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| - Since I bought my last Accord from Findlay Honda I take it back here for service. Since it's only a daily driver from work and back, in five years I've managed to only put 19k miles on her. So little! If anything I've visited this place only twice a year each of those years. Mostly for an oil change and a checkup.
The main reason Findlay Honda gets a 3 star from me is because of the constant hassle from salesmen there to trade in my car for a newer model. Yada yada yada. I don't want to be bothered! I've got a 5 year old Accord, low miles, and it's already paid off? Why do I want to go through the headache again so soon of bargaining for a car? I'm keeping the Accord and that's the way it is.
These same guys give me the same lip when I bring around my classic unmolested ride...my 1986 Honda Prelude Si. Drive in, park it, and not even 30 seconds after I'm out of the car I get the lipworks, "Hello, looking to trade in your car today?" No bro, I am not. And you know as well as I do that I'm not trading in the clean classic ride. Not to you, not for a lowball price, and certainly not for a friggin' Honda Civic! How rude! These guys drool over it everytime I bring it in (I go to the parts department often for help). One of these 'salesmen' tried to convince me since the Prelude might be repainted that it lowers the value but they would give me book if I traded it in. I can see it now...one of them already forking over cash for my baby behind my back before I would even come close to sealing some kind of deal. I know what I got, and no you can't have it.
**-2 stars for the harassment**
The 3 stars come from the great service I get here at Findlay Honda. Yes, it's a dealership and the prices are a bit higher for some services than your neighborhood auto mechanic, but they try to do you right! Competitive prices, and genuine Honda OEM parts for you ride. They have done all the work on my Accord and kept her up nicely. Tip top running condition. Only changes besides oil the past 5 years have been rear brakes and just recently, a new battery. I've been helped by Honda service rep JT for a number of years now, and he knows how picky I am about my Accord. He knows how clean I keep it, and each time he puts up a sign in my car saying 'Do not wash'. I'm not into those car wash brushes scratching up my paint. I've never had a problem getting service and checkups done at Findlay Honda. And I usually go when there's a special, and can get in an out with an oil change and inspection for less than $30.
Findlay Honda will service my old Honda Prelude as well, but I haven't gotten her in for a checkup yet. She is due in the next few months, so we will see. As long as the service guys don't press me or call me 'Fat guy in a little car' (seriously the Prelude is barely bigger than an oversized golf cart) they might have a good chance of looking her over.
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