Broken Your Leg? You'll Never Drive Again

bravobeastie

Hubby showed me this last night, couldn't help but laugh. He's selling his car because he has broken his leg. As we all know that means you will never be able to drive again

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330289824345&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014

custardy

of course if breaking your leg means you cant work
then perhaps you might need some money?
or if its a bad break then rather than pay insurance for it yo sit there then sell it?

bravobeastie

meh, i just thought it sounded daft

foxxymynx

an acute condition such as that caused by a broken leg, can turn into some pretty nasty chronic conditions, like nerve damage, rare conditions and so forth

Zazen999

I broke my elbow 3 years ago and can never drive a manual car again...well I can manage it for about 5 miles then it is extreme agony.

What's so funny?

zenseeker

Laughing at someones misfortune? Mature.

It is possible to break you leg and do severe nerve or muscle damage, which would leave you in permanent agony for the rest of your life, making simple things such as driving a car impossible.

I'm glad you find that funny, I hope it happens to you so that we can point an laugh.

Biggles

Whilst all that is true, bravobeastie is right, he's either explained it badly or he's made up a pretty poor excuse for selling the car. I wouldn't contemplate buying it unless I knew more.

wheresmydoshat

pull the other one..

custardy

well looking again at the ad,the tax runs out this month so they would need topay out for a car their not using(or sorn if they have a drive)
the cars MOT expires in January so the seller would need to MOT the car and have it sitting on the drive (if they have one) or lay it up and MOT it when they are fit

rainbow_carnage

Biggles wrote: »

Whilst all that is true, bravobeastie is right, he's either explained it badly or he's made up a pretty poor excuse for selling the car. I wouldn't contemplate buying it unless I knew more.

I've never understood this. Why do people care about the seller's motivation for the sale? There are so many 'unwanted x-mas present' auctions.

Why does the man need an excuse to sell his car? It's his car. If you want it to be yours, then buy it. If not, then don't. Why do you need his life story? Will a broken leg make the car run any better than if he had some gambling debts he needed to pay off?

Biggles

rainbow_carnage wrote: »

Why does the man need an excuse to sell his car?

Exactly. It's common to say, 'Genuine reason for sale', so that the buyer doesn't think the car's being got rid of because it's a lemon.

It would probably have been better to say nothing than put down something dubious.