Funniest things in a car yard.

[Tonz]

Following from car salemen thread.

Many years ago had a 4 cyl flat nose Transit van, it had done equivilent to 3 Aussie round trips and showing it. It was interstate when som $$ became available and wanted a ^cyl model.
Into Stillwell Ford arranged a price including tradein unseen. Week later we roll into their front yard area, go and see sales guys and manager (lookin all puffed up) says let me drive it around the back. He hops in turns on ignition and motor disintigrated literally. It was like someone had loosened sump, covers etc

[290v]

Many years ago i seen an EL Fairmont advertised at Stillwell Ford /Hyundia on Bridge Rd and written on the window it said 4.0Lt V6 engine

[revcore]

A number of years ago at a small car yard in Melbourne I was looking around at a few cars then wandered down the back where they keep the cheap trade in's and I saw a rusty old delapidated beige column auto XF wagon with vomit all over the back seat, Cigarette butts on the floor both front and back, The tailgate had a dent the size of a full grown watermelon in it and the salesman see's me looking at it and laughing and says "Quite your sniggering, It's a nice wagon and will be a stunner once it's cleaned up".
No amount of cleaning could have turned it into anything even remotely classified as a stunner.

[Crazy Dazz]

Saw a bunch of new models in the forecourt, I think they were Kia’s, and the signs written on the windscreens were meant to say “blah blah ‘now here’” but it was squashed up and so read as “nowhere.”
Then there’s the old classic where they spell out some huge message across several cars, and then MOVE one of them.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by 290v

Many years ago i seen an EL Fairmont advertised at Stillwell Ford /Hyundia on Bridge Rd and written on the window it said 4.0Lt V6 engine

BA in Sydney from last year....

[Yellow_Festiva]

Any Sydney siders remember the 4x4 place in Milperra roughly opposite the trotting club?

They had a bunch of military looking vehicles with mock up missles / rockets on them... local paper said that when they first opened the local cop shop got a flood of worried phone calls...

Wonder if I can find a piccy???

[ford71V8]

The push button on the drivers door of my XY was broken so for awhile I used to carry a small screwdriver with me to open the door.
While visiting a bunch of caryards for a new daily, I was surprised at one salesman who practically sprinted out to see me and ask me some questions.
One of his first questions was what's the purpose of the screwdriver in my back pocket.
He thought I was about to walk through his yard and scratch up all his vehicles.

Funny how much nicer he was once I showed him the doorhandle of the car I drove up in.

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by 290v

Many years ago i seen an EL Fairmont advertised at Stillwell Ford /Hyundia on Bridge Rd and written on the window it said 4.0Lt V6 engine

Yeah I've seen that as well. Together with "BT1 pack" plastered on the windscreen of V8 models.

[TC200six]

There were some threads in this forum with pics of car yards with "Fully S I C" banners across the windscreens of used SS Holden utes.

[mik]

I remember years ago wandering around a car yard , i had a mate with me who was a panel beater, and i was also working in the motor trade back then , this salesman comes out spinning a yarn that could would have made a good jumper, he was trying flog an Lh torana to us, he was going on and on, telling us all these features that where obviously from a mercedes, we let him go on for a while and left for another yard, but we had a good old laugh about later, some of these blokes must think we are all born yesterday.

[vbvbvb088]

Without doubt Gordon Farkas from the movie 'The big Steal' (1989)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzFmeNEiEPc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb0Mgx277g0