The best Irish car ad you will ever see. Fact.

Forget about your Ferraris and your Porsches, the car you want to own is a 1997 Volvo worth €500 from Ballinasloe. Or at least it will be once you see this advertisement.

“Man has climbed Mount Everest. Gone to the bottom of the ocean. Has fired rockets to the moon. Split the atom. Achieved miracles in every field of human endeavour. And the pinnacle of his success is certain. The 1997 Volvo V70 2.0 Litre Petrol. In Blue.”

So goes the introduction to undoubtedly the best car advertisement we’ve ever seen for a car sold on these isles and with all due respect to the owner, it needs all the lyrical praise it can get because she ain’t much to look at.

What you’re getting for your €500 is a car that looks all of its 15 years and has many bumps and bruises to prove it. The interior is as shoddy as they come and the NCT is about to run out but all that is missing the point; this car is all about character and personality and if cars could talk (Knight Rider aside, obviously) this baby could tell a tale or two.

Or so its owner would have you believe.

“Its the kind of car that’s the last thing you think of before you go to sleep,” the ad on Adverts.ie continues.

“You get up before breakfast to look at it again. You inspect it daily- not for its obvious and numerous scratches but you inspect it with your own hands for the curved rugged feel of its steel and the aging grace of its body, the distinctive smell of its upholstery, the simple cheap honesty of its comfort and the feel of a easy riding seat that holds you like your favourite chair.”

Because that's how this guy rolls

And if that’s not enough, it comes with wonderful extras such as a ten-disc CD changer, heated mirrors and miscelleaneous items such as golf balls and office stationary in the boot.

Obviously we’re not the only ones impressed because the ad has been viewed over 35,000 times already and it was only posted a couple of days ago.

So, as the ad says, “Put your legs up. Loosen your tie. Pour yourself a cool refreshing glass of whiskey light up that favourite cigar and throw on some smooth jazz music while you cast a glance at the finest car advertisement you’ve ever seen in your life.

We’re sold.

A firm tip of the hat to Robert Cullen for sending this one our way.