Someone who is indecisive about purchasing a product or service, and never feels satisfied with what they are offered. In the end a tire kicker may or may not buy. The term comes from sales people at car dealerships. Tire kickers would come around frequently, kick the tires a few times on the cars that they liked, but never make a solid purchasing decision on any particular car or trim.
by Ethan April 27, 2004
A person who acts or thinks they're interested in purchasing a car that they can most likely not afford to buy. They spend a majority of their time trying to find things wrong with the car that's for sale by complaining the car is the wrong color,(when they knew that it was that color in the first place), its an automatic instead of a stick (but if it were a stick he'd want an automatic) or its missing a few features that they really wanted, like the irrelevant windshield washers on the headlights. Tire kickers generally low ball you on the first offer, just to see how desperate you are. They generally test your will to sell it to them by their indecision. Most tire kickers are indecisive car buyers who are cheapskates at heart, that will never fix the things or faults they find wrong on the car thats for sale if they buy it.
Tommy the tire kicker was testing Johns patience with the list of things he didn't like about the car.
by Dion 67 October 4, 2007
Somebody who goes out to look at cars and other automobiles without any real intention of buying them.
Boss: "Hey Chuck, some customers are here so go sell some cars!"
Employee: "No it's alright boss, those people just look like a bunch of tire kickers."
Employee: "No it's alright boss, those people just look like a bunch of tire kickers."
by sambam22 October 12, 2009
A derogatory term used by salespeople and service providers for the educated consumer who carefully considers his or her options before deciding whether to purchase a product or service and who is not necessarily committed, at the beginning of the process, to purchasing anything at all
This tire kicker hired me to help him buy a house and just kept finding problems with every place I showed him. "This place costs twice as much as I'm willing to pay." "The roof of that place is about to cave in." What's this guy's problem?
by EP1979 June 14, 2011
Someone that goes to watch people wheel there trucks but does not have a truck to wheel of there own and can only kick the tires or other peoples trucks
by Captain R.P.M November 25, 2006
Someone that goes to the mud to watch people wheel there trucks but does not have a truck to wheel of there own and can only kick the tires on other peoples trucks
by Captain R.P.M November 25, 2006
A person in the dating world that is too indecisive to make a commitment. They want to try you out, for a little too long, before making a commitment. Dating a tire kicker is a waste of time.
So I dated a guy for eight months before he said he wasn't ready for a relationship! Um, it sorta feels like we're in a relationships. Apparently, he just wanted to kill eight months with me before moving on to the next one. It was a waste of time.. What a tire kicker!
by Siouxsie Supertramp November 7, 2023