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

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Honda can't keep up w/ Civic demands. They're building a new plant in Greensburg, Indiana and it won't be enough they suspect.

[davidlevine]

When we bought our last car we were considering either a Corolla or a Civic. Had a real hard time finding a Civic to test-drive; in fact, we never found one with a manual transmission. That was a key factor in our criteria, so we bought the Corolla. We've been happy with it, with two exceptions: the driver's seat is awfully tight for Kate (not a problem for me or for you) and the security system goes off if you open the trunk (with your key!) unless you deactivate it first with the remote or by opening a door.

[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.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Try going to Cars.com (http://cars.com/go/index.jsp) and finding a dealer near you who has what you're seeking in stock.

I don't suppose you're going to be over on this coast for a squaredance any time soon, right? Tischer Honda seems to be able to keep one or two of those in stock.

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

I scored a nice new Honda for my sister from the dealer on Stevens Creek for $200 over invoice--and she picked it up within 48 hours of me calling for it.
The offer is still open.

[firecat]

That's one of the reasons I stopped buying Hondas (the other is that they refuse to make seatbelt extenders) - I couldn't find any to test drive or even sit in. Priuses were also scarce when I was last in the market, but at least both Toyota dealerships I visited had one you could sit in. As for the test drive, because I knew they were scarce and I wanted to find out if the oddities like the touch screen drove me crazy, I rented one for a couple of days.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

I'll tell ya again: take Randy up on his offer. He works in the auto industry, and is VERY good at finding dealers with cars in stock for test drives.