Things that put you off even reading a car ad?

[mark.c]

I'm in no rush to sell.....

I'm just testing the water.....

I know what these cars are worth.....


Oh fck off

[eddietiv1]

Always when the number plate is blanked out,may be a genuine reason but alarm bells ring loud and clear, so much so I simply wouldn't view it.

[ArsE92]

01274

Sorry

[pkear1989]

It may have being mentioned already.. But ads saying the coat of upgrades and trying to justify a higher price as a result of these upgrades e.g. alloys costing 1000 or new coilovers costing 600


Also anything to do with lowerimg/xenon (commonly spelt wrong) or any other mods obviously done with eBay kits

[toon10]

TroubledSoul said:

I was just looking through AT yet again, and it occurred to me that all of the cars I saw that said "ONE OF A KIND!!" or "REAL HEAD TURNER" I don't even look at. This is based on past experience to be honest.

What is it for you? What makes you think "Not even going to look...."? Or is it just me? :P

I just did a quick search for a 6 series on AT and the first two ads came up "Best value 630 sport in the country" and "Real head turner". Both trader ads too.

[catman]

pkear1989 said:

It may have being mentioned already.. But ads saying the coat of upgrades and trying to justify a higher price as a result of these upgrades e.g. alloys costing 1000 or new coilovers costing 600


Also anything to do with lowerimg/xenon (commonly spelt wrong) or any other mods obviously done with eBay kits

Pot, Kettle....

[powerstroke]

POA !!! fk right off you chancer!!

[anonymous-user]

CAPS. Shouty .

119 miles instead of 119,000 miles. Misleading .

"Too many extras to list". Lazy .

"This example is presented in [colour]" Presented? Pretentious .

[wibblebrain]

"Rare"

No it's bloody not! Try doing a search and you'll see it's one of about 50 similar cars currently for sake. Pillock?

Edited by wibblebrain on Thursday 28th August 19:59

[medieval]

We are delighted to be able to offer......



Not to be missed.......


And very definitely POA which means I am going to have to spin you a line as to why I want to charge you the earth for this car...


No thank you

[vikingaero]

ArsE92 said:

01274

Sorry

Too true though. I was looking at a Hawkeye Impreza 2.0R Auto Saloon last year. There weren't many around and one of the Bradford garages had one. Googling them brought out their true reputation of write offs and ringing.

[Hrimfaxi]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Falsey said:

"... NOT R32, R33, R34, GTR, NISMO, SPEC-V, S13, S14"

etc etc

This x100

It could be my perfect spec at half retail price but the knobber will not be getting a penny from me for this display of moronics ....

This is common on Ebay.
The reason being is searching - they put other cars in the advert title because it widens the search results.

For example - if you were to search for a Legacy, and they're selling an Impreza, then their advert would appear in your search results. The title would be something like;

Impreza WRX, (not Legacy, Forester, BRZ)

I think i'm making sense here haha.

It's a pretty poor show....

[V8forweekends]

Hrimfaxi said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

Falsey said:

"... NOT R32, R33, R34, GTR, NISMO, SPEC-V, S13, S14"

etc etc

This x100

It could be my perfect spec at half retail price but the knobber will not be getting a penny from me for this display of moronics ....

This is common on Ebay.
The reason being is searching - they put other cars in the advert title because it widens the search results.

For example - if you were to search for a Legacy, and they're selling an Impreza, then their advert would appear in your search results. The title would be something like;

Impreza WRX, (not Legacy, Forester, BRZ)

I think i'm making sense here haha.

It's a pretty poor show....

We know why they do it. It doesn't make it any better.

[SteellFJ]

PEUGEOT............


Enough said, I'm out!

[BULLITT Rich]

All of the above definitely but one that hasn't been mentioned that really grates me is when a seller, usually a trader, lists every single feature on the car (which comes as standard) in the advert to make it look like it's packed with extras/well equipped.

Ie. colour coded bumpers,
Colour coded adjustable door mirrors,
Front head restraints,
Rear 3 point safety belts,

Etc.

It may be a nominal thing but it does put me off reading any further when the seller is just padding an advert out with a list of standard features to make it look better than it is.

[wibblebrain]

"much sort after"

"Big Motoring World" or other associated organisation.

[Morningside]

Car parked on wasteland usually with one of the wheels half in a puddle.

Car parked suspiciously close to a wall. Why are they hiding that side?

Holes in the dashboard. old Taxi?

[willmagrath]

People that can't spell in the ad or dealers called 'karz 4 u'

[PompeyPaul]

"Don't really need to sell."

[C.A.R.]

Alloys (often badly) painted black.

The best ones are when it's clearly been sprayed on with no prep work and is chipping all around the edge. Typically this doesn't seem to affect the price of the car though?!

Having been recently browsing for a 320d: any car where the owner has put an //M badge on it. Even the 'Sport' spec BMWs had no exterior badges, so their presence immediately makes me believe the car has been owned by a bloody idiot. Many out there even have the badge within the kidney grilles, which looks really st.