New car, new wheels, question for the masses

[ken farr]

Hello all:

Wife went out on Mothers Day weekend and bought herself a new car.
( Happy Mothers day, pressure is off us. )
Anyway, she bought some fancy schmancy wheels with the car, and they will be installed tomorrow or this weekend.  I noticed on the window sticker, that she was charged $700 for the wheels that are on the veh., and she paid alot more for the fancyschmancy wheels.
  I related that we get to keep the wheels that come off the new car ( I don't know wth I am going to do with them, but hey...), the dealer is now all sideways saying no, they keep the wheels.
  Looking over all the paper work, I see nothing that says they keep the OEM wheels, or that we were credited for them or anything along that line of thought.
  My feeling is they usually swap out the wheels prior to delivery, and resell the OEMs.
  Am I kinda right or out in right field ?

kjf


GC:  I will be changing the rear tire on my B1100 this weekend with.....(waitforit) another Shinko...( alltiressnobs say gasp!!!)

[not-fishing]

A buddy of mine used to buy pickup "take-off" tires for dimes on the dollar.

The car dealer would sell them to tire dealer who would then resell them as take-offs.

He'd buy a dozen or so at a time and store them in his barn until his F150 needed a new set.

[fotoguzzi]

if your document shows you paid $700. for them you must be the owner and the dealer has no grounds to keep them.. ask/demand a $700 refund.

[flip]

I don't know the legal answer but I'm with you in that it feels like you are getting ripped off. I know you have to keep the wife happy but I'd  probably tell them to forget the new rims you are buying and go somewhere elae and buy them. Id really, really want to tell them to keep the vehicle. There are other dealers out there.

[stmike]

A great big  :+1 to both of the above replies.

[power685]

The $700 up charge on the window sticker is for an upgrade from the cars base wheels. How much was she charged for the wheels she bought ? What kind of car is it?

[Cage Free]

My sister had a similar situation many years ago on a new Honda Prelude. I went with her to dealer to see about the stock wheels and was told that the cost of the aftermarket wheels would have been more if she had said from the get go she wanted the take offs. I called bs but she didnt care that much and was caught up in new car euphoria so that was that.

[Kev m]

Is it a FACTORY option and priced as an upgrade meaning you only get the one set?

OR is it a DEALER option, meaning you are paying for another set of wheels part what the factory equipped, then you should be getting both sets?

Go to the OEM website, to their "Build A Car" link for that model. If the wheels are listed there as a factory option (not dealer installed accessory) for about that price, then no you don't get the originals.

If they are listed as an accessory/dealer installed option or if they are NOT listed (which proves they are extra) you should get both.

Although $700 doesn't sound like much, I'd expect fancy accessory wheels to be more like $1-2k or more.

AND in theory I guess a dealer could claim they priced them as a dealer upgrade (meaning cheaper because they use the originals elsewhere).

Fwiw, the take offs should only be worth a fraction, maybe less than $500 at your retail. Unless you wanted two sets of wheels to run snow tires, then they potentially save you double that.

[fotoguzzi]

Although $700 doesn't sound like much,

on a BMW forum...

[Kev m]

on a BMW forum...

Nah, I think you spend more like $1k just upgrading the wheels on a Chevy truck from the OEM these days, Jeeps even more... Never mind anything "fancy".

[old as dirt 2]

whats the deal sheet say?

if its not in writing then the wheels are yours plus the fancy ones your paying for. now if they want to give you a credit for them ok. or tell them to stick the new wheels up their butt and you'll go somewhere else to buy them and give your money to the other dealer.