[arnieshwartz]

Selling a used car is tough, which is why used car salesmen have gained the unfortunate reputation for using all kinds of dirty tricks to get the job done. But not Jason Hlavenka, a Houston resident, who decided to reluctantly unload his 1999 Corolla after it had, more or less, outlived its usefulness. The result - a copywriting masterclass on how to make something desirable with just brutal, brutal honesty.

Without further ado, here is the ad from The Best of Craiglist. Note that the ad was originally posted in April of 2018 and the Internet has been dying from laughter ever since.

Some of the funny pieces are as below:

Let's talk about features.
Bluetooth: nope
Sunroof: nope
Fancy wheels: nope
Rear view camera: nope...but it's got a transparent rear window and you have a neck that can turn.

He then goes on to highlight how reliable the vehicle is.

You could take the engine out of this car, drop it off the Golden Gate Bridge, fish it out of the water a thousand years later, put it in the trunk of the car, fill the gas tank up with Nutella, turn the key, and this puppy would start right up.

This car will outlive you, it will outlive your children.

About the fact that the car is not a head turner.

When this car was unveiled at the 1998 Detroit Auto Show, it caused all 2,000 attendees to spontaneously yawn. The resulting abrupt change in air pressure inside the building caused a partial collapse of the roof. Four people died.

[bvasista]

Gone through the ad, such a creative genius. Absolutely no questions on the reliability part for a Corolla! Even now, I see pretty older generations of Corolla on roads