Kaylin Seffrood from Monroe Wisconsin at our Chevy Dealership

The newest addition to Runde’s proud member of upstanding sales professionals is Kaylin Seffrood from Monroe Wisconsin.  She has valuable experience from working at other automotive shops and has now found her way to Runde’s where she is enjoying selling new Chevrolet vehicles near Dubuque. You’ll find Kaylin always smiling, willing to help, and brightening up whichever room she may be in. We sat down with Kaylin to get to know more about her.

Where are you from?
Monroe Wisconsin.

Born and raised?
Born and raised.

Where do you live now?
I just bought a house in Hazel Green, Wisconsin. I moved there during Independence Day weekend.

What brought you to Hazel Green?
Initially I came to Hazel Green to work for Dubuque Harley Davidson so I could avoid the hour and a half drive to get there from Monroe. I tried to find a place that would let me live with my pets but didn’t have much luck so I bought a house.

What made you want to work for Runde Chevrolet?
I’ve always wanted to sell vehicles. I stopped in here one day to get warranty work on my truck and asked if you guys had any available job opportunities and it just happened that you had an opening in sales.

How do you like your experience so far?
I love it.

Is there a Chevy Dealership in Monroe Wisconsin?
Yes.

Ok … What do you like to do around the Hazel Green Area?
There isn’t much to do… unfortunately with the hours I’ve been just mostly staying at home and playing with the pets or going back and forth to Monroe Wisconsin to visit family. We go out to dinner and stuff like that as well.

What do you drive?
I’m currently driving a 2008 Chevy Avalanche.

What’s your favorite car?
A ’59 Chevy Parkwood. My dad has one, I love it.

What kind of pets do you have?
A dog (boxer), a cat, and a hedgehog.

How did you come about getting the hedgehog?
I saw an ad on Craigslist and I went about an hour to pick her up. It was totally worth it.

How old is she and what’s her name?
She’s a year-and-a-half and she’s named Eseme. I have no idea what it means, it’s what the previous owners named her.

Do you… pet… hedgehogs?
Yeah, you can. When she calms down and her quills are back she is fine to pet but she can puff up her quills anytime and that hurts. She’s even drawn blood on one occasion.

Do all the animals get along?
The cat runs the house. She’s the boss. You could say she’s literally insane. One second she’ll be loving you and the next second she’ll claw at your arm.

Did you have her from a kitten?
She just turned 10; I’ve only had her for about four years. I got her from the humane society and she was named “sweetheart”. That doesn’t quite fit her personality.

Do you have a large family?
My family is small, I’m an only child.

Do you watch any movies?
I watch all kinds of movies. I just bought The Smurfs DVD and watched it the other night.

What was the last theater movie you’ve seen?
I think it was the last Transformers movie: Dark of the Moon.

What do you like to do? Any events you go to?
During the summer months I ride my motorcycle and during the winter I ride snowmobiles. 

What kind of bikes do you guys have?
Right now I have two of my dad’s bikes in my basement, a Road Glide and a Heritage and my friend has her Road glide and an Ultra-Classic stored there as well.

Where do you ride to?
I’ve been up to Canada and to Georgia.

How long did that take?
Both trips took about a week total, I took my time. The bike I road back then was a Buell Blast and I road it from Monroe Wisconsin to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and anyone who knows that bike knows that’s not a bike that you take that far.

Any future trips planned?
I’d like to go to the Oregon/Washington area. Any trip outside of of the Midwest is fun.

Why should customers come to see you when they want to buy a vehicle?
I have a little different perspective on things since I’m a woman. And I always treat people right. They should come in and speak with me because like Runde’s, they will like my attitude.  

What’s the strangest thing that ever happened to you?
It was at the 105th anniversary for Harley Davidson in Milwaukee when I was living there working at the Harley dealership. We were so swamped that this lady who just bought a pair of boots came up and asked if we had any socks for sale, which we didn’t. So she literally bought the socks from my feet. So I gave them to her and she gave me 10 dollars.

Ever play an instrument?
I used to play the trombone for about two years.

What’s your favorite band?
I don’t really have a favorite.

What’s in the CD player of your car right now?
I have six cd’s in my car right now. I have Adele, Lincoln Park and I forget the rest.

Do you like rap music?
As long as I can understand it, I like it.

Favorite movie?
That’s tough… I love the Transformers movies; I like Over the Hedge and the Cars movies as well.

You said you had some service work done here. How did you like being a customer of Runde’s?
I loved it.  It was the best dealership service that I’ve ever gotten. Many of the dealerships I went to, just because I’m a girl, treated me like I don’t know anything about vehicles and ignore me. It’s nice here that I’m not treated that way, I can chat with the guys here and be treated as an equal.  

Welcome to the crew Kaylin!