# If you're stumped for a last-minute gift **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 24, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123 "2022-12-24T15:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/41 "2022-12-28T09:43:30Z")
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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/42 "2022-12-28T20:17:39Z")
On last night’s Tonight Show w/Johnny Carson re-run from late 1980’s, just after Christmas Johnny: Ed, did you get some good Christmas presents this year? Ed: Nothing spectacular Johnny: Come on, your wife must have given you something pretty good. Ed: Well, she gave me a new limousine. Audience: What? … lol … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/43 "2022-12-28T22:58:37Z")
12 year old grandkid wanted to know the best high power car from the 60s. What do I know I started my career with a Morris and vw. But I left my copy of Hemings for him to look at. We will see where that goes. I tried to push him toward a 59 Pontiac as being one of the most beautiful cars ever made, plus a Huge trunk. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/44 "2022-12-29T13:28:23Z")
Yep, my 59, though a Catalina with base engine, no options other than power steering, was one of my favorite cars. A 59 Bonneville is on my “when I win the Powerball” list, though the 389 will be replaced by a 421 or 428. ---
**Author:** ![p.g.i.holmes\_156524](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@p.g.i.holmes\_156524](https://community.cartalk.com/u/p.g.i.holmes_156524)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/45 "2022-12-30T04:38:31Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Three things you should never do. Buy someone else a dog. Buy someone else a car. Or arrange a marriage for someone else. “Buy someone else art” came after “pet” on the list of “presents not to buy” as told to me by my mother. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/46 "2022-12-30T05:20:40Z")
Thank heavens for gift cards. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/47 "2022-12-30T12:52:31Z")
> [@p.g.i.holmes\_156524](#): > > “Buy someone else art” came after “pet” on the list of “presents not to buy” Yup! Many decades ago, a well-meaning friend bought me a _very_ large replica of the head from Michelangelo’s David statue, and it was painted a lurid shade of gold. 😬 Because that guy was a friend, I had to keep that monstrosity on display in case the friend dropped in, but every time I came home that thing startled me. When that friend passed away, I was finally able to get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/48 "2022-12-30T14:30:09Z")
If you feel compelled to display art you don’t care for, you can cover it with a pillowcase or towel so that you don’t have to see it. If your well intentioned friend shows up, uncover it. While this doesn’t apply to the gold colored bust, another friend might do something similar. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/49 "2022-12-30T14:41:25Z")
Stick with that fruitcake that has been regifted for thirty years. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/50 "2022-12-30T17:58:44Z")
Ah ha ha. I could say something but I won’t. Lucky it was a bust. In conservative Sioux Falls they have a full scale David statue downtown for heavens sake. Never understood why. I’m just not into naked guys downtown. ---
**Author:** ![wavyonwheels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wavyonwheels/32/17969_2.png) [@wavyonwheels](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wavyonwheels)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/51 "2022-12-30T19:34:06Z")
But it would be nice just for kicks one or twice! ---
**Author:** ![wavyonwheels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wavyonwheels/32/17969_2.png) [@wavyonwheels](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wavyonwheels)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/52 "2022-12-30T19:43:13Z")
I am gonna disagree here. I want to be in control of my ‘climate’ not some brain dead algorithm. Give me ‘analog’ controls and I will do as I need. ( I drive with the driver side window open 365 ) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/53 "2022-12-30T19:50:07Z")
> [@wavyonwheels](#): > > I want to be in control of my ‘climate’ not some brain dead algorithm Since it unfailingly maintains the desired temperature–no matter the season–then it is clearly not a “brain dead” algorithm. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/54 "2022-12-30T20:01:04Z")
> [@wavyonwheels](#): > > I am gonna disagree here. I want to be in control of my ‘climate’ not some brain dead algorithm Good Grief , another ludite . I can think of many things that I would like to work as well as the Dual Climate controls in our Volvo . ---
**Author:** ![wavyonwheels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wavyonwheels/32/17969_2.png) [@wavyonwheels](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wavyonwheels)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/55 "2022-12-30T20:28:47Z")
90 Maxima and now 2012 Accord and can’t put on the Luddite crown, just want to have actual control rather that ‘auto’ control. I am still a whole lot better at this than some ‘engineer’s’ algorithm. ---
**Author:** ![wavyonwheels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wavyonwheels/32/17969_2.png) [@wavyonwheels](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wavyonwheels)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/56 "2022-12-30T20:32:49Z")
The temp where the sensor is maybe. But I still do not like it. Even I am not that lazy. ( OK maybe close) ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/57 "2022-12-30T20:37:12Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > fruitcake that has been regifted for thirty years. lol … on a recent Cheers rerun, Coach asks “What is that green substance in fruit cake that looks like parts of car tires?” … oh my, have to wonder whoever came up with that idea!!! ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/58 "2022-12-31T01:59:55Z")
> [@wavyonwheels](#): > > I am gonna disagree here. I want to be in control of my ‘climate’ not some brain dead algorithm. Give me ‘analog’ controls and I will do as I need. I never knew that an automatic climate control could not be manually adjustable. Spoiler alert. You can still make it hotter or cooler anytime, even change the vents too. ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/59 "2022-12-31T02:40:50Z")
> [@wavyonwheels](#): > > I am gonna disagree here. I want to be in control of my ‘climate’ not some brain dead algorithm. Give me ‘analog’ controls and I will do as I need. I agree. Older cars with the mechanical temperature control and physical on/off switch for the A/C let you do something which newer cars don’t: use the windshield defrost position **without** running the A/C. When I want to defrost or defog my windows, I’m usually interested in using the heater, and don’t need to waste fuel running an A/C compressor. In a newer car, the A/C compressor is turned on when you move the airflow selector to the windshield position, and you cannot prevent this. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/60 "2022-12-31T02:57:43Z")
> [@bcohen2010](#): > > In a newer car, the A/C compressor is turned on when you move the airflow selector to the windshield position, and you cannot prevent this. That helps keep the windshied clear . [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123.md?page=4)