I understand average, good and excellent condition, but cars described as tidy condition always confuses me.
tamarillo,
May 13, 10:51am
Yes it sounds off putting doesn't it. It's not good enough for even a good condition so it's just tidy. Trouble is some folk, often elderly, use it as meaning what most call 'excellant'. Lister is understating and doesn't like to boast. This can be a diamond as others might not bother to look further.
pauldw,
May 13, 10:55am
The junk food wrappers have been removed from the back seat?
richardmayes,
May 13, 11:09am
I would have thought "tidy" meant better than "poor", but probably less than "excellent"?
So it's a pretty loose term to use to describe the condition. But then again:
Define "excellent."
Define "good."
Define "average."
bjmh,
May 13, 11:15am
plus one
tgray,
May 13, 11:23am
I would have thought it was perhaps on a par with average. ie/ Above poor and below good?
tgray,
May 13, 11:25am
My post relates to a car advertised as tidy, with an asking price of over $60,000. If it's a cheapy, fair enough, but for that money I would want more than tidy condition.
a18a,
May 13, 12:52pm
when i think of "tidy" condition, I think of an older car that has been looked after nicely, with the usual expected wear & tear that cars go through
richardmayes,
May 13, 12:58pm
Ferrari 250 GTO - tidy condition $60,000?
Bugatti Type 37 - tidy condition $60,000?
robotnik,
May 13, 1:11pm
Tidy is old timer and pommy slang for excellent. Eg. as in a "tidy sheila", implying very attractive, etc.
skin1235,
May 13, 1:53pm
on the scale of conditions with 10 as being delivered from the factory in the morning, tidy comes in a 9, excellent is below fairly tidy at 7, average is a 3, rough is a 1 and shitheap is -1 with most described condition scores you automatically deduct 2 points before even going to have a look
sw20,
May 13, 2:22pm
Tidy = good condition. IMO used for older cars where they are still original condition.
rbd,
May 13, 3:35pm
Any description of condition in any car sales ad is completely irrelevant because it all comes down to what condition *you* believe it to be in once you have viewed it.
kazbanz,
May 13, 3:46pm
There is no "meaning" to the word because its a matter of opinion/
wheelmann,
May 13, 3:49pm
The wife vacuumed the car interior, and cleaned out the ashtray and its been driven through the servo car wash.
tgray,
May 13, 4:26pm
RHD Camaro
clark20,
May 13, 4:34pm
Just as bad as "Mint"
Done 225,000km and its mint. yeah right
tgray,
May 13, 5:10pm
Funny you say that. I NEVER describe a used car as mint condition. Then you get the ones that say "Mint for age".
budgel,
May 13, 5:31pm
I think Average is a meaningless term when talking about cars, given that it means adding a series of numbers together and then dividing the total by the amount of separate numbers added. It implies that all other vehicles of that type have been seen to provide perspective . What most people mean by average when talking about cars is really a median, or around halfway between the best and the worst.
I have always thought tidy to mean complete and everything working with only normal wear and tear for a car of its age, hence the term being used on older cars where most for sale may not be that good.
tgray,
May 13, 5:40pm
I think you are over analysing this! Average means OK in this context, not the literal meaning of average. (no adding or dividing required).
edangus,
May 13, 6:24pm
I'm with robotnik on this, tidy means, you would date her, buy her dinner, maybe a movie and pray to get to 1st base, let alone 2nd or 3rd.
trogedon,
May 13, 6:27pm
Average is very hard to define. Average for where and who? Average for a car in Queenstown might be mint for say. South Auckland. Average for a 50 something couple might be mint for a teenager.
trogedon,
May 13, 6:29pm
Don't start with that. ALL words are subjective depending on one's pre understanding and world view.
tgray,
Jan 31, 2:47am
Yes, but if that's the case, then there's no point in describing the condition at all for a potential customer.
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