If the classifieds are the non-intellectual brain food of my life, then just occasionally they surface something so perfect in tone and sentiment that you wonder how it could ever be improved. A good classified ad is, to my mind, perhaps better than the very sharpest editorial - a strange admission coming from someone in my trade.
Of course as a genre, the advertisement has been hijacked by all manner of wordsmiths keen to entertain an audience, but
this one
is less deliberate. There's an underlying honesty about the machine and the gags aren't too frequent. The drink-driving bit will probably raise a few heckles, but there's no real glorification of the activity going on here.
Just read it and enjoy. And then tell me you wouldn't fancy baiting the local yooves in this old skip.
My day has been brightened.
Citroen AX 'GTI'
Engine: 1,587cc 4-cyl
Transmission: Five-speed manual, front-wheel drive
Power (hp): 120
Torque (lb ft): 107
MPG: 33
CO2: 201g/km
Year registered: 1993
Recorded miles: See the ad
Price new: N/A
Yours for: £1,200