If you've never bought a used car, or – perhaps more likely – never felt comfortable buying a used car, there's a wealth of advice out there for doing so. Here at the Antisocial Network, we prefer to stick with professionals, places like Edmunds, TrueDelta.com, or Consumer Reports. So sue us: they're pros, people who know cars inside and out and have wide experience with many vehicles.
If you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer, however, maybe you want to take the advice of some random freelancer who just threw some words at the page and called it advice. If they're really bad (and some are), they might even think their advice is "good." Apparently, that's the case with Margarita2014 over at InfoBarrel.com, who provided advice for the distaff citizens in an article she called "A Simple Checklist for Ladies Buying a Used Car."
Another thing that our 'Rita seemed to think especially important was "...underneath the spare tyre. In most cases sedans, station wagons or any car that is likely to hold a spare wheel inside the boot." Never mind the sentence fragment, when's the last time you saw a station wagon?
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If you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer, however, maybe you want to take the advice of some random freelancer who just threw some words at the page and called it advice. If they're really bad (and some are), they might even think their advice is "good." Apparently, that's the case with Margarita2014 over at InfoBarrel.com, who provided advice for the distaff citizens in an article she called "A Simple Checklist for Ladies Buying a Used Car."
"What the motor should sound like
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A good motor should sound like a smooth humming with a consistent wave of small beats without any interruptions. Any whistling, banging, ticking, idling and shaking badly in a vehicle will definitely need to be looked at by a mechanic before you make a decision to buy.""...a consistent wave of small beats"? WTF is that description supposed to mean, anyway? And let us tell you ladies, that a "whistling [or] banging" motor is definitely not worth taking to your mechanic. Margarita went on to tell you,
"Sometimes the most common idling problems can come from a bad battery or alternator, especially if it sounds sluggish on start-up. Try using a fully charged battery to test this out. This could make all the difference to achieving a healthy sound to the car."Now there's some misinformation for you: idling problems arise from a bad battery or alternator (as opposed to any of the components actually involved in a running engine). Perhaps Margarita didn't know what "idling" means, since she used it twice in two sentences, and neither one was on point. |
Another thing that our 'Rita seemed to think especially important was "...underneath the spare tyre. In most cases sedans, station wagons or any car that is likely to hold a spare wheel inside the boot." Never mind the sentence fragment, when's the last time you saw a station wagon?
| No, it's pretty obvious that Margarita2014 was just out to throw a few words up on the internet and watch the moolah roll in as people flocked to view her wisdom. Sorry, Margarita – instead, you're our Dumbass of the Day for your tortured, inept "advice." |
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