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Re-activateAs serious as we are about cars, we can't help but laugh when an ad or a sign veers off course. Luckily our readers keep us well-stocked in great fodder like this.
In this month's installment of Selling It:
Little shop of horrors? | Ignorance of iconic proportions | Not a luxury feature | Vanity (plate) meets reality | See more Selling It items
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This sign, spotted by Sandy Green of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, hints that the auto body shop is pedaling merchandise far more sinister than spark plugs.
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The Porsche may be well-crafted, but not so the newspaper item, which name-checks the wrong country when describing one of Germany's most famous cars.
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Push-button ignition is a liability in this used car ad, which suggests that a buyer would get a great workout to get this car going. Sent in by Steven J. Street of Rochester, New York.
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Proof that some fender benders have silver linings: Now this minivan, seen by a reader in Ohio, matches its license plate.
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Send us the goofs and glitches you find. Submit them by:
E-mail: SellingIt [at] cro [dot] consumer [dot] org
Postal mail: Selling It, Consumer Reports, 101 Truman Ave., Yonkers, NY 10703
This article also appeared in the April 2015 issue of Consumer Reports magazine.
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