What is a "Very Clean" vehicle?

wandererz

Listed as "very clean":

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2001-honda-s2000/5362584

Upon inspection:

• Covered in dust and leaves to begin with.
  
• Rear window had been ripped and was patched (badly) down the middle - cannot see through the window either.
  
• Roof was ripped on one side and frayed/ripped on the other. So with this and the above, new roof needed.
  
• Sill damaged, between door and fender, where someone had run over a road bump or similar so not straight at all. And undercoat/metal exposed.
  
• Paint/Rust bubble on door.
  
• Rust on lower rear arch
  
• Rear right headlamp assembly not properly secured - moves when touched. And why would one touch it? ....well probably to find out why it wasn't properly aligned.
  
• Drivers side seat bolster - leather worn down to the white bits underneath.
  
• Silver flaking off on trim around gear gator.
  
• Lower front bumper covered in vinyl wrapping, so who knows what's hidden under there.
  
• 3 tires all worn down to warning marker. Even worse are noticeable flat spots on tires (difficult to describe this one). So new tires needed all around.
  
• Grinding sound from wheels ....(discs??) when driving.
  
• Stereo removed.
  
• And to top it all off, the engine management light was on.
  

I didn't bother popping the bonnet open at that stage.

What a waste of my time driving all the way from County Wicklow to Dunshaughlin.

So, i'm thinking that my opinion of "very clean" obviously differs from some people...

Honestly, whats the point!

After this malarky, UK... here i come!

Toyotafanboi

"very clean" in an irish car advert means it's on its last legs.
"mint" means its waiting on the paperwork to be scrapped.

K.Flyer

"Runs Well" means
"...the engine starts but thats as much as I know about it."

KwackerJack

Just been through a car wash can be very clean.

You will always see ad like car is immaculate....needs engine replaced :rolleyes:

I like the S2000 but would not pay the money they are asking!

thecomedian

Has TT sold his yet?

MetzgerMeister

Don't go to the UK just yet, TestTransmission on here is selling his S2K and it really has been very well minded.

Truckermal

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Don't go to the UK just yet, TestTransmission on here is selling his S2K and it really has been very well minded.

Indeed it has, a beautiful car.

MetzgerMeister

Here's TT's car:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-s2000/5739796

thecomedian

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Here's TT's car:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-s2000/5739796

OP this is a clean car, no need to go to the UK

George Dalton

That blue one is the cheapest S2000 in the country by some margin. Anyone who expects the cheapest example of any given car to be in decent condition is almost always disappointed. That applies in the UK as well as this side of the water. If you want a decent car you have to pay for it.

Heap of sh1t S2K = €5200
Decent, well minded S2K = €6995

It's not exactly rocket science :P

Scortho

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Here's TT's car:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-s2000/5739796

Hope the new car fits in the garage!:pac:

Poor tt, if it was me I'd be storing her until I could afford to run it/tax for 3 months of the summer.
It's going cheap as well considering how well it's been looked after.

He can even get classic insurance on it (top quote)

wandererz

George Dalton wrote: »

That blue one is the cheapest S2000 in the country by some margin. Anyone who expects the cheapest example of any given car to be in decent condition is almost always disappointed. That applies in the UK as well as this side of the water. If you want a decent car you have to pay for it.

Heap of sh1t S2K = €5200
Decent, well minded S2K = €6995

It's not exactly rocket science :P

Sure, i know it's not exactly rocket science. TT's car has only been up there for a day as of this writing.
i.e. posted up there last night and i haven't had a chance to contact or to arrange going over to the other side of the country.

The blue one i quoted was up there a few weeks ago for 5990 or thereabouts (not too far from €6995)

Since dropped to €5500 and now to €5200.
I thought perhaps due to winter coming on...perfectly acceptable imagining in my opinion!

biko

I was once away to see a "mint condition, first to see will buy" car.
Oddly the seller failed to mention that the clearcoat was peeling like feck in many places and a door sill was fecked after a accident.
Mint my a$$

George Dalton

wandererz wrote: »

Since dropped to €5500 and now to €5200.
I thought perhaps due to winter coming on...perfectly acceptable imagining in my opinion!

Are you an eternal optimist in all aspects of your life or only once you open up Donedeal? :pac:

wandererz

George Dalton wrote: »

Are you an eternal optimist in all aspects of your life or only once you open up Donedeal? :pac:

hehe. No, the eternal optimism is normally down to the wife. Maybe it's rubbed off on me too.
Haven't had a negative experience with cars until now.
:rolleyes:

Bobo78

This July I drove 150 kilometers to one garage to see Mazda 6 which looked really "clean" and in good condition with low enough mileage but when I arrived it was whole different scenario, car had quite a lot of stone chips with places of rust, car looked quite tired and neglected from inside out and my own car which i though of trading it in for that car was described by that dealer and one another dealer that it was immaculate and too clean as in whole car :rolleyes:

That day I was really disappointed.