age related marks.

[gazareth]

hey could someone please explain to me what a friggin age related mark is? and also how old does a car have to be before it gets them?

[barrym381]

its just another way to say the car has marks or scratches and is not perfect 

[dom]

As cars get older then tend to pick up small dents/scratches/scuffs/marks hence the term. I really would have thought that was pretty obvious

[tweed]

Rust patch, car park dents, scuff on bumpers etc.

[gazareth]

As cars get older then tend to pick up small dents/scratches/scuffs/marks hence the term. I really would have thought that was pretty obvious

so are you saying that new cars don't pick up small scuffs and dents?

[hobbiniho]

^^ what hes saying is you would expect a mk3 golf to have a lot more scuffs,scratches,dents and dings than a mk7

[dom]

As cars get older then tend to pick up small dents/scratches/scuffs/marks hence the term. I really would have thought that was pretty obvious

so are you saying that new cars don't pick up small scuffs and dents?

That's not what I said at all. As hobbiniho says, I would expect an 10 year old car to have more 'age related' marks than a 2 year old one. It's really not a difficult concept to grasp

[dubber36]

In short, it's a way of the seller telling you it's scratched and scuffed and dinged to buggery.

It's better than it been described as "excellent condition for its age". When you turn up to see it and it turns out to be a right shed, you get the "what did you expect? It's not a new car" line.

[Thom89]

TOTM

Thom

[tg1]

so its not wrinkles and liver spots?