Perfect Examples of Why You Should Never Buy a Car on Craigslist

Vehicles in states of serious disrepair? Check. Examples of customization gone horribly wrong? Check. Sellers who can't be bothered to take decent pictures? Check and mate. With that list complete, you're now prepared to take a look at our current roundup of The 15 Worst Car Ads on Craigslist Right Now.

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Location: Le Mars, IA
Price: $3,000

The scrap metal paint job extends to the interior of this ride. We appreciate a good airbrush job as much as anyone, but this looks more like a rough sketch than a finished product. Like something you drew in the margins of your notebook for your most boring class in high school. Finish the job, man. Finish the job.

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Location: Bixby, OK
Price: $15,950

"Original root beer exterior with custom paint (this is not a decal)." We can totally picture Donkey Kong whipping this barrel over his head at Mario.

Location: South Carolina
Price: $7,500

Slamming your truck is one thing, but we aren't even sure this thing is drivable. It also raises the important philosophical question: If it's a two-door, are they still considered suicide doors?

Location: Dimock, SD
Price: $11,500

Custom stainless bed? Looks like a custom stainless rental trailer.

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Price: $5,500

Let us get this straight: You took an already ugly car and made it worse? Bravo, seller. Bravo. And it even has matching chrome air horns! Bet those get knocked off and/or stolen if you ever drive this anywhere.

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Location: Detroit, MI
Price: $4,250

Ghost-painted murals with flames down the sides. Interior is crushed red velvet and white vinyl. "The wheels are 20 inch authentic dayton 24kt gold. Not fakes the real ones! the price is negotiable if i keep my rims." Look at the ad to see close-ups of the painted murals if that description isn't enough for you.

Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Price: $2,200

This golf cart has custom-painted flames AND a roll cage. Yes, a roll cage. On a golf cart. What are you waiting for? The golf cart of your dreams is only a click and a phone call away.

Location: Minneapolis, MN
Price: $4,500 OBO

If you think the outside is horrible, the inside looks like your worst banquet hall nightmares come true. We're talkin' the kind with three-day-old rolls, no open bar, and the weird cousins who keep hitting on your sister at her wedding.

Location: Avoca, NY
Price: $2,000

Seller says there's a lot of brand new sheet metal in this truck. But it still looks like the kind of thing you see at the side of the road and wonder when you started driving past the Texas Chainsaw Massacre house.

Location: Boulder, CO
Price: $3,500

If you watched that NyanCat video and thought to yourself, "that's what I should be doing with my life," this is the vehicle for you.

Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Price: $8,500

We've seen plenty of custom pink paint jobs, and this might be the worst shade of pink we've ever seen. We should probably be grateful for the bad photo quality, in this case.

Location: Osceola, MO
Price: $750

Um, we're pretty sure that, unless this truck comes with a buxom medieval maiden piloting it (and possibly hoisting several tankards of fine ale aloft), the word you're looking for is "winch." But maybe there was some slutty wench who owned it before, who knows? Even more reason not to buy it.

Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Price: $500

We'll let the seller tell you more: "Picture yourself, with the object of your affection nuzzling your ear as you growl down a stretch of Post-Apocalyptic Highway, racing like the wind against Mad Max toward the Thunderdome. After you win the race, you look at Mad Max's girlfriend (or whatever) and say 'Is this guy boring you? I'm a spaceman. Wanna see my spaceship?' Well, I think you'll agree that you need awesome home-made flames on your hood to even attempt such a thing!"

We wouldn't really go so far as to say "need." Actually, we wouldn't really even say "want." In fact, we wouldn't even say "consider."

Location: Fremont, NE
Price: $850

The seller describes this beauty as a "rough-riding turd!" We'd also add that it's a prime choice if you're looking for something to get every neighborhood watch program ever to call their police stations about the murdermobile that's rolling down their streets.

Location: Detroit, MI
Price: $1

This bad boy features a fully rebuilt 454 big-block engine, custom paint, 2-inch hood scoop, 26-inch Asanti rims, digital dash, racing shifter, and custom wood grain all over. Buy it now; the Colbert Eagle on the side compels you!