What for sale Jargon really means

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Here is my take on some of the common phrases in for sale adds, please add your own suggestions to this thread.

Good runner - Sounds ropey but still works ok
1 careful owner - forget the 6 bad ones
Full service history - done an oil change a few times and the local garage did something with the spark plugs
Runs like a dream - a nightmare is still a dream
Stunning - you will look on in disbelief at having driven so far to see a shed
No smoke - it smoke like crazy until I put £30 of additives in the fuel tank
Starts ok - Keeps breaking down but at least it can be restarted
 
Got to be seen to believed - When viewed you find their description unbelievable.
First to see will buy - So why have you still got it?
No timewasters - Who considers themselves to be a timewaster? I guess the seller defines a timewaster as someone who viewed but didn't buy their pile of cr*p.
 
Agreed. I am constantly surprised by how cheap cars that are only a few years old are, especially the bigger engined ones.
 
Aye- noone wants large petrols, especially non-premium.

That said, the usually massive tax on them puts me off, I just object to paying 500 quid a year.

I suppose it stops ne, but it seems its ok to pollute as long as you can afford it.
 
We did so few miles that the mpg didn't even feature, now when you have to pay much higher road tax it is making me think twice.
 
Ive always liked that one.........................

There is always a genuine reason for the sale (what it is of course is a different matter)
 

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