Weirdest car photo on a selling website?

Weirdest car photo on a selling website?

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220 posts

43 months

Thursday 3rd December 2020
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https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202011105...

Taken from the badly modified cars thread.

AlexRS2782

8,056 posts

214 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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When selling a car, always a good idea to include your mate in the background, having a piss / fiddle / wk against a brick wall laugh


rodericb

6,788 posts

127 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Wow they are odd looking seats - like a black leather and quite poorly done replica of Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants.

Greg the Fish

1,410 posts

67 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Dapster said:
It's just an accidentally snapped image but it's just piss poor quality control - you'd expect better from a main BMW dealer.
I wouldn't

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220 posts

43 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Dapster said:
BMW approved used website - you'd think they'd remove the "SIxt" car rental badge in the windscreen!



Also as a Brucie Bonus, pic number 6



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202008042...
Is it just me, or does the drivers wing mirror look longer than the passengers?

jimmytheone

1,384 posts

219 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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AlexRS2782 said:
When selling a car, always a good idea to include your mate in the background, having a piss / fiddle / wk against a brick wall laugh

Scottyp?

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220 posts

43 months

MorganP104

2,605 posts

131 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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This seller's gone to town with the quality of his pictures, alongside some top notch vehicle prep.












anonymous-user

55 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Dapster said:
Yup, recognised that as Esprit just from the photo. Spectacular.

My Esprit wasn't an Essex so just had a green glowing digital clock between the sun visors - which never managed to keep correct time.

RB Will

9,666 posts

241 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Is it just me, or does the drivers wing mirror look longer than the passengers?
Not entirely unheard of. I remember back when you would see cars with only 1 wing mirror by design

Teddy Lop

8,301 posts

68 months

Saturday 9th January 2021
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Is it just me, or does the drivers wing mirror look longer than the passengers?
pax mirror will be angled more steeply in relation to head on for the same size of mirror so maybe they make it smaller to reduce drag a teeny bit?

South tdf

1,531 posts

196 months

Sunday 10th January 2021
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Or maybe just the auto crop used to put on the background has gone over it a little to much.

Chubbyross

4,555 posts

86 months

Sunday 10th January 2021
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MorganP104 said:
This seller's gone to town with the quality of his pictures, alongside some top notch vehicle prep.







I love those! How fast was the owner trying to sell the car? Seriously shonky photos = seriously shonky car. I’m always amazed at the sellers who don’t get that.

MattyB_

2,015 posts

258 months

Sunday 10th January 2021
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RB Will said:
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Is it just me, or does the drivers wing mirror look longer than the passengers?
Not entirely unheard of. I remember back when you would see cars with only 1 wing mirror by design
Polo GTi and Lupo GTi in 2000 both had smaller passenger mirrors than the drivers side. No idea why.

MikeM6

5,019 posts

103 months

Sunday 10th January 2021
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Greg the Fish said:
I wouldn't
Why not?

griffsomething

240 posts

162 months

Wednesday 20th January 2021
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Not quite sure what is going on here... confusedlaugh

Hashtaggggg

1,808 posts

70 months

Wednesday 20th January 2021
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griffsomething said:


Not quite sure what is going on here... confusedlaugh
I am not sure if I would ever buy a car from someone who has B1G as part of their number plate, or BO55 for that matter

Dapster

6,992 posts

181 months

Wednesday 20th January 2021
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MattyB_ said:
Polo GTi and Lupo GTi in 2000 both had smaller passenger mirrors than the drivers side. No idea why.
Merc W124 and W201s had asymmetric door mirrors with the drivers side giving a more panoramic view, and the passenger side a more portrait view showing more kerb and tighter line along the side to help getting back into lane after an overtake for example


Pebbles167

3,485 posts

153 months

Wednesday 20th January 2021
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Adverts that use phone pictures taken from another source always put me off. Sometimes they are on surprisingly expensive cars too. Not this one though, item description is bang on hehe


pits

6,429 posts

191 months

Wednesday 20th January 2021
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MattyB_ said:
RB Will said:
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Is it just me, or does the drivers wing mirror look longer than the passengers?
Not entirely unheard of. I remember back when you would see cars with only 1 wing mirror by design
Polo GTi and Lupo GTi in 2000 both had smaller passenger mirrors than the drivers side. No idea why.
Because of the width of narrow European cities it was mostly done for, giving a better view kerbside and pulling in after overtake, but also to stop you smashing mirrors off with your mirror.