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Rant about the poor state of TM car ads....

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I don't claim to know heaps about E36s but I know more than most.  I've never heard of these options but for the moment lets let that go.

Can someone help me understand how the presumably mature owner of this car can't seem to write with correct capitalization and punctuation.  Ignoring that, they can't spell 'quite' or 'often'.  Full points for spelling 'rare' correctly, all too often spelled 'rear' in TM ads.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3170733580

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Bonus points for "a lot" and not "alot".

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English is not the writers first language perhaps chaps😕

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On 7/10/2021 at 8:23 PM, topnotchrally said:

I don't claim to know heaps about E36s but I know more than most.  I've never heard of these options but for the moment lets let that go.

Can someone help me understand how the presumably mature owner of this car can't seem to write with correct capitalization and punctuation.  Ignoring that, they can't spell 'quite' or 'often'.  Full points for spelling 'rare' correctly, all too often spelled 'rear' in TM ads.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3170733580

I am also a spelling stickler but make the odd mistake; I think this person may not have had English as their mother tongue?

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6 minutes ago, Gaz said:

At least that one has a description 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/3173267644

At least there are decent photos so I can tell it's an auto box.. so who cares... no description necessary. 😁

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With the distant memories of waiting to get my hands on the Trade & Exchange every Thursday at 12, where the average car ad read 1985 Ford Laser, 4 doors, red, $3500, ph. 042348528. I'd say a few misspellings are a small price to pay for modern convienences. :undecided:

The options are legit too btw.

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Occasional mistakes are one thing, but repeated errors are quite telling. 

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