A rundown car described as the "biggest pile of crap on Ebay" finds fame on the Internet by generating 34,000 hits and selling for about $549. The surprising popularity of the entry prompted the owner to turn it into an event for charity.
The owner is Jason McCluskey, 31, a chef from Portsmouth on the southern English coast. He had listed his beat up 1985 Volkswagen Polo for sale starting at 12 cents for "a bit of light-hearted humor".
His humorous take on the atrocious condition of the car led the vehicle to become a hit.
He will donate the proceeds of the sale to the Southampton General Hospital's children's intensive care unit. The hospital had taken care of one of his sons.
He gave details of the car being "tatty" with an exhaust "rustier than the Titanic". McCluskey added it was "not worth the 20 pounds that the scrap yard want to charge me for taking it away".
"It's fantastic for something that started off the way it did," he told AFP.
He added, "I had the idea to make people laugh. I never imagined it would take off. It is phenomenal."
Spurred by the car's horrid state and the seller's good act, other people also gave donations totaling $767 to the hospital.
