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Off-putting things people say in car adverts
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Off-putting things people say in car adverts
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- enzed4
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"Priced to sell" - as opposed to what? Priced to induce derision?
And this is a bit of a digression, but a recent print ad really pushed the wrong buttons for me. It is of a rooftop carpark at night, completely empty except for one car and a man walking towards it, (I think it was a Porsche - but insert any higher end sports car if you like) and the message "Worth it" or something similar. All it says to me is that this guy has slaved his guts out day in day out, working harder and longer than anyone else in the office, giving up god knows what to get to where he can buy an expensive 'status' car. He will now drive home in the dark, either to an empty flat, or a cold dinner and a colder shoulder in bed, only to get up at sparrow's fart the next day to do it all again....
Bleak, and didn't make me want to buy that car one bit
Or maybe I just read too much into it
And this is a bit of a digression, but a recent print ad really pushed the wrong buttons for me. It is of a rooftop carpark at night, completely empty except for one car and a man walking towards it, (I think it was a Porsche - but insert any higher end sports car if you like) and the message "Worth it" or something similar. All it says to me is that this guy has slaved his guts out day in day out, working harder and longer than anyone else in the office, giving up god knows what to get to where he can buy an expensive 'status' car. He will now drive home in the dark, either to an empty flat, or a cold dinner and a colder shoulder in bed, only to get up at sparrow's fart the next day to do it all again....
Bleak, and didn't make me want to buy that car one bit
Or maybe I just read too much into it
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Off-putting things people say in car adverts
Or its just a sad reflection of the parking habits most of us have to avoid car park dings on a night outenzed4 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:47 am "Priced to sell" - as opposed to what? Priced to induce derision?
And this is a bit of a digression, but a recent print ad really pushed the wrong buttons for me. It is of a rooftop carpark at night, completely empty except for one car and a man walking towards it, (I think it was a Porsche - but insert any higher end sports car if you like) and the message "Worth it" or something similar. All it says to me is that this guy has slaved his guts out day in day out, working harder and longer than anyone else in the office, giving up god knows what to get to where he can buy an expensive 'status' car. He will now drive home in the dark, either to an empty flat, or a cold dinner and a colder shoulder in bed, only to get up at sparrow's fart the next day to do it all again....
Bleak, and didn't make me want to buy that car one bit
Or maybe I just read too much into it
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I laugh at the ones that say something like "maintained regardless of cost" then list out things wrong that they didn't have time to fix like a wheel refurb or a service overdue
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- MrPT
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Hah, yeah should be “both maintained and neglected with equal disregard for cost”.
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Dare I say it...……1 Lady owner from new...…….. ermm…. are they that much better than men drivers......
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" mature owner " " Never been driven hard " (How do they know how the previous 4+ owners have driven it)
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Subaru WRX Blob eye
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Ford Puma.
Opel Manta GTE (1984)
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