What is a "Tyrekicker"

shrek2 · 27 Jan 2006 at 22:48

I always see a load of car ads on ebay saying no tyrekickers. What does this mean?

Lopéz · 27 Jan 2006 at 22:49

Somebody who turns up to see a car, normally asks for a long test drive, rolls out question after question about the car, seems mightily interested and then you never hear from them again.

shrek2 · 27 Jan 2006 at 22:53

Ah cheers. I though the person turned up, kicked a few tyres and then went away again.

Vanilla · 27 Jan 2006 at 22:57

shrek2 said:
Ah cheers. I though the person turned up, kicked a few tyres and then went away again.

Now that would be a weird sexual fetish.

JamesRJ · 27 Jan 2006 at 23:27

Basically someone who wastes your time

Agent_Smith357 · 27 Jan 2006 at 23:59

Anoying buyers shuffling around looking at the ground, gives the tyre a few kicks and mumbles somthing about the price being too high before vanishing into the sunset

Scania · 28 Jan 2006 at 03:02

What is a "Tyrekicker"

Fox doing another of his road tests?

PardonTheWait · 28 Jan 2006 at 03:09

Just means timewasters, really.

Gaijin · 28 Jan 2006 at 14:03

Hmmm, what distinguishes a tyre kicker and someone who just doesn't want to buy your car after viewing it though?

TerryWogan · 28 Jan 2006 at 14:19

A tyrekicker will go to visit a car with the intention of not buying it. Purely to test it. Maybe they're looking at a certain type of car, and the one they'd like to buy is far away, so they wanted to test it first.

Or they simply can't afford it and want to drive it.

Gaijin · 28 Jan 2006 at 19:10

I see, but how do actually distinguish whether one is or not? I also don't see how putting it in the ad is going to deter them either?

Vanilla · 28 Jan 2006 at 19:11

Gaijin said:
I also don't see how putting it in the ad is going to deter them either?

It's a mental thing, they'll look at your ad and know you know how it works and they'll go somewhere else to 'test-drive' the car.

TripleT · 28 Jan 2006 at 19:23

Gaijin said:
Hmmm, what distinguishes a tyre kicker and someone who just doesn't want to buy your car after viewing it though?

I agree, I mean bacuase this..

Somebody who turns up to see a car, normally asks for a long test drive, rolls out question after question about the car, seems mightily interested and then you never hear from them again.

Just sounds like someone who geniually was interested but decided against it? Hardly a time waster :confused:

s0ck · 28 Jan 2006 at 21:59

Test pilots

Lopéz · 28 Jan 2006 at 22:18

TripleT said:
I agree, I mean bacuase this..

Just sounds like someone who geniually was interested but decided against it? Hardly a time waster

Problem is, the tyrekicker never had any intention of buying the car in the first place. They ask the right questions, give off the right vibes and then just walk away with no reason. They usually are the sort of people who just want a test drive for the sake of it.

William · 28 Jan 2006 at 22:30

Well everyone does that all the time at dealers.