Rollaboy2608 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 (edited) I thought I would bring this up, as it seems to be a contentious issue. Someone used this word the other day, on a car that was clearly in good condition. A reply was posted saying that the word "overrated" or "overrated condition" should only be applied to older vehicles which are found to be exactly, or in some cases, extremely close to the way they left the showroom floor. Others use this term to describe any car (rolla's for the benefit of this forum) that looks remotely good to them. For example, I do not consider my car to be overrated, despite having a late model engine, new paint, and a new interior. It has been molested from the factory original, and is therefore modified, and not overrated. I tend to lean towards the former. Useless thread, or solid topic of discussion? you be the judge Edited March 10, 2008 by Rollaboy2608 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4DRFRK Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 great topic , overrated is perfect and original like showroom cond, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollaboy2608 Posted March 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 yeah thats the way I see it, but the term gets bandied around alot for just about anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyboy Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 i've seen this alot lately as well. and its really annoying! people are posting up there rides like yeh the cars overrated!!! in 2 of the 3 photos i can see a rust hole... peoples perception on overrated is very misguided these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVE00S Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 i've seen this alot lately as well. and its really annoying! people are posting up there rides like yeh the cars overrated!!! in 2 of the 3 photos i can see a rust hole... peoples perception on overrated is very misguided these days! :) I thought the rust holes were factory I agree, Perfect original = overrated condition Otherwise = Excellent , great, awesome condition there are plenty of other words that could be used instead that would be better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 If rusty?? Factory Speed Holes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78_7kRolla Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 The word "overrated" should only be used to describe a car that looks brand new and is as original as possible. Nuff said. I agree with RollaBoy2608 as my car fits into the same description and is therefore NOT overrated. Feel free to correct me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLO83 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 I always thought "overrated" was a lollie. Wow was i mislead as a kid :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 overrated = hot etc. Doesn't have to be origional at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Could be an extra strong overrated :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVE00S Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 overrated = hot etc. Doesn't have to be origional at all! The words "overrated condition" as a description, descibes it "like it just came from the overrated" (where it was created) so it shouldn't be modified Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corolla_bitten Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 (edited) i tend to disagree with some of you, overrated is a word that people use to describe a car the same as they say that this car is SICK, WICKED, COOL, BULLSHIT (MEANS GOOD), TRIPPIN, SCHMICK, BOUNCIN, SWEET, TRICK. Its just how people speak these days. And according to the dictionary overrated is described as " Unused or appear to be newly made and never used." yes there is a conception that the word overrated would be a car that is totally original in its factory state, but i believe there are heaps of overrated cars around and people should be able to describe a car how they want, its called freedom of speech. if we were to use the word overrated as described in the dictionary, the only "overrated" cars would be the ones on the showroom floor forsale with no kilometers on them. but hey thats what i think. Edited March 10, 2008 by corolla_bitten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Then why don't we replace "overrated" with Original?? Original means perfect/showroom condition and something like blemish free for something that is unoriginal, but "overrated". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 i tend to disagree with some of you, overrated is a word that people use to describe a car the same as they say that this car is SICK, WICKED, COOL, BULLSHIT (MEANS GOOD), TRIPPIN, SCHMICK, BOUNCIN, SWEET, TRICK. Its just how people speak these days. And according to the dictionary overrated is described as " Unused or appear to be newly made and never used." yes there is a conception that the word overrated would be a car that is totally original in its factory state, but i believe there are heaps of overrated cars around and people should be able to describe a car how they want, its called freedom of speech. if we were to use the word overrated as described in the dictionary, the only "overrated" cars would be the ones on the showroom floor forsale with no kilometers on them. but hey thats what i think. With that said, the car is no longer overrated once someone sits in it, or if it was driven onto the truck that carried it to the car yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corolla_bitten Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 damm straight, although used would probably mean driven on the road, but yeah thats how the big book describes it, soon people wont be able to call a car sweet because they have not got any sugar on it........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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