Disgusted in Honda dealer

[350xsx]

the other day, my brother needed parts to finish up his 300ex motor rebuild, so i decided to order the u-joint thats went on my 250sx, so i go there and talk to the guy about it(totally clueless as to anything to do with the trike) and i tell him i need a new boot and u-joint and he looks it up on the computer and tells me i need to buy the yokes, housing, u-joint, circlips etc. all together and that would cost $374.26. i asked him wut the hell he was talkin about, so he just left me there and walked away 3 minutes later he comes back and says that the u-joint is "stated" in there and you cant just take it out you have to replace everything, and i told him its laying, seperated from everything else,on my workbench and he old me its impossible, so went home got it showed him and he changed his mind, then he tells me that i shouldnt put any money into my old outdated 3 wheeler , then he goes on about how its not worth replacing anything on that bike, as my brother is orderin parts for a 300ex, that confused me he should be talkin to him, im sorry but to tell me my bikes a POS an i should spend 5-7 grand on somethin my brother has already needed to rebuild, its complete BS i know where im not spendin my money on parts at now, then he toldme how my bikes not even woth $400, hs never seen my bike and i know i can get twice that for it easy, the way these guys treat people isnt he best cosidering ts there job to try and sell stuff to people not discriminate what they ride

[mike from long island]

sorry you had a bad day with honda, but you need to check your spelling. i had a hard time reading your post. i know everyone makes some spelling mistakes but yours was hard as hell to understand. just a heads up

[350xsx]

haha wow that was horrible and a half, ill try to spell better next time, i went through it and tried to fix it.

[MTS]

350xsx that sucks when parts guys are jerks like that...if he was talkin like you said he was i would report him to his suporvisor and say he was a vary vary rued person to deal with ....see if he gets his *** fired

[Dammit!]

he was a vary vary rued person to deal with

Are you channeling Elmer Fudd?

[Pistonhead]

That blows, you'd think that honda employees would treat you better than that.

[MTS]

Are you channeling Elmer Fudd?

uhh....how about yes too keep me from lookin like a idiot...

[350xsx]

yah i was going to but i had to get back to the farm, next time im in there im gunna say somethin because i ride with 2 of the salesmen that work there ill either say somethin to them because there pretty high ranked or his supervisor or someone, a lot of the people talk down to you there like you dont know nuthin for nuthin, than you have to deal with the workers and people that think there Ricky Carmichal because they race at the local track with a totally stock bike but they have $1000 in riding gear and those stickers that add 5hp each

[TrikeKid]

That blows, you'd think that honda employees would treat you better than that.

the service at our local honda dealer sucks too when me and my dad got our dirt bikes we ended up spending about 7500 on bikes and gear walk in two weeks later to pick up the titles and ORV tags and the guy had to look the deal up in the computer the guys just arent very nice to deal with anyway. we were there and the guy knew it was the first bike for my dad since his MX days about 20 years earlier and the salesman almost talked down to us about the racing he does

[N8s250r]

I still have not been in a good dealership. I ordered the 2 axle nuts that go onto the axle of an 84 250r. The at the counter must have been semi new cause ive never seen him before. he was very cool though probably the best person ive dealt at the dealership. its a shame for someone like that to be working at such an idiot dealership. anyway... he ordered me the 2 nuts, when they came in (which was on time, i was shocked) i went home and tryed them out and they were too big. for some reason there computer system must have been screwed up because according to it they did order me the right part, and they looked right too. so i took them back to get my money back and he was trying to convince that i had an aftermarket axle and it is definetly stock. I did get my money though and have not been back since. I try to stay away from most dealerships, thank god for mail order.

[smokinwrench]

As far as I'm concerend the dealer should be happy you have an old machine and want to buy parts for it. They will make lots more money off of you in the long run selling you parts every month then just selling you a new quad. I know my honda dealer always said he could smell money everytime I walked in the door.

[sfynks]

dude....i tell ya.....i got a hot temper just reading about it.....first of all....i would just like you to know(for future reference) that it is perfectly legal to open hand ***** slap a mo fo if he gets shady with you (it is in my state at least) and second of all.....i would have given him a head twister just for trying to hustle you like that......his job is to assist you in whatever it might be.....whether you are looking for a u joint or anal beads that hang from your frickin handle bars.....and he has some set of huge brass nads to be talking down about trikes to a triker.....im tellin you man.....i would have kicked his you know what and when his manager said somethin about it.....i would have told him to go out back finish humpin the intern......i mean....where was he during all of this ya know.....arent they supposed to overview the floor anyways.....blurrrrrgggg....man....im tellin ya.....stuff like this really really tips the scales for me

[atcmatt]

Im sorry i cannot relate to that although i can understand how frustrating it may be. My honda dealer "hawksbury honda" are absolutely awesome to deal with. I just ring up and get "Dean" on the fone. He is really helpful. I tell him what i want. He orders it. Rings me when its in. I go pick it up. Always is polite, helpful and always says goodluck with the trike mate! Thats how it should be everywhere, nice 'n simple.

Matt

[83200e]

I had a dealership tell me "we won't even work on them things" when I was wanting to talk to one of their techs.Which was fine with me cause I do all of my work myself,but it still pissed me off.Old or new,it's still one of their products.

[Blown 331]

I'm basing this opinion of off what ATV's I already have but I would rather have a 250SX than a 300EX.