Post you car pet peeves

[jeryst]

Maybe I'm just getting old, but some things are really starting to get to me, so I'll start off.

1. Using NOT in an ad title.
    This is really starting to pi55 me off. Someone puts a Dodge truck up for sale, and in the description they say "Dodge truck not Cuda, Charger, Hemi"
    Makes me just want to call them or email them and tell them what kind of absolute idiot they are!

2. When you are selling a car, they ask "How much will you take CASH?"
    The ad already says "Cash only".
    What the hell do they think I'm going to take? Shiney trinkets, chickens and goats, tomatoes?

3. Last chance in an ad.
    I hate when a seller says something like "Last chance to buy at this price", or "Last chance before I take it off the market", etc.
    Makes me really want to go out and buy it because, hey, its my last chance! Sheesh!

4. Sentimental value.
    Recently, I've seen quite a few ads where people are asking too much for something, and then they say something like "This vehicle has a lot of
    sentimental value to us, and so we need to get at least $xxx out of it". Who cares. It doesnt have sentimental value to me, so why are
    you trying to charge me for it. If its got sentimental value, dont sell it, but dont expect for me to pay for your feelings towards an
    inanimate object.

Rant over. Anyone else want to chime in?

[derailed]

When someone is selling something and they state "brand new" in the add. Something like tires are usually good for this. "Mounted and did not fit so im selling them" or snow tires only used at the end of last season. Things are only new once. Also anyone who is selling something on craigslist like a car without a pic. No excuse for that anymore.

[skip68]

I think the thing that gets me the most is a car for sale with NO price.  WTF?.  Oh, and no phone number.  If I see a add on Craigslist without a number I ignore it.

[tan top]

cars & parts for sale with no pictures or blury ones  ,  or  pictures that might only show a little bit of the car ! why so anoying   if you going to sell it !  let people look at what its like , or its a piece of S**T & hoping that when you travel a thousand miles to look you will buy it anyway  

[jb666]

My pet peeve is when someone is when someone is selling something , you reply to them, and they tell you "Well, I'm really busy the next few days, call me on ________ ". Well then why the Hell did you list it?? I'm an impulse buyer... if I have to wait _____ days, the deal is over.

[jeryst]

People that tell you they will definitely be there at such and such a time, and then never show up or even call.
Inconsiderate jerks.

People that call up and ask you to hold something for them for a couple of weeks or longer just on faith.
I had a guy call me up and say that he is in Iraq, and wanted me to hold a car for him
for a whole year without any type of down payment. Yeah, right!

People that want you to lower your price because its going to cost them $xxx to have it transported.
Not my problem.

People whose first words are "What's your bottom line?".
I never budge for those people.

[Ghoste]

Stupid lowball offers.  If I am asking for example $100 for something and someone offers $20 I will typically counteroffer with $1000 and tell them to get the hell off my property.

[Troy]

Stupid lowball offers.  If I am asking for example $100 for something and someone offers $20 I will typically counteroffer with $1000 and tell them to get the hell off my property.

And then they act like you've insulted them...

Troy

[Ghoste]

Yes, even though insulting is definitely the intent it still doesn't help because they are insulted in an angry way not a "oh I get it, I was an ass so I was treated like an ass" fashion.

[The70RT]

Going to a swap meet or garage sale and nothings marked. Then they say make me an offer 

[jeryst]

"Make me an offer" on ANYTHING!

[Daytona R/T SE]

A classified or e-bay ad selling an old car that includes the line:

"Needs a TRUCK floor"

What the hell is a "TRUCK" floor ? 

Do they mean TRUNK floor ?     

I see this all of the time and it gripes the shit out of me...

[Ghoste]

And conversely to my earlier peeve about people making ridiculously low offers on things I am selling, I also hate ridiculously high asking prices by people who are allegedly selling items.  You know, things that are worth 50 bucks but they are asking 500, that kind of thing.

[greenpigs]

People that say 1 of 36 made and it means about squat as the car will be a poop brown gremlin with rear defrost.

"Restored 100%" and it has a cruddy engine bay with a bunch of chrome and speed parts. They should have said rebuilt or refurbished as an example. To me at least restored means back to factory specs.

Investment grade. Sorry your retirement plan took a dump on you but theme's the breaks. In my opinion they deserve to loose their ass. Only a speculator would use that in an ad./color]

[John_Kunkel]

One of my peeves is making the number of owners an issue, what the hell difference does it make if the car has had only two owners if both owners neglected it and beat it mercilessly? I'd rather have a car that had fifteen owners all of which pampered it.

As far as the content of a car advertisement goes, it only shows that individuals are mimicking Madison Avenue.

[jeryst]

"Local owner". So what?

[Old Moparz]

Like others have mentioned, missing or blurry photos, or the ones taken so far away you can't see the car, just the tree line on the horizon. I agree, having no photos at all these days is just dumb & inexcusable. My all time favorite complaint, the trunk photo I want to see, just to see if there is still a trunk floor. A photo of all the shit you've stored & saved in the car is worthless to me. Yes, I love seeing the 3 or 4 trunk shots taken from 3 or 4 different angles with old bent up mouldings, carbs with rodent nests in them, beer cans, bald tires, baby toys, & more. How about the interior shot with McD's trash piled up from the 1989 Happy Meal the kids puked up? That's always a great way to tell if it's the floorpans or the carpet holding things from dropping out.

So, this topic reminds me of something I found ages ago on line that still makes me laugh, even if a lot of it is true. 

What They REALLY Mean In Classified Ads

Rough condition: Too bad to lie about

Parts car: Beyond repair

Clean: Homeless dude at 5th and Main did the windows

Immaculate: Recently washed

Concourse Recently waxed

Good transportation: It's ugly

Engine quiet: Uses 90-weight oil

Needs minor overhaul: Needs engine

Needs major overhaul: Phone the junkyard

Burns no oil: It all leaks out

Rebuilt engine: Cleaned the spark plugs

Engine blueprinted: I don't know what it means either

Excellent gas mileage: It's slow

Low miles: The odometer was turned back

One owner: Can't give it away

Sure to appreciate: That's why I'm selling it

Drive it away: I live on a hill

Drive it anywhere: Within 10 miles

Desirable classic: No one wants it

Rare classic: No one wanted it even when it was new.

Stored 20 years: In a lake

Ran when stored: Won't start

Never apart: Bolts too rounded to loosen

Solid as a rock: Rusted solid

$. .or best offer: I'm guessing here

Restored, with 0 miles: Won't start

Faster than a 'vette: A Chevette

Restored, with 2 miles: Won't stay running

Older restoration: First owner washed it

Good investment: Can't be worth much less

No time to restore it: Can't obtain parts

90% complete: You do the other 90%

95% complete: Other 5% doesn't exist

One owner: Hertz

Great enthusiasts car: I'm looking for a sucker

Good tires: And that's all

House forces sale: Neighbors complaining

Trades considered: I'm desperate

[bobs66440]

I don't know why, it's a grammar thing, but it drives me nuts when in the description they say whatever part "needs rebuilt". I see that all the time!! What happened to "needs TO BE rebuilt"? Are you in such a hurry that you can't type two extra words??  Or say "needs rebuilding"...sheesh!

Or this is a good one, they say in the ad, "I don't need to sell" or "I don't need the money". Like I'm going to be fooled into paying more because you're selling it but don't need to.

[69DodgeCharger]

Going to a swap meet or garage sale and nothings marked. Then they say make me an offer 

I always say I'll give you a dollar. Then when they get mad I'll say you gotta start somewhere?

[rp23g7]

My newest pet peeve, shops with Radiator in the name, at least around here, that dont fix radiators.

[Arigmaster]

My biggest pet peeve is some of the asking prices on incomplete cars or crap they dragged out of a field. When I found my 68 it was complete with very little rust (was dented all to hell though) Oh and it also had a drive trane in it. Got it for less than 3K.

Lucky find?  Perhaps But it still cost me 26K to restore it not including the 4.5 years of every bit of free time I had to work on it. I guess I was insulted with the people thinking I would let it go for less than 20K. Pffft... I can appreciate some of the guys selling theirs between 30 and 50K when I see what they put into them but to see some incomplete hulk with no drive trane run of the mill car @ 10K+ or in pieces or rotted out... GAWD! the crack habbit must be pretty bad.

I'm going to wait till I can afford a finished car next time. Sure it will be a premium but I'm getting to old to go from scratch again... I'd rather enhance the next one from a better starting point.

[RD]

car pet peeve.... anyone that sees my cars in the driveway and instantly thinks I have a shitload of parts and a huge "swap meet" sign instantly appeared above my garage.  just because they are missing something and i have it, doesnt mean i want that dipshit to have mine.

[jeryst]

How about the people that stop and ask if the car is for sale every time you leave it out.
Do you SEE a "For Sale" sign on it?

[adauto]

One of my all time favorites.... Nice Charger man!

[A383Wing]

People who place ads and are never home or can't reach them