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View Poll Results: does it get you mad when someone tags all of automotive history on their craigslist add?
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sometimes i hate craigslist

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Old May 23, 2013 | 10:02 AM
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I, like many proud S owners i expect, am always on the hunt for parts. Doesnt always matter what parts, just parts. Maybe my sub-concious is saying "Who knows, maybe someone will post up a mugen rep top with all hardware and seals...." or "Its been 3 hours since you typed s2000 into the seachbar for the auto parts section of CL, maybe you should check again."

But so many times i am annoyed by people who tag every make, model, engine code, chassis code, bolt pattern, and Vtec/Vtech (Vtech for the dumb ones ). Ill see an add for RPF1s and think here we go, click on it,and theyre for a 4x100 civic

What good does it do them, me, or anyone, to tag things that their item is not even going to fit on.


"Oh you have an S2000, well i got this 91-94 civic cargo shelf i think you might like to buy for no reason."


This drives me mad sometimes and only litters the results with things i have to filter through again just to find something that could go on my car. Sorry if this is just one big rant. Maybe I'm off my meds, maybe all my years of adrenaline fueled behavior is catching up with me, maybe i had too much coffee this morning, or just maybe its the fact that its my first day off in weeks and its raining buckets out when the meteorologist (reads in engish: over paid liar) said it was gonna be a great day.

In the big scheme of life does it matter? Probably not so much, but hey i gotta yell at something and i know everyone on this board shares my love of the S, so maybe youll share a little bit of my hate too......

But i would like to take a moment from my possibly self centered rant to say it could be worse..... I still have my S and my heart goes out to the people who have had loved ones, both car and person, taken from them lately in OK.

I hope eveyone has a great day and thank you for reading my lunacy
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Old May 23, 2013 | 10:09 AM
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People think that by increasing irrelevant traffic, they increase their chance of a sale. There's a reason search engines like google smack websites who stuff tons of crap in meta tags to the bottom of the results. All it does is piss people off. 100% agree. Unfortunately I've resorted to simply having the title include s2000, which cuts that crap out, but possibly cuts out lots of results I would be after as well .

Edit: The person who voted no, you're part of the problem as you probably do this and think it's fine
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Old May 23, 2013 | 10:15 AM
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The used "JDM" shops in the Toronto area do this. I search for anything for my rx7 and I get tons of civic, Subaru, Nissan, Mazda etc parts that have nothing to do. I search for "rx7 calipers" and get wrx sti caliper, civic body parts. It's annoying. Same when searching for used tire by size. This is on Kijiji, which is the Canadian craigslist basically aha.
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Old May 23, 2013 | 10:28 AM
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Spammers gonna spam.
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Old May 23, 2013 | 10:45 AM
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<< voted NO just to piss off S2kreeper
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Old May 23, 2013 | 10:46 AM
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This is why I almost exclusively search by title only.
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Old May 23, 2013 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by SheDrivesIt
<< voted NO just to piss off S2kreeper
At least people like to have fun here
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Old May 23, 2013 | 10:54 AM
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Hate that shit!

When I was searching for my s2000 I always had to do title search and dollar amount at least $5k... some people list their $15,000 s2000's as $1.. so theirs didn't even show up. Then I noticed a lot of people listed their f'n Civic's (and even a monster truck and Cavalier) with s2000 in the title... it's not even like they had s2000 seats in it or ANYTHING!! Just added it for more traffic I guess... I'm thinking "Yeah, I'm wanting to buy an s2000 but I'm going to go ahead and buy your riced out, beat up, old ass, slow Cavalier instead".. UGH!
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 01:09 PM
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I have for sale an ebay engineering JDM type blow off valve exhaust bearings for NA cars. Good for 30+horsepowers

Tags: S200 Honda 350 VTEC OMG JDM Toretto 2SoonJr J's Racing ASM Amuse Mugen baller omgwtf bbq
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Old Jun 2, 2013 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by deepbluejh
This is why I almost exclusively search by title only.
Exactly...

This is silly...
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