Lexus, look how cute it is with the bow!".
Husband - "OK, maybe we'll go take a look this weekend"
Wife (Saturday evening) - "Thanks for the new car, honey!"

That is probably a bit dramatic to some extent, but not too far off reality.

Well I'm going shopping for a car for my wife this weekend. And I know she wants a Lexus.

We'll see. My signing bonus wasn't exactly Lexus worthy but whatever...but where the hell am I gonna find a ribbon big enough to wrap around a car?

The truely sad thing is the ribbon is an accessory that costs $600.

Well I'm going shopping for a car for my wife this weekend. And I know she wants a Lexus.

We'll see. My signing bonus wasn't exactly Lexus worthy but whatever...but where the hell am I gonna find a ribbon big enough to wrap around a car?

I guess it all depends on the Lexus. When I was car shopping a little over a year ago I looked at a few, and there were some available that weren't too much more expensive than the car I ended up getting (2010 Nissan Altima SL, bells and whistles included). I just preferred to get the "lesser" make, with more options. Leather, sunroof, power everything, GPS, Bose sound, etc etc, cost me the same per month as a Lexus with half the options.

But I'm not getting signing bonuses or anything, so you know, I suppose I could afford the gigantic ribbon for you... That's about it. :)

The truely sad thing is the ribbon is an accessory that costs $600.

the truly, truly sad thing is that you know that the ribbon is a $600 accessory. Seriously though, $600 ribbon? It better come wrapped around 3 hookers.

Well I'm going shopping for a car for my wife this weekend. And I know she wants a Lexus.

We'll see. My signing bonus wasn't exactly Lexus worthy but whatever...but where the hell am I gonna find a ribbon big enough to wrap around a car?

Or the music box that plays the lexus song. Gotta have that. Otherwise its just a car man.