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Originally Posted by darklord700
Since you work in a dealership, I will tell you friend of my bought a car from a dealership (not VW). He usually buys winter tires. But that time, he didn't because the salesman told him the AWD in that car was so great that he wouldn't need winter tires.
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And that is a stupid salesman. For numerous reasons. A) He is full of crap. And B) He just gave up an opportunity to make his parts dept a couple hundred bucks for a set of tires.
From Sept to Feb/Mar, I would estimate 50-60% of the loans I write, have winter tires built in to them. 5 or 6 years ago, it was maybe 10%, but people are catching on which is good. For me, it kinda sucks, as banks will cap how much is borrowed on a particular car, and sometimes it will cut into the extras that make my dept money like 3M, warranties, etc.... but I would never suggest someone dump winter tires in lieu of a vanity product for the car just to make a few extra bucks. It would be a very selfish thing to do.