Update

Got the car in spite of the bad salesman. I really like the car, for more info see the post about first impressions.

The bad salesman continued to be bad when I picked the car up. He called the morning of Oct. 19 2004 to tell me the car was in, being preped and would be ready to pick up the same afternoon. I called at 3:45 that same afternoon and he said the car was completely ready. I told him I would pick it up on my lunch hour and would be there at 5:00. He said that the car was ready and that he would get going on the paperwork so all I'd need to do would be to sign a couple papers and be out the door with a new car.

Ever been lied to, by a car salesman?

When I got there the car was of course not ready and was in the "back" being cleaned. The paperwork was worse than not done. Since the car had just arrived the dealship had not offically taken delivery of the car so it wasn't even in the system be sold yet. To make a long story short they took hours and in spite of my telling them to hurry, they still tried to sell me extended services plans and what not. After I had signed all the papers they still would not let me go because the sale had not be approved and signed off by by a manager. Finding a manager that close to closing time was another challenge. The final insult came whenever the saleman told me I couldn't take the care until he went over it to show me how it works!!! This is the same guy who told me that there was a motor in each wheel hub in the front! Anyway I talked him out of the "lessons" and got back to work 2.78 hours late.

Much of this is my fault for buying the car from a guy I knew in advance to be worthless and for beleiving that they would have everything ready, even though I suspected that they would not.

Anyway I still love the car in spite of purchasing experience.

I don't know why but for some reason I expected Honda to be better than the domestic sales people. High expectations are the recipe for disappointment.

Once a GM salesman told me that the foil covered pad under the hood of a Cavalier was a "Thermo-nuclear pad"! LOL