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Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:30 pm
by tcave
" I always wanted one of these, but I have realized that I have too many other projects to ever get to this one"
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:52 pm
by WMU 211G
''A weekend's work will soon see it back on the road''
Yeah, that, and about £50k!
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:15 pm
by Exminiman
Selected from a whole paragraph full of them, describing a traveller currently on Ebay
“You won't need to replace the floors because the steel is fairly sound.”
“ .It will need some work, however not a full restoration ”
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Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:58 pm
by 111Robin
"I have always wanted one of these and bought this a month ago but realised I don't have the time it deserves"
Ie. I bought a pile of sh** and need to offload it asap before the wife realises what a tit I am.
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:13 pm
by Polarsilver
with one Lady Owner from new .
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:29 pm
by BigWig
'Originally owned by a doctor'
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:39 pm
by Old English White
111Robin wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:58 pm
"I have always wanted one of these and bought this a month ago but realised I don't have the time it deserves"
Ie. I bought a pile of sh** and need to offload it asap before the wife realises what a tit I am.
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:08 am
by goff
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:12 pm
by 111Robin
"Museum quality"
Ie. Hasn't turned a wheel or been started in twenty years and everything is seized solid
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:44 am
by AndyB72
Low mileage = the speedo cable broke in 1982
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:00 pm
by ORB58
''Worth 60k once done''
So why isn't it done if it's worth so much???
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 3:25 pm
by Classic1
All welding done ready for paint
Needs unpicking hours of grinding and putting on a jig
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 4:15 pm
by tweedy998
The one which really grates on me is:
"Wants for nothing"...
You just know a car accompanied by this statement is going to have list of things to fix as long as your arm.
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:57 pm
by 6604KF
Good Condition for age! What a stupid comment!
What annoys me the most is people who don't know the difference between 'bought' and 'brought'
"I brought this last year with the intention of restoring it". Where did you bring it from?
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 2:49 pm
by Exminiman
POA = I am embarrassed by how much I am trying to sell this for!
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:28 pm
by Jason
“Sold as seen” - eases the sellers conscience.
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:30 am
by iMini
Immaculate.
No one seems to know the actual definition of this, but plenty throw it around in their ads!
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:04 am
by 111Robin
6604KF wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:57 pm
Good Condition for age! What a stupid comment!
What annoys me the most is people who don't know the difference between 'bought' and 'brought'
"I brought this last year with the intention of restoring it". Where did you bring it from?
In a similar vein is "much sort after", meh....... sounds about right so close enough!!
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:59 am
by MiNiKiN
111Robin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:04 am
6604KF wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:57 pm
Good Condition for age! What a stupid comment!
What annoys me the most is people who don't know the difference between 'bought' and 'brought'
"I brought this last year with the intention of restoring it". Where did you bring it from?
In a similar vein is "much sort after", meh....... sounds about right so close enough!!
"would of", "should of" [sic!] is a similar insult
"You should of brought this car, when it was less sort after!
Re: Most Misused Advertisment Words
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:03 am
by MiNiKiN
"Genuine, all original Mini Cooper (S)"
Too often just a sequence of blatant lies