Hi

I have decided to buy a new Honda City and would like to know where I can purchase one quickly and painlessly. I will pay in cash but need to have the car as soon as possible as I need it for work. I don't really care about the colour but I would like the IVEC model automatic.

Does anyone know where the frendliest and most accomodating dealer is in Bangkok?

Thanks in advance

Macanello

The Honda dealer on Rama 4, near the corner of Sukhumvit 24, and near Davis Hotel. Excellent sales & service. I think the name is

Phraram 4 Honda Cars Group Co., Ltd.

Hi Again

It seems not many Thai Visa members buy new cars.

I have just done the showrooms of Lad Prao road and was not impressed with the sales staff of any of the major brands. Honda was the best as someone sat down with me and went through the costs and the sales pitch. They, however, finished up by telling me that the car could be delivered just in time for Christmas this year?????????????? <deleted>. I want to give Honda 720.000 Baht in cash but nobody wanted to take it.

Toyota and Mazda were not interested at all, telling me no cars available this year.

I did get some joy with Honda in the end as they got back to me and have a City Modulo available in white for delivery next week

My brother has a BMW franchise in Scotland and boy are you really treated well there. They would never let a potential customer leave without at least getting them interested in another model or by making sure they left happy and reassured.

By the way. Many people who took the 100,000 baht freebie option last year are really not playing the game properly as Honda reposessed about 30 cars last month due to payment default

I will sleep on the Modulo model available

cheers

Macanello

Hi Again

It seems not many Thai Visa members buy new cars.

I have just done the showrooms of Lad Prao road and was not impressed with the sales staff of any of the major brands. Honda was the best as someone sat down with me and went through the costs and the sales pitch. They, however, finished up by telling me that the car could be delivered just in time for Christmas this year?????????????? <deleted>. I want to give Honda 720.000 Baht in cash but nobody wanted to take it.

Toyota and Mazda were not interested at all, telling me no cars available this year.

I did get some joy with Honda in the end as they got back to me and have a City Modulo available in white for delivery next week

My brother has a BMW franchise in Scotland and boy are you really treated well there. They would never let a potential customer leave without at least getting them interested in another model or by making sure they left happy and reassured.

By the way. Many people who took the 100,000 baht freebie option last year are really not playing the game properly as Honda reposessed about 30 cars last month due to payment default

I will sleep on the Modulo model available

cheers

Macanello

The problem here is that buyers here are so loyal to big brands, Honda and Toyota, that they can sell their cars on the terms that suit them best, not the customer. Having customers on a long waiting list means that the moment a car leaves production, it is being delivered to a customer's door step. No stock ever has to sit about, which means no money tied up, and it means never getting caught with old stock. Perfect for Honda and Toyota. Pretty shitty for Honda and Toyota customers... by they still keep coming in their droves.

Hi Again

It seems not many Thai Visa members buy new cars.

I have just done the showrooms of Lad Prao road and was not impressed with the sales staff of any of the major brands. Honda was the best as someone sat down with me and went through the costs and the sales pitch. They, however, finished up by telling me that the car could be delivered just in time for Christmas this year?????????????? <deleted>. I want to give Honda 720.000 Baht in cash but nobody wanted to take it.

Toyota and Mazda were not interested at all, telling me no cars available this year.

I did get some joy with Honda in the end as they got back to me and have a City Modulo available in white for delivery next week

My brother has a BMW franchise in Scotland and boy are you really treated well there. They would never let a potential customer leave without at least getting them interested in another model or by making sure they left happy and reassured.

By the way. Many people who took the 100,000 baht freebie option last year are really not playing the game properly as Honda reposessed about 30 cars last month due to payment default

I will sleep on the Modulo model available

cheers

Macanello

If they simply don't have stock to sell you, what would you have them do?

Honda don't repossess cars BTW, finance companies do, and at that point they're second hand anyway.

If a garage in Europe doesn't have a certain car in stock, then they geto the computer or the phone and check all branches and stock available in the country. I bought a BMW318 and they managed to locate one in Cardiff for me at 10am on Monday

It got delivered to Scotland the next day and I was driving it by 5PM Tuesday.

Like you said customer service is crap here. The sales staff must be on crap percentages as they are really not motivated

If a garage in Europe doesn't have a certain car in stock, then they geto the computer or the phone and check all branches and stock available in the country. I bought a BMW318 and they managed to locate one in Cardiff for me at 10am on Monday

It got delivered to Scotland the next day and I was driving it by 5PM Tuesday.

Like you said customer service is crap here. The sales staff must be on crap percentages as they are really not motivated

What part of "they don't have stock" don't you understand? In the price range you're shopping, all production lines have been solidly booked out since last December.

If you want something quicker, you'll either need to move up the range and get away from the 1.2M people waiting on first car buyer rebate eligible cars, or go down/sideways a bit to something Malaysian, Korean or Chinese that wasn't in the scheme.

I'm surprised they don't have a sign reading "City buyers this way" pointing back to the carpark LOL