Moved from MIN_DEBATE as requested..

RM> Could be semantics.. Maybe a Courtesy Car is not thought of as
RM> the same thing as a 'Loaner', something to drive while waiting for
RM> your car to be repaired or whatever.. I don't imagine they'd want

DW>The dealerships that I've dealt with defined "Courtesy Car" as a car that's o
  >d by the dealership and is used for "gopher" tasks.  ex: Picking up small par
  > chaufering customers to work/home and back, etc.

DW>Since the dealership never sold the car, it's considered "new", but it has ma
  >more miles on it than a normal new car.  It's also been driven only by dealer
  >p personnel and maintained by the dealership.

Yes, I've seen that at times too. I think it depends a little on
the size and 'wealth' of the dealership too though. As I mentioned
earlier, I traded in a good condition, low mileage car that was
16 years old, and the dealership decided to keep it to use for
running around and occasionally as a loaner car..

They'd have to drop the price on a new car with a fair number of
miles on it quite a bit I'd imagine. For what they might lose,
they could pick up 3 or 4 cars like my old one.

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