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I thought it was from people who didn't know anything about cars, so would kick the tyres to see if they were pumped up. Thus making it look like they knew what they were looking for.
But your explanation does make more sense.
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I think these days it actually is pretty much just that - we're certainly way past the point where kicking a tyre will tell you anything at all...
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I’ve always thought of it more like this - it tell the seller more than the buyer.
Also don’t understand ‘revert’ - why not just say you’ll get back to me/ my boss?
SwissChap
stelfox
I believe it's from the olden days of buying an automobile - people kicked the tyres to see if a wheel was wobbly or had a shot bearing or whatever (I mean, the wheels were basically re-purposed horse cart wheels at the very beginning).