1st Visit: Honda West - No demo available. Just one Pilot in the showroom. It's a Pilot EX-L RES with running board and other options with a whopping $39,000 price tag. Sales manager said I need to order one to test drive the Pilot. He said, if I don't like the test drive I will get my money back. So I told them I will just head east to Desert Honda.........and ADIOS.
10 minutes later.......2nd Visit: Desert Honda - demo available. Loved the test drive...... top 90 at I-95 South. Awesome test drive with the exception of some brake noise. No available Pilot on the lot.
Sales person wants $1,700 over MSRP with a $399 doc fee and $185 BS fee......so almost $600 total fees. He would not go down in price. They were nice but I can not justify paying that much money for one.
No visit: Went to Priceline.com and got my bid accespted my Robertson Honda Palmdale, CA. MSRP plus $480 destination charge and $45 doc fees. With the California taxes, if I pick it up at California I will be paying $300 more in taxes. I will just get it trunked in to my house for about $200 - $300 bucks. They are estimating delivery after 2 weeks........ I am still waiting. Today is the delivery date.
3rd Visit: Finley Honda Henderson. Saw a SS Pilot EX RES on the lot, sales person said it is available. Told sales person I will cancel my order with Priceline and just pay the penalty if he gives me the right price. Test drove another demo......... still love the drive. Manager doubled check computer............... Pilot not availabe..... darn. Sales person Joel was nice and easy to talk to.
So now I am still waiting for Robertson Honda in Palmdale to pull through.