Used Car Ads
 

Why do some people put almost the same pic in their advert. Two shots of one side taken about 2 foot apart, then a shot of the other side which is just a mirror image.

Some of the best ones are Oscar Goldman's in Autotrader - always the same format - brilliant.

There is sometimes too much detail about the spec. Why say lecky windows, air con etc when it's standard on the vehicle? Just list the real extras like B&O, Adaptive cruise, ssolar sunroof etc.

Am I just being a grumpy old git :ROFL:

Grumpy old git is a noble profession! :)

The other thing in used car ads are abbreviations that take an age to understand. I'm OK with T&T, FSH and so on, but I never did get "W.H.Y". Anyone know?

I'd like to see them split the specification into 3 (maybe 4 if relevant) clear sections:
1. The basics, all cars of this type and vintage have this (e.g. ABS, PAS, electric windows, no spare whatever)
2. Standard for this model (e.g. 2002 my S8's always have .............)
3. Factory options above basic spec (e.g. Solar sunroof, Bose....)
4. Dealer/aftermarket options (e.g. 20" wheels, towbar, LPG...)

W.H.Y is usually 'What Have You' - i.e. make me an offer on a trade-in, etc.

Nought wrong with being a Grumpy Old Git, its what keeps me sane+++

Anyone remember HRW being a worthwhile extra in car ads?

OMG thats almost a standard now...........I take it you mean heated rear window!

Anyone remember the heated rear screens that you could stick on yourself? Had one in my 1965 mini.

Then of course we could list other long-gone extras, like the vinyl roof (how retro is that?) and, as in my 1957 A35 van, the heater was often an extra!

I predict a trip down memory lane.....

Trafficators...

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/P1040011.jpg

Have you done an LED update to the trafficators? :ROFL:
Lets see the thread.

I had a very early 1959/1960 one and remember the pull-cord door openers, sliding windows and door pockets that would take several (6?) pint bottles of milk each side. IIRC something blatant was missing on the "dash" - fuel gauge maybe?

Mine had all the above and, like most, grew moss in the channels that the windows slide along.

But it had 3 dials: the large central speedo; the fuel gauge and a temperature gauge.

Yours would also have had a push button start (on the floor IIRC)- now there's an 'old technology' that we've gone back to in some cars!

Yes, push button starter which presumably saved on a solenoid. :ROFL:Only one dial, like this (but without the extra instruments).

I remember touring the Highlands in a Mini with the floor mounted starter button when it failed, spent the rest of the holiday crawling under the car and bridging the two connections on the underside with a screwdriver everytime I needed to start it, maybe explains my frizzy hair:o

I remember my MK2 Jaguar had a little key in the dash left of centre and the start button to the right just past the lights switch.

Turn key on and your thumb was just perfect for the starter button - lovely!

Not my pic - Library pic