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(n.) A person who appears interested in buying your car, but on the day displays any of the following traits.
• Does not show up • Does not bring money • Kicks the tyres and complains about even the most minor faults • Seems to know barely anything about the car • Offers stupid money (a large amount either side of what you expected) • Keeps asking if he can part exchange his rusty old Ford for your car, not wondering why anyone wouldn't want it • Assumes the car is in fine working condition just by kicking the tyres • Tries to drive a restoration project dozens of miles home with him. • Asks questions repeatedly, specifically ones mentioned in adevertising the car • Gets the manufacturers' name wrong • Asks if you are willing to transport the car without charge. • Makes a bid for a car placed on ebay or similar without any positive feedback • Dresses up as, or asserts that they are a priest or mulla in an attempt to pay less for the car • Is a young driver who just passed his test looking to buy a cheap old car, rice it up, and show off to thier friends. Quite likely to wreck it in a month. If selling an old or rare car on ebay, it is advisable to warn tyre kickers from bidding.
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A prospective purchaser of a car who does not know what he or she is looking for when examining the car. From the pointless gesture of kicking the tyres often employed by such.
For Sale: 1965 Triumph Spitfire, Old English White, Partial Service History, No Tyre Kickers.
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Somebody who has no intitions of buying somethings or doing something but merley pretendes dealer: Hi im selling a car
tyre kicker::hello can you give me more information about your car. dealer: It's a car tyre kicker:It's the car i want but i rang just for the sake of it i have no intention of buying it bye xx |
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Somebody who turns up at your door in suit and ties, with a fake Rolex and an empty suitcase pretending to be a genuine businessman who will try to lure you into signing your car away with a cheque that is not worth the paper it is written on. tyre kickers are a waste of time
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