First to see will buy........

[Oli.]

Whenever I see an advert with this in, it always makes me chuckle. It almost makes me want to go and have a look and not buy! It just strikes me as a ridiculous statement, almost desperate!

Any views?

[XB70]

My pet hates are:

POA
Lady owner
Doctor owned
Company director owner
and of course

First to see will buy.

[PHmember]

Or 'this car turns heads wherever it goes'.

Maybe, but not for the reasons you think it does.....

[FreeLitres]

Listed as 142 miles (Actually, 142,000 miles)

Only mentioning "cat d" right at the end of the advert.

(Hmmm, this thread seems familiar)

[sday12]

Why? It says to me, very, very well maintained and presented, very keenly priced.

The fact that 90% of sellers are lying bds does little to help this statement.

[RWD cossie wil]

XB70 said:

My pet hates are:

POA
Lady owner
Doctor owned
Company director owner
and of course

First to see will buy.

My personal favourites are:

Baby forces sale - That's one bossy little st!
Mint condition Pre-accident
Light roll
The Aircon just needs a re-gas
CHEAPEST yellow with red seats xxxxx in the uk ( with five cars in the same spec cheaper with less miles directly above it)
£950.., REAL PRICE IS £9500

Argggh!!

[davepoth]

Saying there's damage to the rear left, and then not showing a picture of the rear left. WTF?

[va1o]

It seems like someone came up with it and everyone started to follow, but the OP is right it makes no grammatical or logical sense at all.

[Patrick Bateman]

Another I don't get with a baby forcing a sale is when it's already a large saloon car.

[Zwolf]

I can see why people do it, it reads better than the truth which is "last to see will buy", they're just hoping they'll only have to deal with one reasonable buyer instead of all manner of tyre-kickers, chancers and traders.

Pet hate: ALLCAPS = skip to the next ad, do not pass "Go", do not collect £200 etc.

[6fire]

No offers. Haggling is part of the car buying/selling experience. If you don't want offers, send your car to auction with a reserve.

[Eighteeteewhy]

"never raced or rallied"

Really!?!

[FreeLitres]

When browing for bargain sheds, list the sesarch results low-high and get flooded with brand new top-spec £40k Beamers and Audis as the garage has quoted the lease price. Grrrr

[matthias73]

21 yer old male driver: Drives a bit too fast, but enjoys his engines and everything piston related. He maintains it perfectly, as he can't afford it too break down. Rags it a lot but changes the tyres, oil, ect regularly to keep performance good.

Female driver: Kerbed alloys, engine never reached correct operating temperature, bonnet never lifted, engine always under strain as she drives at 20mph in 8th gear.

Company director: Earns 200 000 a year. Gets new car free every year. Redlines every gear from cold. Can't be bothered to lift bonnet. Why bother...

Doctor: Drives a jaguar or mercedes. Mind scarred with images of blue waffle, keeps crashing.

First to see will buy: Shotgun diplomacy

Car kept imaculate its entire life: Got it washed the day before.

A real head turner: Exhaust hanging off, makes terrible noise. People keep looking around thinking theres an industrial accident going off.

[sday12]

6fire said:

No offers. Haggling is part of the car buying/selling experience. If you don't want offers, send your car to auction with a reserve.

fk off. The price is the price.
If you don't want to pay that price don't get all Cockney bd 'I'lz give ya a bag a sand, monkey, bananas' rubbish. Do one.

[XB70]

RWD cossie wil said:

My personal favourites are:

Baby forces sale - That's one bossy little st!
Mint condition Pre-accident
Light roll
The Aircon just needs a re-gas
CHEAPEST yellow with red seats xxxxx in the uk ( with five cars in the same spec cheaper with less miles directly above it)
£950.., REAL PRICE IS £9500

Argggh!!

I am having a slow day....I forgot the "aircon needs a regas" especially for my car of choice (W140 series Mercs). Usually, that is a four figure sum to remedy as the interior of the car needs to be taken out.

[TheEnd]

Comes with r/c/l, ABS, Catd, e/w x4, aircon, traction control, power steering.

[Zwolf]

matthias73 said:

Doctor: Drives a jaguar or mercedes. Mind scarred with images of blue waffle, keeps crashing.

[VHPD]

matthias73 said:

21 yer old male driver: Drives a bit too fast, but enjoys his engines and everything piston related. He maintains it perfectly, as he can't afford it too break down. Rags it a lot but changes the tyres, oil, ect regularly to keep performance good.

Female driver: Kerbed alloys, engine never reached correct operating temperature, bonnet never lifted, engine always under strain as she drives at 20mph in 8th gear.

Company director: Earns 200 000 a year. Gets new car free every year. Redlines every gear from cold. Can't be bothered to lift bonnet. Why bother...

Doctor: Drives a jaguar or mercedes. Mind scarred with images of blue waffle, keeps crashing.

First to see will buy: Shotgun diplomacy

Car kept imaculate its entire life: Got it washed the day before.

A real head turner: Exhaust hanging off, makes terrible noise. People keep looking around thinking theres an industrial accident going off.

AND Genuine reason for sale: its knackered and I need the money

[VinceFox]

i tell you the one that really fking p**ses me off, when people advertise M3s with SMG boxs under "manual".

IT'S NOT A fkING MANUAL.