Everyone is using the same lies in their adverts

[JMcGill]

Im always looking at what E30s are on the market for sale and thought I would make a light hearted post about the common sales techniques (lies) people keep using to try and sell their (usually rubbish) E30s.

1. Dry stored for 10 years (probably stored in a driveway without a cover)
2. (Personal favorite) Stored in a heated garage for 10 years
2. Part history because dry stored in heated garage for 10 years
3. I know these cars are going up in value and dont want to sell - This one is very popular with 318 owners who think their car is worth as much as a mint 325
4. Never been welded
5. No rust whatsoever (you will probably find arch rust in the pictures )

Feel free to add things which make you laugh or annoy you when you read sale adverts.

[Foe]

Missed out: I've owned my E30 coupe!

[Foe]

Oh and rare sunroof model!!!???

[martauto]

People who try to sell cars to the already converted and state "common fault " as if it is something to by-pass. lol

Mart.

[JMcGill]

Oh and rare sunroof model!!!???

Thats a good one

[JMcGill]

People who try to sell cars to the already converted and state "common fault " as if it is something to by-pass. lol

Mart.

do you mean when people say things like the dash is cracked and then say thats just a common fault. Trying to make it sound like it doesnt matter.

[Be30]

“It’s a quick and easy fix”

Then why haven’t you done it yourself mate?

[steve_k]

People who try to sell cars to the already converted and state "common fault " as if it is something to by-pass. lol

Mart.

do you mean when people say things like the dash is cracked and then say thats just a common fault. Trying to make it sound like it doesnt matter.

which means its got more cracks than the grand canyon.

[Foe]

I hate this;
Drives well, and is an honest car......yeah whatever!!

[Satan]

Location, High Wycombe.

[Gert_8]

“It’s a quick and easy fix”

Then why haven’t you done it yourself mate?

I like this one or the one where some electrical fault is noted and put down to a fuse.

[OldEnglish68]

"Full Service History"

[Cloggy Saint]

"Mint condition apart from ...." Not mint then.

[Tedswagon]

Pulls like a train.......

[Gert_8]

"Never been driven in the rain"..... Actually, this would be the truth in my case during my ownership of my cab.

Before Satan comes along to comment, it's hardly driven at all, sadly. Might have to write up my own ad with all of the above things incorporated to make it appealing.... *cough*

[paultv]

Never Missed a Beat!!

[martauto]

People who try to sell cars to the already converted and state "common fault " as if it is something to by-pass. lol

Mart.

do you mean when people say things like the dash is cracked and then say thats just a common fault. Trying to make it sound like it doesnt matter.

All the way mate.

Mart.

[Steve]

There you go people, if you want to sell your E30 on the Zone DON'T write any of the above in your advert.

[Foe]

[Satan]

"Never been driven in the rain"..... Actually, this would be the truth in my case during my ownership of my cab.

Before Satan comes along to comment, it's hardly driven at all, sadly. Might have to write up my own ad with all of the above things incorporated to make it appealing.... *cough*

Don't forget that you lived in High Wycombe so mention that bit in the add, Used less than the wife, 4 times and less mileage

[Topblag]

we’re in a period where flybynight street car traders think they can bag a victim and make a fortune. It’ll take a few years for the cars to be unaffordable for them to buy in the first place so we’ll just have to put up with it for now.

My favourite lie is the mileage lie, “mileage genuine”. You’ll get more sense looking at the pedals and the mats than by reading the clocks.

[Gert_8]

"Never been driven in the rain"..... Actually, this would be the truth in my case during my ownership of my cab.

Before Satan comes along to comment, it's hardly driven at all, sadly. Might have to write up my own ad with all of the above things incorporated to make it appealing.... *cough*

Don't forget that you lived in High Wycombe so mention that bit in the add, Used less than the wife, 4 times and less mileage

Your missus was the one that wanted to be taken up the "High Wycombe." It was a "heavy" price to pay because giving her a ride cost me several suspension repairs and my back seats got ruined - not easy items to find these days....

[BristolE30]

Yes to all of these

Love a: ‘(sizeable issue) but never bothered me...’

Soon it’ll be missing an engine ‘but never bothered me’

[Satan]

"Never been driven in the rain"..... Actually, this would be the truth in my case during my ownership of my cab.

Before Satan comes along to comment, it's hardly driven at all, sadly. Might have to write up my own ad with all of the above things incorporated to make it appealing.... *cough*

Don't forget that you lived in High Wycombe so mention that bit in the add, Used less than the wife, 4 times and less mileage

Your missus was the one that wanted to be taken up the "High Wycombe." It was a "heavy" price to pay because giving her a ride cost me several suspension repairs and my back seats got ruined - not easy items to find these days....

At least I met mine before we got married and she didn't need to take a shaving kit on honeymoon, you ended up with Fatima Whitbred........

[punkawalop]

Chancers.

The thing that made me confident in what i was getting myself into was the truthful ad.

it was along the lines of...

Rear arches will need doing at some point, i don't want to do it (with photos of both)
Its been my daily driver for 4 years doing easily 80 miles a day
Use it to tow parts around for my saab project (could see saab in background of photos)
Mileage wrong as i changed the clocks, its lower than what it says but i have no idea what it is anymore (Could see the jump in the MOT and the old clocks were in the boot)

At least you know what you're dealing with when you get an ad like that.

[flybynite]

My favourite "Barn Find"

[billyfrost]

My favourite "Barn Find"

Yeah who doesn't like that one. It's like the UK suddenly had barns everywhere previously unknown about...

Headline: "UK Farmers discover lost barns"

[martauto]

My favourite "Barn Find"

Yeah who doesn't like that one. It's like the UK suddenly had barns everywhere previously unknown about...

Headline: "UK Farmers discover lost barns"

Mart.

[Foe]

My favourite "Barn Find"

Yeah who doesn't like that one. It's like the UK suddenly had barns everywhere previously unknown about...

Headline: "UK Farmers discover lost barns"

[steve_k]

My favourite "Barn Find"

they've been playing forza horizon 4 a few too many times.

[Satan]

What about buyers though, like the one that came out with "its my sons favourite car bah blah blah" then it was on salee a few weeks later for a lot more........

[320ise2]

“Aircon needs a re-gas” meaning I’ve gassed it and it all leaked out in a day so something’s really goosed with the system.... lol

And another personal favourite “never drifted” meaning it’s never been driven forwards but only sideways lol