Update: Have about 850 miles on it now. Both Mrs Tdbo and myself are happy with it.
However, have made two trips to WV in the last two weeks.
Last week, my cousin who has a 2014 RAV4 she bought new and has always regretted, caught a case of new car fever after I bought the Pilot.
She really liked the Pilot, but decided that she wanted to go look at a new Highlander.
She got a severe case of sticker shock for her trouble. After some negotiation, they quoted her a price on a mid level Highlander. For the price they quoted her, I could buy my Pilot OTD, take a nice vacation, put a couple of grand in the bank, and still have money left over. That price they quoted her also was not an OTD price.
She then got real interested in Pilots. She looked locally and could not come any where close to what I paid.
She called and asked for assistance. I hooked her up with the dealership and the GM and the salesperson I dealt with. They had what she wanted, and she told them over the phone that she would take it if they gave her the same deal that I negotiated. They did, and I ended up taking her down last Tuesday to pick it up. Exact same vehicle as ours, except she chose white with tan leather.
The interesting thing was while I was down there, our salesperson said to me "I wish you had brought yours with you."
I asked why. When I bought it ,I knew there were two outstanding recalls on it. I figured that Honda would just notify me by mail and I would get it done locally. I guess the dealership released about four other vehicles besides mine that had not had the recall done on them, and Honda was not happy about that. He asked me to please have it done quickly, and to text him after I have it done.
I called two of the largest dealers in my area, and they did not have the materials to do it, and told me it would be at least a month.
I texted him back, and he pleaded with me to come to WV to have it done, to the point that they would pay for my fuel. I agreed, went down, and they did the recall+ replaced a defective piece of trim that we noticed before we took delivery. He had that ordered and ready to go.
Hopefully, we are good to go for awhile. Funny that a dealer that is less than 15 miles down the road from a major Honda assembly plant did not have the materials to do the recall with, but a dealer in WV had the ability to do so.
Guess that's another reason I don't buy cars locally.
