By Robert Emslie
Some things look better in black and white- crime dramas in which the women are referred to as “dames,” Ansel Adams prints, and, according to this seller, Bertone X1/9s. Admittedly, the duotone presentation does allow the inevitable rust to fade into the background hue, but you’d think that having a big BERTONE sticker in the back window would have been sufficient for him to spell the name right in the ad. Also, a 100K+ X1/9? That’s like some kind of crazy witchcraft going on there.
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With apologies to Louis Armstrong.
You say Porsh and I say Porshah, You say neither and I say neither
Either, either Neither, neither, Let's call the whole thing off.
You like Bertoni and I like Bertone, You like tomato and I like tomahto
Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto, Let's call the whole thing off
But oh, if we call the whole thing off
Then we must part
And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart
So if you like Citro-en and I like Citrone, I'll say Citro-en and give up Citrone
For we know we need each other so we ,
Better call the whole off off
Let's call the whole thing off.
The black and white makes this epic. In living color, it would be meh, not it is OMG. This is how you sell a car. Except with proper spelling, grammar and punctuation.
At least the misspelling means that he's pronouncing it properly.
Not necessarily – remember, this is Craigslist. Having met a number of these fine individuals</>, I'm utterly mystified as to how some of them were able to find the "on" button on a computer, let alone set up an email account and post an ad.
I think the Film Noir approach works here. I see that ad, and the price, and I can hear Humprey Bogart saying "I knew she was trouble the moment I saw her".
"She had a face like an angel, but even from across the room I could hear her rusting."
"I'd seen girls like that before. They'd all hang out at Tony's place getting fixed, night after night. I wanted to call my doctor to make sure my tetanus shot was up to date, but I couldn't take my eyes off of her."
"I should have known when I saw her, that thick Italian accent and Colorado Brown Metallic skin – I was going to have fun inside her, but I knew I'd regret it when I got home."
I mean, some of them can't even insert html tags properly…
/guilty
That's what the edit button's for! It even keeps your edits secret. It appears you aren't an Intensedebater, though.
maybe you need an Intensedebate account, since I don't see an edit button here using FF or my phone.
$2200? Nice price. If i lived anywhere near there it would be mine.
It's safe to say that if I, and I think I speak for many of us hoons, lived anywhere near the golden state, I would have way too many sub $2500 cars and approximately no room for anything else.