Used Car Listings - Why so much rubbish in the listing?

[mat205125]

What's with the habit of listing cars for sales, and including trivial information that includes standard equipment that all models will have?

I know that the car has Anti-lock braking system ...... all cars do

I know that the car has Body-colour door handles ....... I can see that

I don't need you to list that it has a Trip computer ....... my bicycle has one of those these days

Why are you listing "Configurable Ambient Interior Lighting, Configurable Ambient Lighting," as two things??

I don't think that Contrast stitching needs its own entry in the listing

I thought that a locking fuel filler is an MOT requirement for all cars, so Fuel filler flap (central locking) isn't necessary

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/13602572

Am I the only one that finds this lazy and puts me off enquiring about a car??

[LittleBigPlanet]

Is most of the information not pulled automatically?

Granted, it really puts me off when people list standard items and write that the car has a "great spec" or "loads of options".

[Alex_225]

I think on AutoTrader it has options you can tick and it just pulls that into the advert.

I do know what you mean OP, sometimes it's nice to read an ad that's actually been thought about and typed out by the owner. Although that can be a fine line between a nicely written ad and one full of cr*p like with terms like, 'fully loaded' and 'immaculate', when it clearly isn't!

[wemorgan]

I was looking at new cars recently. Listed key feature included an "ice scraper"