Chattanooga dealer is legit, right?

[Injun Joe]

I'd been noticing a couple dealerships being mentioned in threads here and decided to follow up. Sure enough, the Chattanooga one, (Southern Honda) has the standard at around $2500 less than I was being offered it locally. PLUS, the guy is saying I can choose the $1000 in accessories from anything they normally carry and not just Hondaline parts which might be huge.

But now the biggie: They are legit right? What I've read here hasn't really commented on the quality of the dealer -- just the pricing. For $2500, I could fly into Chattanooga and have a real nice 1400 mile road trip back to Colorado to break in my new F6B.

For anyone in my shoes that might be listening in, they seem to have a TON of 2013 red standards but nothing else -- right now he's checking thinking he might still have one black standard but it sounds like it's a Henry Ford deal where you can have any color you want -- so long as it's red.

[bigbird]

Some dealers take of advantage of "bulk buys" from the importer. In this case, Southern Honda may have bought all remaining red '13's from Honda America and gotten a helluva' discount, thus the great retail pricing.

[CheckpointChcky]

They are legit. I tried them first and even though they had the lowest price, they wouldn't give me squat for my trade so I went to Sportcycles in Rockingham, NC and they gave me $2500.00 more for my trade than Southern would thus making the deal a no brainer.

[Injun Joe]

Thanks folks. Trade wouldn't come into play as I'm going to sell my present bike outright. Didn't know about the bulk thing so that helps ease my mind. Anyone actually their's through them? I've now been on the phone with Honda of Russellville too because they have a all murdered out flat black one (custom but still new otherwise) that is really the color I was wild about anyway. But on the phone, they seem a little more flakey so I'd appreciate any insight into them as well if anyone has got any. The price for the flat black brings it up to around $500 of local, but I figure $2,000 for custom paint isn't all that bad.

[F6BPDX]

Thanks folks. Trade wouldn't come into play as I'm going to sell my present bike outright. Didn't know about the bulk thing so that helps ease my mind. Anyone actually their's through them? I've now been on the phone with Honda of Russellville too because they have a all murdered out flat black one (custom but still new otherwise) that is really the color I was wild about anyway. But on the phone, they seem a little more flakey so I'd appreciate any insight into them as well if anyone has got any. The price for the flat black brings it up to around $500 of local, but I figure $2,000 for custom paint isn't all that bad.

Lots of HOR bikes floating around. They may sound flakey, but they are for sure legit.

[Scotrod]

What about that INDIAN!!????!!?????!



(Still love my HOR 6! )

[Injun Joe]

What about that INDIAN!!????!!?????!



(Still love my HOR 6! )

The Indian is still up there in the mid 20s Scotrod and I can't find any dealers playing games like they're willing to do with the F6B. So I'm still where at the same place as I was as far as that's concerned. A ~$25k motorcycle just isn't in the cards for me right now unless you're feeling generous. Might just as well be talking $35k for an HD Ultra. (Which I do NOT want.) But the F6B is now down to a baseline of ~$15k. I think the advice I'm getting to hold out for what I ultimately want is sound, but then I didn't marry Bridget Bardot or Sophia Loren either if you follow me.

[rbonds]

So, Maybe they are really great folks, but I'll share my experience. When I was shopping for my bike, the Chattanooga dealer had a leftover black 2013 F6B listed in Cycle Trader for a great price. I phoned them to confirm that they still had it, and they reported that they did. I only live about 1 1/2 hours away, so I told them I'd be there within 2 hours to buy it. On the way, I got phone message..."well, it turns out that this bike has $2,000 in options we've installed, so the price is actually $2,000 higher than what's published on Cycle Trader...". Sounds like the classic bait and switch to me. Thanks, but no thanks. I turned around and went back home...then bought my bike elsewhere.

[Wild Bill]

So, Maybe they are really great folks, but I'll share my experience. When I was shopping for my bike, the Chattanooga dealer had a leftover black 2013 F6B listed in Cycle Trader for a great price. I phoned them to confirm that they still had it, and they reported that they did. I only live about 1 1/2 hours away, so I told them I'd be there within 2 hours to buy it. On the way, I got phone message..."well, it turns out that this bike has $2,000 in options we've installed, so the price is actually $2,000 higher than what's published on Cycle Trader...". Sounds like the classic bait and switch to me. Thanks, but no thanks. I turned around and went back home...then bought my bike elsewhere.

There is a number of these same complaints about this dealer online.

[XKnight]

So, Maybe they are really great folks, but I'll share my experience. When I was shopping for my bike, the Chattanooga dealer had a leftover black 2013 F6B listed in Cycle Trader for a great price. I phoned them to confirm that they still had it, and they reported that they did. I only live about 1 1/2 hours away, so I told them I'd be there within 2 hours to buy it. On the way, I got phone message..."well, it turns out that this bike has $2,000 in options we've installed, so the price is actually $2,000 higher than what's published on Cycle Trader...". Sounds like the classic bait and switch to me. Thanks, but no thanks. I turned around and went back home...then bought my bike elsewhere.

Yup, typical bait and switch. Avoid that kind of stealer at all costs. My local dealer honored their advertised price and didn't try to play any games with financing, prep/freight or extra accessories.

I've had other dealers over the years jack up the price after we had already agreed to a lower price and I always threatened to walk away and miraculously they would apologize and honor the original price to make the sale. That's one of the reasons why they are known as stealers.