How to give a Jaguar as a present?
Discussion
zarjaz1991 said:
Indeed, I am however just pointing out that you need to know the person *extremely* well before presuming they will appreciate you changing their car for them.
It's not about the generosity or the money. It's about whether the person will secretly (or even openly) resent not having any input into the process, especially if it's a car they have to drive long distances every day.
Like I said, fraught with potential issues. You need to be absolutely certain.
Millennials. Ungrateful bIt's not about the generosity or the money. It's about whether the person will secretly (or even openly) resent not having any input into the process, especially if it's a car they have to drive long distances every day.
Like I said, fraught with potential issues. You need to be absolutely certain.
ds. 
I'd just drive round in the new motor and tell him you've just bought it. After he's finished looking round it, give him the keys.
Caution. This could backfire if he starts pointing out faults or, worse, if he spots faults but thinks you ought not to know about them.
Bugger...this is getting too fraught for comfort.
Sell the car and give him the bloody cash....
Caution. This could backfire if he starts pointing out faults or, worse, if he spots faults but thinks you ought not to know about them.
Bugger...this is getting too fraught for comfort.
Sell the car and give him the bloody cash....
I think the best idea, other than just swapping the cars in the driveway overnight is to swap them at a lunch venue or to try and park the new car at the front of a pub car park so that he has to walk past it and at the end of the lunch, as you're leaving, just open the driver's door and ask your brother if he'd prefer to drive his birthday present home or should you?
DonkeyApple said:
I think the best idea, other than just swapping the cars in the driveway overnight is to swap them at a lunch venue or to try and park the new car at the front of a pub car park so that he has to walk past it and at the end of the lunch, as you're leaving, just open the driver's door and ask your brother if he'd prefer to drive his birthday present home or should you?
Am I the only one who wouldn't plan on driving home from my birthday pub meal in ANYTHING...?TooMany2cvs said:
DonkeyApple said:
I think the best idea, other than just swapping the cars in the driveway overnight is to swap them at a lunch venue or to try and park the new car at the front of a pub car park so that he has to walk past it and at the end of the lunch, as you're leaving, just open the driver's door and ask your brother if he'd prefer to drive his birthday present home or should you?
Am I the only one who wouldn't plan on driving home from my birthday pub meal in ANYTHING...?
mybrainhurts said:
I'd just drive round in the new motor and tell him you've just bought it. After he's finished looking round it, give him the keys.
Caution. This could backfire if he starts pointing out faults or, worse, if he spots faults but thinks you ought not to know about them.
Bugger...this is getting too fraught for comfort.
Sell the car and give him the bloody cash....
Agreed. Getting too complicated. Have pushed new Jag into canal as you suggestedCaution. This could backfire if he starts pointing out faults or, worse, if he spots faults but thinks you ought not to know about them.
Bugger...this is getting too fraught for comfort.
Sell the car and give him the bloody cash....
Can we do a deal on your detachable withered hand? It would make a perfect 40th gift instead
Condition of sale is that you personally deliver it in your Chinook
DonkeyApple said:
I think the best idea, other than just swapping the cars in the driveway overnight is to swap them at a lunch venue or to try and park the new car at the front of a pub car park so that he has to walk past it and at the end of the lunch, as you're leaving, just open the driver's door and ask your brother if he'd prefer to drive his birthday present home or should you?
Coincidentally I came to the same conclusion last night. Keep it simple and no confusion that it is his present and his car from the outsetPlan to go to local pub within walking distance with him. Car already in pub car park. When we're nearly ready to leave, will tell him on our way out I've bought another car, but it's not for me it's for him, and his present. His wife and kids could arrange to be sitting in it too
Mart-1 said:
mybrainhurts said:
I'd just drive round in the new motor and tell him you've just bought it. After he's finished looking round it, give him the keys.
Caution. This could backfire if he starts pointing out faults or, worse, if he spots faults but thinks you ought not to know about them.
Bugger...this is getting too fraught for comfort.
Sell the car and give him the bloody cash....
Agreed. Getting too complicated. Have pushed new Jag into canal as you suggestedCaution. This could backfire if he starts pointing out faults or, worse, if he spots faults but thinks you ought not to know about them.
Bugger...this is getting too fraught for comfort.
Sell the car and give him the bloody cash....
Can we do a deal on your detachable withered hand? It would make a perfect 40th gift instead
Condition of sale is that you personally deliver it in your Chinook
Some Gump said:
zarjaz1991 said:
Pointing out there can be pitfalls is hardly 'pathetic'.
You need to be VERY sure of the person you're buying something like this for. An example of it going wrong has already been posted in this very thread.
But do carry on showing your maturity and intelligence by simply telling anyone who posts an opinion you don't like to "fk off". 
fYou need to be VERY sure of the person you're buying something like this for. An example of it going wrong has already been posted in this very thread.
But do carry on showing your maturity and intelligence by simply telling anyone who posts an opinion you don't like to "f
k off". k off.1978 Xmas. A client had a new 450SL delivered for his wife. She saw it, tried it, came back and told him to take it back because she preferred her Vauxhall Shoveit. He said it was hers to sell not his; and there the war commenced. 13 years later he died and the car was sold, having been on blocks all its life and started by the handyman once a month to warm it up. It hadn't even had its first free service.
Hope your day goes better, but I keep asking myself if the high mileage one is an older model with a different key. That would be a complete giveaway. Me? I'd put the new one outside and have his old one hidden away just to see his reaction. But then I'm like that.
Hope your day goes better, but I keep asking myself if the high mileage one is an older model with a different key. That would be a complete giveaway. Me? I'd put the new one outside and have his old one hidden away just to see his reaction. But then I'm like that.
jizzjar1991 
and his 'glass half empty' outlook will be disappointed to hear that my brother is over the moon with his present
I took my brother for a drink at a local pub and when we left told him i'd bought another car - he immediately spotted the XJ amongst all the cars and asked if that was it, and when we were near enough to see his wife and 2 little ones and our mother inside it, told him it was indeed the new car purchase but was it his car as his 40th present
He was speechless and dazed, and even today said he was shellshocked. But absolutely delighted, and loves the colour. Without knowing about this thread, he happened to say he was glad I hadn't done a 'Beadle' on him
Everyone is very happy, and shows how our passion for cars can bring much happiness - thanks to Breadvan and others for their kind words
and his 'glass half empty' outlook will be disappointed to hear that my brother is over the moon with his presentI took my brother for a drink at a local pub and when we left told him i'd bought another car - he immediately spotted the XJ amongst all the cars and asked if that was it, and when we were near enough to see his wife and 2 little ones and our mother inside it, told him it was indeed the new car purchase but was it his car as his 40th present
He was speechless and dazed, and even today said he was shellshocked. But absolutely delighted, and loves the colour. Without knowing about this thread, he happened to say he was glad I hadn't done a 'Beadle' on him
Everyone is very happy, and shows how our passion for cars can bring much happiness - thanks to Breadvan and others for their kind words
Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff