"Few marks on car"

brembo26

I hate seeing car ads saying stupid things like "Clean car inside and out, a few marks which is expected for the year but nothing major."

I dont expect there to be a few marks on car because of it age. Its more likely down to piss poor driving!

Anything else ye guys read in ads that are just stupid?

xabi

Stone chips etc are nothing to do with bad driving. I expect to see small marks, chips etc on cars of a certain age.

Celly Smunt

"Genuine reason for selling as I'm due to emigrate.....might swap for a diesel "

"No dreamers or test pilots" - because I've always been dying to get behind the wheel of a 2004 1.9tdi Audi A4

rizzodun

brembo26 wrote: »

I hate seeing car ads saying stupid things like "Clean car inside and out, a few marks which is expected for the year but nothing major."

I dont expect there to be a few marks on car because of it age. Its more likely down to piss poor driving!

Anything else ye guys read in ads that are just stupid?

Don't be ridiculous, older cars will tend to have the odd stone chip and car park scratch, just because there's the odd mark doesn't mean it has anything to do with driving. If there's more serious marks /dents then they shouldn't have used the description in fairness, but most people who write that mean it as it should be taken, and not trying to mislead.

The Diddakoi

If I saw "a few marks which is expected for the year" I would be expecting things like the odd stone-chip or dents from other peoples car doors, not major damage from accidents or bad driving.

Valetta

brembo26 wrote: »

I hate seeing car ads saying stupid things like "Clean car inside and out, a few marks which is expected for the year but nothing major."

I dont expect there to be a few marks on car because of it age. Its more likely down to piss poor driving!

Anything else ye guys read in ads that are just stupid?

Think you need to lower your expectations.

After a few years it's inevitable that there will be some marks on a car, and a few small dents as well.

The Diddakoi

rizzodun wrote: »

Don't be ridiculous, older cars will tend to have the odd stone chip and car park scratch, just because there's the odd mark doesn't mean it has anything to do with driving. If there's more serious marks /dents then they shouldn't have used the description in fairness, but most people who write that mean it as it should be taken, and not trying to mislead.

Ya beat me

jimgoose

"No offers", meaning "I've decided what this heap of furnace-slag and plastic is worth and everyone else can bugger off!" Yeah. Keep it, sham! :pac:

brembo26

xabi wrote: »

Stone chips etc are nothing to do with bad driving. I expect to see small marks, chips etc on cars of a certain age.

Minor stone chips fair enough but I've seen pictures of dents and scratches on doors and wings which are certainly not down to the age of the car no matter how old it is :P

Pat Mustard

'Very clean car'

We washed the car but the gearbox will probably fall out.

Celly Smunt

Also "not pushed on selling, just testing the waters"

"Miser on juice"

"Lady driver" on a slammed 1993 Honda civic.

Speedwell

Pat Mustard wrote: »

'Very clean car'

We washed the car but the gearbox will probably fall out.

"Fully refurbished interior" is one I saw once. (oh, reeeeeeallly....)

Pov06

"Lady driver since new"

...

"Call JOHN"

timaru89

"Interior as new" on a 15 year old car

h3000

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Also "not pushed on selling, just testing the waters"

Just about to post that one. It drives me fecking mad.

barney 20v

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Also "not pushed on selling, just testing the waters"

"Miser on juice"

"Lady driver" on a slammed 1993 Honda civic.

I know plenty of females who drive mid 90's Honda Civics.....

Cee-Jay-Cee

My biggest hate is "not pushed on selling"

So tell me you stupid fcuktard, why did you spend money to advertise your car if you're not pushed on selling it???

h3000

L@@K

*******PASSAT********

**KITTED**

G@LF




and the likes :mad:

brembo26

"booked in for test will fly through"

Celly Smunt

barney 20v wrote: »

I know plenty of females who drive mid 90's Honda Civics.....

I wouldnt class them as your usual "lady driver", I.E 40 year old accountant from ballsbridge.

vandriver

brembo26 wrote: »

"booked in for test will fly through"

fly tru

bucketybuck

brembo26 wrote: »

I hate seeing car ads saying stupid things like "Clean car inside and out, a few marks which is expected for the year but nothing major."

I dont expect there to be a few marks on car because of it age. Its more likely down to piss poor driving!

Some twat in a car park smacks his door of yours - poor driving?

Pull in on a narrow country lane when meeting a car and a bush leaves a few scrapes - poor driving?

Stone chip - poor driving?

h3000

"Reduced for this weekend only"

on a private sale 15 year old hatchback.

brembo26

love when they say brand new tyres and then take a picture of them and they turn out to be triangle's or sunny's

That puts me right off!

barney 20v

Celly Smunt wrote: »

I wouldnt class them as your usual "lady driver", I.E 40 year old accountant from ballsbridge.

So an average lady driver is a 40 year old professional person from a suburb of Dublin according to you?
I'd class young females driving small hatchbacks as average...

Celly Smunt

barney 20v wrote: »

So an average lady driver is a 40 year old professional person from a suburb of Dublin according to you?
I'd class young females driving small hatchbacks as average...

If I was buying a car from a "lady driver" I'd expect a stock yaris or similar if I was looking at a hatchback.

Not a slammed and wrapped 1993 Honda civic with blacked out Windows and an exhaust that rattles doors.

ht9zni1gs28crp

and on the other hand, buyers who travel to look at a €5000 car with €3000 'in their pocket'

can you not read?

barney 20v

Celly Smunt wrote: »

If I was buying a car from a "lady driver" I'd expect a stock yaris or similar if I was looking at a hatchback.

Not a slammed and wrappes 1993 Honda civic with blacked out Windows and an exhaust that rattles doors.[/QUOTE

You never mentioned anything about "blacked out windows" or "exhaust that rattles doors" in your previous post. also what is wrappes ???

anyway back to the OP... you have an unrealistic conception of the realistic condition of used cars and /or the causes of marks to bodywork etc.

Notch000

"Clean car inside and out, a few marks which is expected for the year but nothing major."

I'd call this being honest, at least you don't go looking at something ''mint'' that's banged up.

The best line on done deal is ''don't be calling round here talkin S**** at me''. That boils my blood, who would want to deal with someone like that !!

but the done deal clown are off to better places, Car raffles Ireland is the new thing, they sell 45 raffle ticket @ 150E each for a car that's worth half that, look it up on facebook,

Atlantic Dawn

Slight damage to wing, roof, door etc but no actual picture of the damage.

Atlantic Dawn

miller_63 wrote: »

and on the other hand, buyers who travel to look at a €5000 car with €3000 'in their pocket'

can you not read?

These are my favourite people to disappoint, I get pleasure in turning down their insufficient but large block of cash in the hand

filbert the fox

My pet hate is "first to see will buy"

Ginit

Pov06

filbert the fox wrote: »

My pet hate is "first to see will buy"

Ginit

Yeah as if there's a thousand people running to get the "BARGIN"

filbert the fox

and blah blah blah....lovely......clean.......bargain........just serviced....sail (like a yacht) thru NCT .....needs slight repair (head gasket) .......couldn't be bothered driving it out of my cattleshed/manky driveway/ illegally parked spot/sandwiched between 5 other private sale cars/.

out of focus shots, with dogs around the place, wheelie bins, ....
Shots taken at the car wash with suds still on the ground :eek:

manky interiors, stuff on seats, people on seats, fluffy dice,

Dirty Dirty bodywork, alloys (esp.)












No mention of :
number of owners
Mileage
Service history/documentation/receipts
Reason for selling

coylemj

brembo26 wrote: »

I hate seeing car ads saying stupid things like "Clean car inside and out, a few marks which is expected for the year but nothing major."

A few dents on an older car is to be expected, especially if all the parking spaces in the local shopping centre involve cars parked parallel to one another so you're going to get people who park too close to you and then fling the door open because they're too lazy or stupid to do it carefully.

brembo26 wrote: »

I dont expect there to be a few marks on car because of it age. Its more likely down to piss poor driving!

Well then surely you should be grateful when people state in the ad that there are dents on the car, so you can simply avoid them? If you want an immaculate secondhand car, go to a main dealer and pay their prices.

coylemj

List of features copied and pasted from a dealer website, with features that have been standard for the past 20 years - CD player, ABS, traction control, electric windows.

Power steering anyone?

pcardin

Mint pre-accidental condition :rolleyes:

flyingsnail

Very reliable never even needed a service

Atlantic Dawn

In great condition, needs engine.

demanufactured

Pov06 wrote: »

"Lady driver since new"

...

"Call JOHN"

This^^^^

Lady driver to me means it hasn't been serviced on time....ever.

eezipc

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Also "not pushed on selling, just testing the waters"

"Miser on juice"

"Lady driver" on a slammed 1993 Honda civic.

I only ever actually saw "Miser on juice" for the first time today. I thought it was hilarious.
Worst of the lot is,
"Test is out but it will fly through"
If that's the case, then put it through the test yourself and increase the price.

Cee-Jay-Cee

"If it doesn't sell by this weekend, I'm keeping it"

Oh no, please dont keep it, sell it or I'll be very upset!

Or another retarded one-

"Easy on juice, tenner does me all week"

TrailerBob

I hate the word 'mint'...

And first to see will buy...both of these were on an add for a passat a friend wanted to buy 2 weeks ago. I went with him, we were the first to see it. ....We didn't buy.

Manky interior, stains all over back seats, grass and leaves in the boot. And the engine was knocking slightly, only audible with the oil cap off, but ran a mile.

And he didn't want time wasters either...

Boskowski

demanufactured wrote: »

Lady driver to me means it hasn't been serviced on time....ever.

I wouldn't think that at all. Quite the opposite.

Special Circumstances

coylemj wrote: »

List of features copied and pasted from a dealer website, with features that have been standard for the past 20 years - CD player, ABS, traction control, electric windows.

Power steering anyone?

Well to be fair now, some of Irelands most popular cars did not have ABS as standard until 10 years ago and some of them probably still have keep fit windows in the back!

Autosport

demanufactured wrote: »

This^^^^

Lady driver to me means it hasn't been serviced on time....ever.

Don't tar us all with the same brush :P

Atlantic Dawn

ONE BAN GARDA OWNER FROM NEW, MINDED LIKE A BABY IN EXCELLENT CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT..

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-3-series-316i-1-6-48-per-week-nct/10070816?offset=4

quadrifoglio verde

Everyone needs to buy a car of Mike. Great craic altogether so it is.

https://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-laguna-renault-laguna-2-privile/9460870

CIP4

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Everyone needs to buy a car of Mike. Great craic altogether so it is.

https://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-laguna-renault-laguna-2-privile/9460870

Isn't that a top up oil warning on the picture of the odometer that alone says a lot :pac: I mean how is it a privalege to drive a 9 year old low powered petrol Laguna it's not exactly on top many peoples wish list of cars to drive.

Hachiko

brembo26 wrote: »

I hate seeing car ads saying stupid things like "Clean car inside and out, a few marks which is expected for the year but nothing major."

I dont expect there to be a few marks on car because of it age. Its more likely down to piss poor driving!

Anything else ye guys read in ads that are just stupid?

Any ad that says L@@K is a sure loser. No test pilots/ tire kickers etc also pure bollocks. You can tell a genuine ad pretty easy enough, the rest are not worth 1 minute of your time let alone any effort to actually view it.

If a car had noticeable damage I would expect it to be mentioned in the ad, ie - a ding or mark. Anything else like the odd scratch or whatnot is par for the course on most second hand cars.

hoodie6029

This, just this.....
http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/8316380