Mint Condition
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Burning Brakes
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Mint Condition
This term is used to describe cars in ads all the time, especially sports and muscle cars. When I was looking to buy a C4, I looked at quite a few advertised as "mint". Yet not one car was mint. At least not to me. For a car to be mint, in my opinion, it should be just that. No flaws, pefect, just like it was the day it came from the factory. If a car has scratches or paint chips, worn or stained carpet, a crack in the leather, scratches or worn spots in the interior, curb rash on the wheels or any other imperfections, it is not mint to me. Anyone else think that this term is way overused?
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Actually the term has been used loosely. Most automobiles I have seen in my years of purchasing them should read, "good", or "very clean", or "minimal wear and tear".... One person's mint may be another person's "clean".
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Mint condition - English Idiom Definition. ... Meaning:. If something is in mint condition, it is in perfect condition
Definition:
Mint condition - English Idiom Definition. ... Meaning:. If something is in mint condition, it is in perfect condition
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Mint=AS NEW. Anything less than that and it is not accurately described in my opinion.
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Sellers always have "Mint" cars for sale.
Buyers can never find a "Mint" car, because they are very rare.
I agree, going through the ads it's very easy to get excited about a car when you read the description. It's not until you spend the time and effort to actually go look at, that you find your definition of mint wasn't quite the same as the sellers.
Buyers can never find a "Mint" car, because they are very rare.
I agree, going through the ads it's very easy to get excited about a car when you read the description. It's not until you spend the time and effort to actually go look at, that you find your definition of mint wasn't quite the same as the sellers.
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Get the sellers of the "mint" cars to trip themselves up with a simple question instead of seeing for yourself why it is not mint after traveling to go look at it. Ask them what is the worst thing you will see when you arrive to look it over.
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When i first started looking at buying a vette i drove some four hundred miles to look at a "near mint" condition 92 vette. When i got there the a/c didnt blow cold, it had been repainted horribly, the interior was a disaster and ran like a tired old lady
...if that was near mint than the one i bought must be showroom new
...if that was near mint than the one i bought must be showroom new
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If 'fit and finish' is any criteria for a Corvette, then NONE are mint. Especially the ones that are preserved with almost zero miles, just like they rolled off the assy line at bowling green. A professionaly restored car is as close to 'mint' or 'flawless' as you will get.
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