How Can Sellers Know So Little About Their Cars ?
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Not an isolated incident but I've just called on the "Supercharged" M3 on AutoTrader.
I had my doubts from the wording and the engine pic and didn't seem to show one but Icalled just in case.
It turns out he cut and paste the ad when he bought it and thought all M3's were supercharged - as presumably did the last seller.
FFS - an M3 owner doesn't even know that his car isn't supercharged !
I had my doubts from the wording and the engine pic and didn't seem to show one but Icalled just in case.
It turns out he cut and paste the ad when he bought it and thought all M3's were supercharged - as presumably did the last seller.
FFS - an M3 owner doesn't even know that his car isn't supercharged !
cv01jw said:
I once went to view a mk1 Mondeo at a garage and the sales guy was adamant it was rear drive - apparently the Mondeo only went to front drive from the mk2 onwards!
This was a garage selling cars FFS, but being a timid 19 year old I didn't argue and just left.
You should have told him you'd buy it once he'd fitted a propshaft..This was a garage selling cars FFS, but being a timid 19 year old I didn't argue and just left.
Paul Dishman said:
You should have told him you'd buy it once he'd fitted a propshaft..
Being 19 I had my Dad with me, who knows nothing about cars, and he seemed to think I was the one who was wrong. After all, the salesman was in the business.We went home via our local main dealer and only when they confirmed that all Mondeos are FWD did Dad accept that I was right.
Reminded me of a conversation from last night.
Criag:Yeh my mums turbos gone on her Beemer
Me:Pfff, she'll know how much they cost to replace then
Craig:Its just sitting in the garage now its going to cost that much
Me: What model is it?
Craig:James, what car does my mum have?
James:Ermmm is a 330ci
Me:e46?
James:Yeh
Me(without hesitation):Well the turbo hasn't gone then,as it doesn't have one *continued tinkering with my car*
Everybody went quiet
Felt a bit tight afterwards.
Edit to add: "Craig" reckons he knows a lot about cars by the way... He had just proclaimed he was going to buy the same car as I had (before I did) but they break down all the time apparently (they don't at all)
Criag:Yeh my mums turbos gone on her Beemer
Me:Pfff, she'll know how much they cost to replace then
Craig:Its just sitting in the garage now its going to cost that much
Me: What model is it?
Craig:James, what car does my mum have?
James:Ermmm is a 330ci
Me:e46?
James:Yeh
Me(without hesitation):Well the turbo hasn't gone then,as it doesn't have one *continued tinkering with my car*
Everybody went quiet
Felt a bit tight afterwards.
Edit to add: "Craig" reckons he knows a lot about cars by the way... He had just proclaimed he was going to buy the same car as I had (before I did) but they break down all the time apparently (they don't at all)
Paul Dishman said:
cv01jw said:
I once went to view a mk1 Mondeo at a garage and the sales guy was adamant it was rear drive - apparently the Mondeo only went to front drive from the mk2 onwards!
This was a garage selling cars FFS, but being a timid 19 year old I didn't argue and just left.
You should have told him you'd buy it once he'd fitted a propshaft..This was a garage selling cars FFS, but being a timid 19 year old I didn't argue and just left.
Then just stare at him through the smoke billowing up from the front tyres.
It weird how we are ready to dismiss the majority of the population as a bit strange not knowing these things.
Im afraid I have some news. Its US that are weird.
I think it is perfectly reasonable to like good cars and enjoy driving them without having the slightest interest in the mechanicals that make it happen.
THey are two distinctly different things.
To give you an example: MOst of us will think that a supercharger has a distinct benefit over a turbo that it is mechanically driven hence reduces the lag that you often get with a turbo.
Now imagine saying that sentence to a normal human. We are not in the right here
Im afraid I have some news. Its US that are weird.
I think it is perfectly reasonable to like good cars and enjoy driving them without having the slightest interest in the mechanicals that make it happen.
THey are two distinctly different things.
To give you an example: MOst of us will think that a supercharger has a distinct benefit over a turbo that it is mechanically driven hence reduces the lag that you often get with a turbo.
Now imagine saying that sentence to a normal human. We are not in the right here
Edited by blindswelledrat on Wednesday 11th July 11:18
I've got exactly the same model!
Hang on... (Looks outside).
Nope - mine's blue.
Hang on... (Looks outside).
Nope - mine's blue.
Silverbullet767 said:
Dr G said:
We had a lady in last week to pick her car up; she didn't know/couldn't remember anything about the car she'd bought not 1 week previously (not my customer, I hasten to add although it took me a fair while to figure out what she was here to collect!).
Was it a red one?Vocal Minority said:
I don't understand some women I know who still answer ' a green one' to what car do you have?
YOU SIT BEHIND THE LOGO ON THE STEERING WHEEL EVERYDAY, HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW WHATEVER HOUSEHOLD NAME IS EMBALZENED THEREON!?
I go in my fridge every day and I am sure it has a logo on it, but I am buggered if I know what make it actually is. To me, it is a white one!YOU SIT BEHIND THE LOGO ON THE STEERING WHEEL EVERYDAY, HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW WHATEVER HOUSEHOLD NAME IS EMBALZENED THEREON!?
cv01jw said:
I go in my fridge every day and I am sure it has a logo on it, but I am buggered if I know what make it actually is. To me, it is a white one!
Exactly the same. Fridge, microwave, dishwasher. The only one I know is the washing machine was Miele because Ill never forget being gobsmacked about how much a decent washing machine cost (and obviously liked it all the more fro being expensive)blindswelledrat said:
It weird how we are ready to dismiss the majority of the population as a bit strange not knowing these things.
Im afraid I have some news. Its US that are weird.
Nice way of putting it. I have a new fridge. It is white. No idea of the make, capacity, efficiency etc. and I really don't care.Im afraid I have some news. Its US that are weird.
Utterpiffle said:
Nice way of putting it. I have a new fridge. It is white. No idea of the make, capacity, efficiency etc. and I really don't care.
Exactly, and if a woman said to you "DO you know what size coldness radiation unit you have and which capacitor makes the flugel arm work" (obviously made up those words- of course I don't know what goes in a fridge as I am not a homosexual) , you would simply laugh and walk away.blindswelledrat said:
It weird how we are ready to dismiss the majority of the population as a bit strange not knowing these things.
Im afraid I have some news. Its US that are weird.
I think it is perfectly reasonable to like good cars and enjoy driving them without having the slightest interest in the mechanicals that make it happen.
THey are two distinctly different things.
To give you an example: MOst of us will think that a supercharger has a distinct benefit over a turbo that it is mechanically driven hence reduces the lag that you often get with a turbo.
Now imagine saying that sentence to a normal human. We are not in the right here
Actually, you are right.Im afraid I have some news. Its US that are weird.
I think it is perfectly reasonable to like good cars and enjoy driving them without having the slightest interest in the mechanicals that make it happen.
THey are two distinctly different things.
To give you an example: MOst of us will think that a supercharger has a distinct benefit over a turbo that it is mechanically driven hence reduces the lag that you often get with a turbo.
Now imagine saying that sentence to a normal human. We are not in the right here
Edited by blindswelledrat on Wednesday 11th July 11:18
I've recently experienced 3 examples of the opposite.
Firstly, there was a discussion about kettles (yes, my life is that rock and roll) - makes were being discussed and when asked I had to say 'er, I'm not sure, but it's red and metal and boils water pretty quick' - there was a moment of silence...
Secondly, there was a conversation about calories - how many we aim to eat a day - sorry, but I just don't know. I don't know how many I eat, how many I should, or what foods contains what. Again, a moment of mild social discomfort.
Thirdly, something about a two celebs I haven't heard of whose relationship was not working out out and who were using tweeter to argue... you know the story by now... I don't fecking know!!
And these are not conversations with the retired womens institue knitting circle, this is a general mix of men/women old and young.
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