Alan L.
Elite Member
I have come to the realization that, at $3 a gallon, the $458 a month it takes me to get to work and back is getting serious. So I stopped by a Honda dealership to check out Civics and Accords on Friday. They had about 3 Accords and 2 Civics - one of them was a Hybrid.
I went to a Toyota dealer on Saturday to drive the Camry and Corolla. The lot looked like the dealershop was shut down. The reason? They can't get enough cars allocated to them. They had a 2005 Camry, a 2006 Camry, and NO Corollas other than program cars with 8K miles on them.
The salesman said the Corollas are sold before they get them, pretty much.
Funny thing I thought was not believable on Friday. I am concerned about the extra stuff on a hybrid that can go wrong like the electric motor and the batteries. The salesman said that in 8 years neither a battery or a motor has been replaced and that Honda could not even give me a price on the replacement because they had never done it. Sounds ridiculous to me. Especially since I read where the battery only has an 80K warranty.
I went to a Toyota dealer on Saturday to drive the Camry and Corolla. The lot looked like the dealershop was shut down. The reason? They can't get enough cars allocated to them. They had a 2005 Camry, a 2006 Camry, and NO Corollas other than program cars with 8K miles on them.
The salesman said the Corollas are sold before they get them, pretty much.
Funny thing I thought was not believable on Friday. I am concerned about the extra stuff on a hybrid that can go wrong like the electric motor and the batteries. The salesman said that in 8 years neither a battery or a motor has been replaced and that Honda could not even give me a price on the replacement because they had never done it. Sounds ridiculous to me. Especially since I read where the battery only has an 80K warranty.