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From: jackbadger56 on 20 Jul 2010 22:55
This article got me thinking....
http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/women-dont-look-after-their-cars-20100721-10k2w.html

Whenever I have a female trying to sell me a car, the following are
pretty much guarenteed
1. All the alloys will have been kerbed,
2. The bonnet-release will feel close to seized
3. Particularly with European cars with their leather steering and
soft-touch plastics (and sun-visor IF it has a mirror), there'll be
this patina of white moisturiser residue which will have seeped into
the 'pores' and is near impossible to remove and looks awful
4. The interior and exterior doorhandles and gear lever will have deep
scratches

Also, while not exactly guarenteed, the following is more-than-
likely.....
1. It will be described as having "all electric options" simply
because it has electric mirrors
2. It will be described as "top-of-the-range" because it came standard
with a BMW or Merc badge (318i's and 180E's especially, or actual
entry-level S-Classes)
3. The service book will be virginal even if they have serviced it
regularly because the advisor was too scared to rummage through all
the glove box or boot detritus of lipstick, empty and open
moisturisers, new tissues, old tissues, jewellery, CD's, parking
tickets, 'petrol and bag-'o-loolies' receipts etc to find them and
stamp them
4. There will be no spare key and the one remaining key will be held
together with sticky tape
5. If there is sludge under the radiator cap or in the overflow bottle
it's just as likely to be due to them using it to top up the oil as it
is to have a blown head gasket
6. During the period of ownership they will have gone from being
complete novices at buying cars to absolute sharks, I.E. they'll tell
you how much they paid for the car they're selling (which will always
be full RRP + full on roads and about a further 10% surcharge happily
paid) but the car they want to buy they'll only consider if it's
discounted by roughly 30%
7. Brake pads will be metal-to-metal ("I was wondering what that faint
noise was!"), the 'check engine' or equivalent dash light will be on
("Yeah that just came on as i was pulling into your driveway") and the
CV joints will be at their percussive best ("that's surely just a
pebble in the tyre?")......even though they're completely bald.
8. They'll insist that it is them buying/selling the car and the
decision rests completely with them, but when it comes to the crunch
it's always "I'll just check with my husband/boyfriend/brother/uncle/
son/gardener/mechanic first".....

There are so, so many more.....

;-) ...there's that monkey off my back.

From: Jason James on 21 Jul 2010 04:06

"jackbadger56" <castle56(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:daf38d35-2abf-47c7-bf96-58abb64f3695(a)k1g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
> This article got me thinking....
> http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/women-dont-look-after-their-cars-20100721-10k2w.html
>
> Whenever I have a female trying to sell me a car, the following are
> pretty much guarenteed
> 1. All the alloys will have been kerbed,
> 2. The bonnet-release will feel close to seized
> 3. Particularly with European cars with their leather steering and
> soft-touch plastics (and sun-visor IF it has a mirror), there'll be
> this patina of white moisturiser residue which will have seeped into
> the 'pores' and is near impossible to remove and looks awful
> 4. The interior and exterior doorhandles and gear lever will have deep
> scratches
>
> Also, while not exactly guarenteed, the following is more-than-
> likely.....
> 1. It will be described as having "all electric options" simply
> because it has electric mirrors
> 2. It will be described as "top-of-the-range" because it came standard
> with a BMW or Merc badge (318i's and 180E's especially, or actual
> entry-level S-Classes)
> 3. The service book will be virginal even if they have serviced it
> regularly because the advisor was too scared to rummage through all
> the glove box or boot detritus of lipstick, empty and open
> moisturisers, new tissues, old tissues, jewellery, CD's, parking
> tickets, 'petrol and bag-'o-loolies' receipts etc to find them and
> stamp them
> 4. There will be no spare key and the one remaining key will be held
> together with sticky tape
> 5. If there is sludge under the radiator cap or in the overflow bottle
> it's just as likely to be due to them using it to top up the oil as it
> is to have a blown head gasket
> 6. During the period of ownership they will have gone from being
> complete novices at buying cars to absolute sharks, I.E. they'll tell
> you how much they paid for the car they're selling (which will always
> be full RRP + full on roads and about a further 10% surcharge happily
> paid) but the car they want to buy they'll only consider if it's
> discounted by roughly 30%
> 7. Brake pads will be metal-to-metal ("I was wondering what that faint
> noise was!"), the 'check engine' or equivalent dash light will be on
> ("Yeah that just came on as i was pulling into your driveway") and the
> CV joints will be at their percussive best ("that's surely just a
> pebble in the tyre?")......even though they're completely bald.
> 8. They'll insist that it is them buying/selling the car and the
> decision rests completely with them, but when it comes to the crunch
> it's always "I'll just check with my husband/boyfriend/brother/uncle/
> son/gardener/mechanic first".....
>
> There are so, so many more.....
>
> ;-) ...there's that monkey off my back.

Plus the deep circular scratch marks in the paint underneath the driver's
door handle,..courtesy of other keys. This is of course due the remote is
stuffed and they open the door manually.

Jason



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