Posted by DONOR 3 on June 23, 2003 at 03:11:19:
IF YOU ALL CAN STAND ANOTHER DEALERSHIP GRIPE STORY, HERE WE GO....
I WENT YESTERDAY LOOKING AT A 2003 HONDA VTX 1300 RETRO AT, OF COURSE, A HONDA DEALERSHIP....
AT THIS PARTICULAR PLACE, YOU HAVE TO GO THRU ALL THE FINANCING SHIT BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN TEST DRIVE THE DAMN THING...
AFTER ALMOST TWO HOURS, IT WAS A NO GO FOR SEVERAL REASONS....
ONE - THEY WERE ONLY GOING TO GIVE ME $2000 FOR MY 2002 SAVAGE WITH 2200 MILES... WHICH OF COURSE PISSED ME OFF BECAUSE I JUST BOUGHT THE THING IN SEPTEMBER(9 MONTHS AGO) FOR $5000 OUT THE DOOR...
BASED ON THAT THERE WAS ROUGHLY A $2200 DIFFERENCE THAT I WOULD HAVE TO COUGH UP AS A DOWN PAYMENT ON THE NEW BIKE - BECAUSE THE HONDA FINANCING ( BY THE WAY HAS 6.9% FINANCING FOR A 60 MONTH LOAN - COMPARED TO 10-12% AT THE LOCAL BANKS AND LENDING INSTITUES) ONLY GOES UP TO 10-15% OVER THE COST OF THE NEW BIKE.
I DONT KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU, BUT I DON'T EXACTLY HAVE $2200 LAYING AROUND GETTING DUSTY....
AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS WITHOUT EVEN TEST DRIVING THE DAMN THING. I MAY NOT EVEN LIKE THE WAY IT RIDES...
I'M ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO TRIES TO PAY MY BILLS EARLY AND TRY TO SEND A LITTLE EXTRA EVERY MONTH. BUT I FEEL LIKE THESE PLACES OR HONDA DON'T WANT MY BUSINESS......
OH WELL, THANX FOR LETTING ME BLOW OFF SOME STEAM...
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