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My guess was that had been a trade-in, and the dealer didn't have...

...the original wheels, and didn't want to invest in factory wheels for a used car (or get stuck with a set of ugly wheels laying around the dealership)...lol

(In response to this post by 48zip)

Posted: 08/16/2019 at 10:48AM

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