"Jason Bleazard" <jason.dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
: Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:00 PM
:> Scuffing the paint is causing "excess wear"?
: Only one thing to add here (I think you covered the rest Jon :-).
: We asked our dealer about getting a spray-in liner in our '98 when we leased
: it. They warned us not to, unless we wanted to get hit with a huge "excess
: wear" charge when we turned it back in. The only explanation they could
: offer was some weak drivel about "but what if the next owner doesn't *want*
: a spray-in liner? It might hurt our ability to re-sell it, and since it's a
: permanent modification we can't remove it."
Ok - THAT makes some sense - at least now I can see where it came
from. I can certainly see how the "excess wear" claim can be made -
when talking about a leased vehicle, and looking at it from the
dealership's perspective. I was thinking strictly of owned trucks,
and it just did not compute! :-)
---Jon-
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