You wanted a car? Gee, sorry...

[cjsmith]

The new vet is right next to the Honda dealership, so this morning when I dropped off Duchess for her next glucose curve I popped over to the Honda place for brochures. I figured I'd look them over during little breaks in the work day (checking random stuff like turning radius and width numbers) and come back for one or more test drives in the evening.

Sadly, they were out of brochures for all three cars I requested: the Fit, the Civic sedan, and the Civic hybrid! I did get a brochure for the Civic sport coupe, the one car in that range I know for sure I am not buying. At least the body is the same. The gentleman also informed me that they don't tend to have any of these cars on the lot for more than a day. They had a Fit in yesterday, but it's gone already, and there's not a single new Civic sedan on the lot. They've got two coupes and that's it.

Evaluating a Honda for possible purchase might get inconvenient. How odd.

Comments

[hot-turkey.livejournal.com]

This has been a problem with Hondas for quite some time. People like them. I had two, and both were great cars for the money, so it makes sense. E.g.:

My 1988 Accord sat for over a year without being started. I decided I should try to run it for a while, just to keep it from being completely destroyed by neglect, so I charged the battery, turned the key, and ... it started instantly and ran perfectly, as if I drove it every day. That's a car with over 180,000 miles on it.

Anybody want a 1988 Accord? I'd love to sell it. It's too good a car to just sit there.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

O'course, "people like them" and "great cars for the money" both apply stunningly well to Corollas, and Toyota seems to be willing to make enough of them. I wonder what the differences are: truly different levels of sales, different philosophies about whether it's important to have any on a lot, different abilities to plan for production? Odd.

This is only idle curiosity on my part, of course. I'll make my own decision based on what the specs are and what drives well, and the only thing that will bias me there is not finding a Civic within my convenience range. :)

That 88 Accord sounds like a good car. Not really big, either... I'm frustrated by the bloating of cars lately!