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AdamAutistic
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12 Dec 2013, 6:19 pm

why do people always get so happy when the prize on a gameshow is a new car?

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12 Dec 2013, 6:24 pm

I'd love to have me a new car right now. I'd sell the old one and make money to pay the rent, internet bill, and maybe go out to a restaurant or two.

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12 Dec 2013, 6:34 pm

They're not so excited later, when they realize they have to pay the taxes on it themselves. Those "free cars" can end up costing you a couple grand.

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12 Dec 2013, 7:38 pm

Cars are

A. Useful.

B. Potential status symbols.

C. Expensive to buy.

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12 Dec 2013, 8:56 pm

I wonder what they would do if they didn't drive

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13 Dec 2013, 4:25 am

They audition people for those shows -- they want the most 'expressive' jumping-up-and-down, excited-looking people they can get.

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18 Dec 2013, 1:07 am

Willard wrote:

They're not so excited later, when they realize they have to pay the taxes on it themselves. Those "free cars" can end up costing you a couple grand.

Don't forget the insurance price increase, the older, worthless and safer the old car is the worse the increase will be.

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18 Dec 2013, 9:50 am

It's more about the monetary value of the car than practicality, depending on what car it is.

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20 Dec 2013, 12:25 am

Sometimes there is a catch and they find out after its actually a lease they won, they can pay to drive the car then have to give it back in 2-5 years. I feel sorry for those people, I wonder how excited they are in the end.

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20 Dec 2013, 1:28 am

Every "winner" has the option to turn down the prize and avoid the tax liability...IIRC.

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20 Dec 2013, 7:10 am

T_ wrote:

I wonder what they would do if they didn't drive

Sell it, give it away to someone they care about or learn to drive.

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