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Car Advert Clichés

  • 02-02-2009 9:44pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭


    I'm so fed up of looking at car ads where the seller has stated "first to see will buy". How does that make the car any more attractive to a potential buyer? Is that a phrase you would use in a car ad and if so why? If I see that in a car ad it totally turns me off the car.

    It's nearly as bad as "one lady driver" or "no tyre kickers". Any clichés that annoy you?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,158 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Par72 wrote: »
    I'm so fed up of looking at car ads where the seller has stated "first to see will buy". How does that make the car any more attractive to a potential buyer? Is that a phrase you would use in a car ad and if so why? If I see that in a car ad it totally turns me off the car.

    It's nearly as bad as "one lady driver" or "no tyre kickers". Any clichés that annoy you?

    Genuine Mileage

    Motorway driven


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Yeah - "one lady owner" and neglecting to tell you about the other 6 male tyre squealers/clutch burners!

    In these difficult times, a new twist on the typical clichés could make the difference.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Mine is 'perfect condition'. Why start with a lie?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 618 ✭✭✭pipsqueak


    seen a golf up north on autotrader and it had "No baseball caps need apply"!
    whatever that meant??!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    I've got the ad written for mine already for when I go to sell it.

    "Perfectly average hatchback, old but low mileage for its age. Some minor cosmetic damage, due to ex-boss being a moron. Not beautiful, but cheap. So's the car."


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Spare wheel never used. all extras.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Yeah, what is it with 'all extras'? It only ever seems to be used to describe cars with very average specification.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    What i absolutely hate is this opening line of an ad...

    "Here I have for sale a beautiful..."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    FearDark wrote: »
    "Here I have for sale a beautiful..."
    .....Nissan Primera 1.6 Visia. Rear camera. all extras*






    *except satnav and leather, and alloys I suppose, you'd have to buy a T Spec to get that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,363 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Another few: "all electric" and "first to see will buy".


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    "genuine reason for sale"

    if you told us the reason, it might work...........but I'm going to presume it's a fubar'd no 4 b/end unless you say otherwise.......:D :D

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,175 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    "1 careful owner" - the rest didn't give a s**t :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    Top Dog wrote: »
    "1 careful owner" - the rest didn't give a s**t :rolleyes:

    One and a half careful owners - but don't worry, the blood washes right off...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭Buffman


    "No NCT, but will fly through the test"

    Why don't you spend the €50 to do it yourself then...


    "Good runaround":confused:

    FYI, if you move to a 'smart' meter electricity plan, you CAN'T move back to a non-smart plan.

    You don't have to take a 'smart' meter if you don't want one, opt-out is available.

    Buy drinks in 3L or bigger plastic bottles or glass bottles or cartons to avoid the DRS fee.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Buffman wrote: »

    "Good runaround":confused:

    To me, that translates as : Barely drives, starts on the fourth attempt, stays dry in the summer and has noises that can be ignored...........


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    '1 careful elederly lady owner' ...

    Unless that's my Mum ... she was told back in the 60's, that if the car is moving even half a mile an hour, that you have to have it in second. The result in 2009 is that she clatters and bangs away from a crawling start with the car screaming for second, and she's usually in 5th by 20mph, bless my Mum :D

    And as another poster said 'all the extras'. If I had a Euro for every pleb that says 'My car has everything' ... there were days I'd love to have answered 'Oh, well, it's very unusual to see a car with a HUD, active radar cruise control, ventilated active heated seats, soft close doors, night vision, heated steering wheel and adaptive xenon headlamps with high beam assist, you must be proud!'. Generally when a punter's selling a car, and he says it has all the extras, he usually means front electric windows, metallic paint, front fogs and alloys.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ned78 wrote: »
    ......front fogs .....

    OH noooooooooooooooooooooooo, not FOG's !! :D:D:D

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    For sale Subaru Imrpreza WRXSTI Type "RA", never rallied or raced.... ssssure!!:pac: Has anyone got that much self control??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭Buffman


    "for parts or repair"

    aka, I can't be holed scrapping it!

    FYI, if you move to a 'smart' meter electricity plan, you CAN'T move back to a non-smart plan.

    You don't have to take a 'smart' meter if you don't want one, opt-out is available.

    Buy drinks in 3L or bigger plastic bottles or glass bottles or cartons to avoid the DRS fee.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    lady driver puts me off instatly , its always a lie, and if it isnt she must have been a sh*t driver, all extras is never what it seems to be


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,259 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    "Genuine Car"

    No sh*t, there was me thinking it was some sort of mobile, oversized bread-making machine.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    seen an ad ages ago. Some fella selling a pug 106 gti and the number plate was 9& W 106 , one off number plate. Had to e mail the fool telling him all number plates are one off, thats the point.

    Hate when person says"reluctant sale" if ya dont wanna sell it then dont.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,323 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    seanybiker wrote: »
    Hate when person says"reluctant sale" if ya dont wanna sell it then dont.

    Some people don't want to sell their car but have to


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭Buffman


    "Currently on UK plates, cheap VRT"

    If it's so cheap, you pay it.:D

    FYI, if you move to a 'smart' meter electricity plan, you CAN'T move back to a non-smart plan.

    You don't have to take a 'smart' meter if you don't want one, opt-out is available.

    Buy drinks in 3L or bigger plastic bottles or glass bottles or cartons to avoid the DRS fee.



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