Hi Everyone,
I've bought a Tesla Model 3 for my wife and pick it up today. She is working until 7pm and doesn't know about it. Just trying to figure out what the best way to give it to her is and need some ozbargain wisdom.
Any other ideas are welcome.
It's also way too (profanity) discreet. I'd walk to where my car was, and call the cops about my stolen car long before bothering to look in my bag for my keys.
After you install the custom W1F3Y plates…. Swap it with her car and make use of the EAP sub and summon her home …
Swap cars at work. Park in same place. Meet her at the car to go out for dinner.
I wonder what the girlfriend is getting on Valentine's Day.
Plaid
is that short for getting the P and getting Laid?
Yes, but plain flour is involved
The mistress gets the bay side apartment overlooking the beach. She needs “shut up” money. The wife only gets a Tesla because she only needs “stop looking” money.
Dumped for a guy
You go like: Congratulations Mrs. [Insert surname], Do you like?
Rich person's version
Get Elon to chauffeur wife and you to and from dinner in the Tesla. Tip him with Doge for his troubles. Watch the surprise on your wife's face when he gives you the keys at the end of the night.
Poor person's version
Get a friend to Uber wife and you to dinner and home etc.
For romantics
Mount a ring to it. During dinner, get down on one knee, whip it out and propose.
For alcoholics
Park the Tesla at the restaurant next to your old car. Tell her you'll meet her there. Have a few drinks during dinner. After dinner, give her the car keys and ask her to drive home as you're over the limit. Watch her surprise when the fob opens the Tesla. Try not to spew in the car.
whip it out
Pretty sure that's illegal in a restaurant
give her the car keys
You mean secretly download the Tesla app on her phone
Wait for her to come home, sneakily drive the Tesla to the garage, with a ribbon and key.
Optional : Set up your security cameras linked to alternative power source
Go home and flip the Circuit board, - but not while she's using kitchen or power tools.
Stuff around the circuit board and eventually say it seems to be whatever is in the garage and ask her to go check while you "monitor the circuit board" or ask her check with you to use her phone as a light source
Post entire reaction skit on TikTok (after your flip back the circuit board switch )
Bought as in you have separate finances and this is a present or bought as in I've taken an executive decision and now we must pay it off?
Plot twist…
OP is the dude who hasn't worked in 7 years and felt bad after reading her thread
LOL!
Guess they have to spend that 300k somehow
Park the Tesla in her garage
Imagine making such a huge financial decision without involving your significant other and thinking that they'll not have a reaction except pure joy and excitement.
Might as well go buy a dog and book a 3 month holiday while you're at it OP. lol
Maybe OP is just more privileged than you?
If I was privileged enough to be able to afford a new Jimny my wife would like it if I surprised her with one.
Maybe OP is just more privileged than you?
Wouldn't be buying a Model 3 if he was that privileged.
Regardless, a car is a big decision to not involve the other party in but I guess OP knows his partner and has worked it all out.
I would normally agree but this is a Tesla we're talking about. It's the one exception to all rules.
Show her the invoice.
Fess up, OP. What did you do?
Or what does he want?
My guess its his way to work towards a thruple.
My guess its his way to work towards a thruple.
Been watching the bachelors?
Nah, just pornhub.
Sit at the kitchen table with a set of headphones on, smoking a massive joint
by gloating to ozbargain.
lol, nice
Take her to bad but expensive Chinese restaurant. If she asks tell her you arranged for a third rate Chinese meal in a third rate Chinese car.
Fantastic comment
The real surprise comes when you return from dinner to find out it spontaneously exploded in the parking lot.
Park Tesla outside and charge it with long extension lead, from inside your home.
Wife arrived home, find the cord and say wtf is this. She then follow the lead.
xoxo
For this to work the Tesla would need to be inside the house and the power lead plugged into the storm drain.
storm drain
Divorce guaranteed 100%.
Tell her you rented it for the night, then after dinner surprise her by giving her the keys and saying it's hers. Better yet, divorce her, marry me, and give me the Tesla.
But will you allow him to park it in your Garage?
I'd rather he did actually.
"Honey I rented this car for the night"
"Oh thank god you only rented it, this thing is ghastly and I absolutely HATE the colour"
Imagine. lol
Tell her you bought yourself a Tesla because she made it sound so exciting. Tell her if she's nice, you'll let her take it for a drive sometime.
Just remember the old saying; 'Women drivers, no survivors'.
/s
Park it out front of next door, tell her there's something you want to show her outside, then use the summon feature to have it drive up to you and then hand her the keys. ;)
hand her the keys. ;)
Again, assuming OP ponied up for the optional key fob.
Did she want a small car , maybe like a lot of buyers now, she would have like an SUV?
Tesla model Y is an SUV.
They said they bought a model 3.
Doh!
Hand her the keys to the new Tesla, then help your gift to yourself out of the passenger seat 😉
Can i be your second wife? 🤣😷
No updates… this isn't looking good
Be funny if OP wrote the car off on the way home (with no injuries of course).
Autopilot strikes again!
Lucky her, congrats!! What's the occasion? What about the upcoming valentines day though?
Oh boy! Be careful when you surprise your wife. Many a times I have been asked why I didn't tell her so she can also go through the experience of buying, choosing colours, inclusions, upgrades. She will feel it is hers then.
Well their wife's working for a reason, and she has every reasonable to be batshit crazy at them.
It's a financial cost on their relationship, and all females know it's insane not to inform them on expensive items with out information they informed the other half about.
Jewelry is acceptable as it's depreciation is next to low.
Agree or disagree the point stands.
Jewelry is acceptable as it's depreciation is next to low.
Your wife is standing right behind you isn't she…
Well now, isn't this funny.
How's it feel messaging a female.
Better than messaging jv I guess.
buy her a toy one and write on it exchange for a real one, Put in envelope and stamp it. Make sure envelope is addressed to her and write for limited time exchange for real - brought to you by elon. you get the gist.
hope your wife is prettier than the model 3
She must be 10/10
Now I have to subscribe to see what happens.
Good luck OP. I'm sure she will love it
Wow. Looks like author really values other people's opinion. You seek approval and validation from strangers. You can't return the car. Since you are asking for opinion:
- should have done test drive on all available electric car in market
- made decision together
It looks like you have a lot of spare cash, none of this matters. Enjoy your car.
Update us what happens
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Post a humblebrag on ozbargain?
I would do a prank. Ask a friend of yours to dress as a cop, take the Tesla and patrol her way back. The friend stops her to advise that her car is old so she must drive the Tesla that has been allocated to her by the government. If she doesn't accept the Tesla, a hefty fine applies.
She would have to be a complete fool to fall for that… So if she does, OP should divorce.
Camelface lives in fairyland. Don't ever pull over for a random car. Especially with a guy cosplaying as a cop. It's not easy to find a convincing fake Australian Police uniform.
the surprise will come when wife learns auto-pilot means she has to gently hold/let go of the steering wheel like it's a baby learning to walk…
I don't understand why people are paying premium to become beta testers
… and then jump on a bargain site, smh…
Crash it onto your front room (or better yet your indoor swimming pool) to teach her the lesson of life giveth, life taketh.
Park it just out of range of a return trip to home and then give her the keys and a treasure map to the location of her surprise.
Park it at a petrol station and get her to drive home as that is the last time she will have to visit one too. lol
How did it go OP?
gather friends put car keys in salad bowl and let her figure it out when someome pulls the tesla key
Hi All,
Thanks for all your comments and votes. I should have said in my original post that my wife had actually picked this car/colour etc and wanted to buy it but I was the hesitant one so I new she would be very happy with it. I wouldn't buy such an expensive item without consulting with her.
Anyway onto how the night went…I picked up her car from work and took it home and returned with the Tesla. I then went inside and said hey I thought we could go out for dinner together tonight and helped her finish packing up, then as we walked out to the car park together she said where is my car and I replied I took it home so we could go together to which she replied but where is your car. At this point she noticed the Tesla in the car park and I handed her the Tesla keycard with a bow on it and said my car's at home we can take your new car.
…and was she happy???
Yes, very happy she loves it.
Hurray!
Thanks for the update. Glad it went so smooth.
So buying something nice for your wife means she wears the pants? Weird way of looking at things. Are you always this miserable?
… do you think men shouldn't enjoy wearing the skirt?
@digitalbath hey I'm not in charge of what you think is miserable, that's all in your domain.
Notice how OP did not mention how his wife reacted. That's selective reporting due to nut absentia :D
Nice, though was she happy you got her the car she picked out?
Cause some people do go through products that want but realistically the buying power is low.
and thats the story of how OP's next child was conceived
Elon ma
….. Then wife said, "Let's skip dinner, I want you to show me the back seat".
I assume.
The lack of conclusion suggests they actually had a huge fight because he made a unilateral decision involving a large amount of money and debt, as most normal people would.
This dude posted a follow up at 10pm the evening he bought his wife a tesla and took her to dinner. idk what the motive was for that, but pretty cringe. Safe to say that he has some strange need for validation on this platform and possibly didn't get any.
The people needed to know!
back door
Then everyone at work clapped.
Like in the movies lol
The End.
A Tesla key is just a black plastic card with Tesla written on it. Leaving one in her bag is not much of a surprise.