Things that put you off even reading a car ad?

[paul383]

caps or 'just run in', 'good considering age'. no detail of important things.

[Morningside]

Rude, pushy adverts. Things like:

Don't bother viewing if you don't want to buy. or should I say DONT BOTHER VIEWING IF YOU DONT WANT TO BUY!!!!1!

[mwstewart]

Morningside said:

Rude, pushy adverts. Things like:

Don't bother viewing if you don't want to buy. or should I say DONT BOTHER VIEWING IF YOU DONT WANT TO BUY!!!!1!

Shocking, isn't it?

Also for me: capital leathers, "leathers", an describiging something as "fully loaded"; I don't even like the term but the cars its applied to never are.

[paul383]

Oh also. Gangsta speak/text speak/poorly written

[9mm]

KissMyRs said:

vikingaero said:

I'll explain why. It's a tactic used by the slimiest car dealer or seller. That phrase brings out notions in my mind that they won't be the type that will easily sort out post purchase problems. It's my money and my personal preference so kiss my rs.

Erm, ok, you do understand a car with more optional extra's generally is worth more money?

I wasn't being rude to you, just asking why it was such an issue for someone to mention how much worth of optional extra's a car has had. I thought a good advert entailed describing the car?

The extras might make a car easier to sell but what they cost new is completely irrelevant, as is the purchase price. Generally speaking, very few extras add anything to the value of a used car.

[Funkycoldribena]

"Selling for a friend/brother/uncle that has gone abroad"

[Kentish]

Lowered.....

Or,

"it's got x,y,z wrong but it's never bothered me" ......I don't read any further as it usually means "I've done minimal maintenance and servicing"

[Morningside]

Airbag light is on but its a simple fix.

...should not take much to get through a MOT.

[J4CKO]

Matt UK said:

Bradford
Birmingham

Why is that ?

[JamesD1]

I won't bother reading adverts where the vehicle is too far away from me, I can't / won't read adverts with stupidly coloured text or in all capital letters.

The whole it'll cost 5p and a bag of crisps to sort out remark certainly turns me off, but i'm not against buying cars with known faults if the price is right.

[Passeyfier]

Falsey said:

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

etc etc

This and even worse examples. For instance, an ad for a Golf Mk2 GTi may be branded with "not, XR3i, RS Turbo, VR6, R32". How unintelligent do they think we are if we think an advert for a Golf is actually an Escort?

[Carnage]

juggsy said:

This thread pretty much sums it up - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Christ. He's a character.

[danzman1991]

I hate seeing ads where the pictures are taken just outside the local car wash!

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

The word 'Modified' which usually includes a picture of a council house in the background.

[MagicMike]

CAPS LOCK.
Typos, even minor ones give me a mental picture of the seller.
Poor punctuation, i.e no full stops, commas or apostrophe's.
Loads of pics from the same angle.
One lady owner - does that mean the wheels are kerbed to hell,the bumpers scuffed,and the vehicle littered in car park dents ,and patches of missing paint on the wheel arches?
Having a more desirable car in the background of the picture. Throws my attention off completely.
And my all time pet hate " A 173% perfect,reliable, etc". You can't have more than 100, or even more so how on earth do you quantify that?

[Supernova190188]

MagicMike said:

One lady owner - does that mean the wheels are kerbed to hell,the bumpers scuffed,and the vehicle littered in car park dents ,and patches of missing paint on the wheel arches

Yep , never ever understood why one lady owner is a good thing when buying a car!

[nct001]

Do you not think that car dealer adverts may be written occasionally to avoid dealing with enthusiasts and they just want to sell to Jo blogs?

So deliberately include phrases or written in a certain manner, that is when I get a car which is but not great ie several owners, wear and tear etc etc no history, I might just write a short and sweet advert, pricing it cheap.

[av185]

9mm said:

The extras might make a car easier to sell but what they cost new is completely irrelevant, as is the purchase price. Generally speaking, very few extras add anything to the value of a used car.

Apart from the essential extras, that is....:

[Falsey]

Passeyfier said:

Falsey said:

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

etc etc

This and even worse examples. For instance, an ad for a Golf Mk2 GTi may be branded with "not, XR3i, RS Turbo, VR6, R32". How unintelligent do they think we are if we think an advert for a Golf is actually an Escort?

Ive always wondered about the thought process behind it. Ok, so its likely more people will see you ad - but who does a search for an R32 GTR and finds an Almera with all that st on it and thinks; "Yeah that'll be grand actually."

[V8 FOU]

"Titled Owner" or "Famous Owner" Jeez who gives a t*ss? There was a dealer selling a Bentley Continental, previously owned by Tiny Rowland.... enough to put many people right off.

Classic car ads, especially from auction houses that give a potted history. Even on E Types, MGB's, Mk2 Jags, Minis, etc....

"Fitted with uprated suspension and Polybushes, but never tracked"