Things in car adverts that make them an instant no-go.
Discussion
Just browsing, and came across this http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2939162.htm
Looked tidy, until i saw the tyres
Come on?? RS4 with Hankooks? If the previous owner was saving money on tyres, what else was it being saved on?
What sort of things cause you to move to the next advert along?
Looked tidy, until i saw the tyres
Come on?? RS4 with Hankooks? If the previous owner was saving money on tyres, what else was it being saved on?
What sort of things cause you to move to the next advert along?
Hankooks are mid-price though?
I know they aren't top of the range, but they're hardly Nankangs. Tyres are certainly a good way of judging condition. One of the main reasons I bought my car is that the PO had fitted 4 brand new OE tyres shortly before selling the car. That's the sort of attention to detail I like.
I know they aren't top of the range, but they're hardly Nankangs. Tyres are certainly a good way of judging condition. One of the main reasons I bought my car is that the PO had fitted 4 brand new OE tyres shortly before selling the car. That's the sort of attention to detail I like.
davepoth said:
Hankooks are mid-price though?
I know they aren't top of the range, but they're hardly Nankangs. Tyres are certainly a good way of judging condition. One of the main reasons I bought my car is that the PO had fitted 4 brand new OE tyres shortly before selling the car. That's the sort of attention to detail I like.
I had never heard of Nankang, which makes Hankooks bargain basement in my mind.I know they aren't top of the range, but they're hardly Nankangs. Tyres are certainly a good way of judging condition. One of the main reasons I bought my car is that the PO had fitted 4 brand new OE tyres shortly before selling the car. That's the sort of attention to detail I like.
Benbay001 said:
I had never heard of Nankang, which makes Hankooks bargain basement in my mind.
You've been here 7 months and never heard of the infamous Nankang Ditchfinders? The ones that are made out of the hardest substance known to man, capable of lasting 250,000 miles but incapable of acceptable grip even if the road is coated with superglue? 
davepoth said:
You've been here 7 months and never heard of the infamous Nankang Ditchfinders? The ones that are made out of the hardest substance known to man, capable of lasting 250,000 miles but incapable of acceptable grip even if the road is coated with superglue?
Ahh, those ones, why didnt someone say!250000 miles? Does sound tempting, tyre shopping for me tomorrow...
Tyre choice wouldnt bother me whatsoever, if the rest of the car was sound and had a decent report from an independant inspection (should be done anyway).
After all as soon as you buy it you can replace the tyres anyway.
What generally tends to put me off adverts are the ones where the pictures are only thumbnails, so when you expand them they are bloody tiny. That and pictures of a car that are blurred. If you can't be bothered to take a decent picture of your car, I can't be bothered to buy it.
After all as soon as you buy it you can replace the tyres anyway.
What generally tends to put me off adverts are the ones where the pictures are only thumbnails, so when you expand them they are bloody tiny. That and pictures of a car that are blurred. If you can't be bothered to take a decent picture of your car, I can't be bothered to buy it.
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