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[deleted] OP t1_iyy4opb wrote

Reply to comment by thatsaSagittarius in Which Toyota and Honda dealerships in Massachusetts sell at MSRP? by [deleted]

Both Mirak and Watertown Toyota are in towns bordering the municipality I live.

https://www.hotcars.com/ford-cracking-down-greedy-dealers-markup/

https://www.hotcars.com/ford-gm-now-warning-shrewd-dealerships-for-price-markups/

Here are Ford and GM's part.

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thatsaSagittarius t1_iyy6x3r wrote

Yeah they "got away" with it when everything hit in 2020 but Honda's been doing it for so long they don't care.

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I went to Boch Nissan in Norwood when I was looking for a car (prior to getting into the industry) and they swapped on me. Went to look at one model and I showed up; it was gone. They instead brought out a Sentra with, I kid you not, the side molding held on by wood glue. Tried to tell me it was OEM and thought they could pull it over on me as a young woman. Noped out out there; went to Mirak and got an Elantra. They were very good to me and I realized that when I got into the industry.

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Even if they're at MSRP just check doc fees. They're widely different from dealership to dealership.

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MoreGuitarPlease t1_iyybegl wrote

Boch has tried bait and switch on myself and my wife. No more going there for me…

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thatsaSagittarius t1_iyycyod wrote

He doesn't even own the dealerships anymore and he's just eeehhh as a person.

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MoreGuitarPlease t1_iyyd49z wrote

No idea about the person, just wasn’t good to deal with the dealership so we walked.

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[deleted] OP t1_iyy7cej wrote

Wow! Hyundai Elantra seems to have a more radical styling than the Nissan Sentra, in my opinion. Hyundai has gone a long way since 1985, with the introduction of the shitbox Excel.

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thatsaSagittarius t1_iyy9jw7 wrote

On sedans I prefer Hyundai over Nissan. On SUV's I prefer Nissan and Hyundai equally but drop Honda down (they're just boxy and not fun to drive). The new Elantra is sleek and very nice - and mine lasted years and years and years with little maintenance.

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I worked at a Volkswagen dealership and we had a lot of people comparing our SUV's to Mazda. But we had a TON of Mazda trade ins, lease buy outs, etc.

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[deleted] OP t1_iyy9t67 wrote

Wow! Have you ever owned a Toyota and Honda and if you did, how was your experience?

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thatsaSagittarius t1_iyya4s9 wrote

I've personally owned neither but my dad had a Camry for years and I really liked it when I would use it and drive it. I've owned Ford, Hyundai and now VW.

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My best friend swears by Honda and, although I like them, I like to have more pep in my car than they do. Out of the two, I enjoyed selling Toyotas a lot more. I thought they had more features available for the same price point as Honda but they were more fun to drive. The irony is that, when I was working in that industry, I sold more used Honda's than Toyotas haha.

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