Like the title says, I am looking to get a daily driver to keep the miles of the P-car and retire it from dd duties. I have pretty much finalized my decision to two vehicles...either a mazda 3s touring 5-door or a Honda CR-V. Anyone have any recommendations on a dealer or more specifically know someone that sells either one of them. My wheels are finally here btw!

 

i have good friends that are sales managers at Renton Honda/kia. call and talk to Ric Henry..we have been frirnds over 12 years..great guy! i have others..but you will like Ric

 

Thanks Bruce. I am leaning towards the mazda 3...know anyone that can help me with that?

 

Mark Baker at Lynnwood Honda also gets my recommendation as well.

 

Buy Bruce's car. It's a great DD.

 

I'll second Mark, he is old BMW friend & just rebuilt his E30 M3.

 

I've had bad experiences at the downtown Honda dealer and the Honda dealer close to Wal-mart in the Renton area. Few months ago I was looking for a Honda CR-V, but I gave up.

At the Renton stealership, I dealt with some guy who could barely speak English. When we started to negotiate price I got the "Let me talk to my boss" treatment. I felt like I was dealing with William Macy in the movie Fargo. I was expecting him to sell me some clear coat wax. Finally, the "manager" came out and it went downhill from there.

Similar experience downtown, except I was dealing with a kid who looked like he was 16 years old.

BTW, the new CR-V looks very nice IMHO...

 

Dougs Lynnwood Mazda -- I went to high school with one of Doug's sons and they are a class operation.

Doug Ikegami is the owner.

The son that I went to school with does not work there... but the family is "good people".

 

Hate to say this but be sure not to give these guys the run around.

 

I went and talked to the Honda dealership down here in Oympia and will never go back there again. They never seem interested in making a deal and wanting a customer. I also stopped here back in Sept when Jess was looking for a Civic...last time and this time around all they had to say was "let us know what price you get up north then we can match it and you can save a few hundred bucks on sales tax." Will never go back there again when looking to get a vehicle. I did stop by Kirkland Honda and they are nice. Now I think I am set on the Mazda 3. I recently contacted Doug's Lynnwood Mazda and also the one in Kirkland. I think either of those two seem like they can better the deal here in Olympia. Thanks for all the help.

 

Sorry I don't know anyone at Mazda dealer off the top of my head. THey are good cars though. The 3 is nice. If you want some great service talk to my boy Ric. But when people come in the dealership willing to only pay invoice for a car, and there isn't a ton of profit......you get what you pay for in terms of salesman and service

 

I can only recommend NOT going to Pinnacle Mazda in Renton. When I went in to test drive an RX-8 a couple of years ago, I knew more about the car than the salesman did. Then, during the test drive, the salesman wouldn't shut up about how great his Hyundai was - no joke!