Howdy,

I took delivery of my HAH on Saturday at Holmes Honda in Shreveport, LA. I live in the D-FW metroplex of North Texas, so I made the two hour drive to save $. Big $. Holmes was advertising a non-Nav car on eBay for $27,130 (do a search on completed auctions on eBay if you want to verify this. The item number is 4552196196). Compare this to what KBB and Edmunds report to be the invoice price.

I was torn between a Nav and non-Nav car, but at least I knew that this dealer would negociate on the HAH. The dealers in D-FW told me that their cars are sold before they arrive. Given this environment, one can hardly blame them for not being willing to entertain offers south of MSRP. The market in Shreveport, however, is quite different. I purchased a Nav car, Desert Mist w/Ivory, w/the protection package and all tinted windows for darn near invoice (just a shade over $30,000).

Driving home with the cruise set at near 80 the whole way I got 34.5 MPG based on the Nav and 34.2 on the trip computer. I LOVE THIS CAR! Power, luxury, economy, and style! It is the perfect blend. It will almost certainly get better as the engine loosens and I learn all of the techniques that are posted here.

My one malfunction at this time may be the HomeLink. My previous ride was a Nissan Maxima and its HomeLink worked immediately with my garage door opener. No amount of training has convinced my HAH to do the same. Any thoughts?

Thanks, Sean