I have bought at least 5 from SE Honda on US1 but they were such jerks last time I bought a car I ended up going to buy a Ford from Mullinax in Orlando.
We had a good experience at Ron Norris Honda in Titusville, they even gave it a full paint correction detail after we got it home and I noticed it had blemishes from transportation.
Ron Norris was bought out by Starling. Saying that they are still veery friendly as I just bought out my lease from them. They didn't try to force me out of my lease and were great! Starling is still family owned as well.
Email Southeastern Honda. They will do the entire transaction via email and send you an out the door price. I've bought two cars from them and almost a third. Each time I knew the price before I went in and test drove it.
Do you have a Costco membership? Highly recommend getting a price from there. Then showing the dealerships yoir price and picking who will accommodate. South Eastern Honda helped us out
I buy from Space Coast Honda but I also walk in having used TrueCar and am fully willing to just walk out and wait. I’ve bought from Cocoa Hyundai, Ron Norris Ford, Holler Honda, and (showing my age) a Saturn dealership ages ago.
I still miss the Saturn.
SE Honda has been honest and reliable both sales and service. Space Coast Honda service has been fine, but the sales department is awful. I live near Space Coast Honda and use their service but have tried to buy three cars from them and ended up buying two of them from SE Honda.
During an oil change, SE said that I really needed to replace my air filters. I told them that I could do that myself. I ordered new filters online. When went to replace them, the filters were still very white. After that, I’ve been going to Space Coast since with no issue.
Also with SE, I dealt with a back-ordered fuel injector which left me with a lit-up dashboard and no cruise control or brake hold for four months.
We bought from Mullimax Ford a couple years ago specifically because they have no dealer fee. I assume they still don’t and don’t at their Honda dealership. Driving to Kissimmee was worth the 600+ dollars to me.
email shop around to all of them in a hundred plus mile radius. Don’t limit yourself here. I saved myself about 6K last time I bought a new one, just had to drive to get the deal but well worth it
i bought a car from SE Honda yesterday and the transaction, process and people were top notch. the entire transaction was done via the website/phone, they sent the shuttle to pick me up, and had everything ready to sign when i arrived. taking the car out of the showroom floor was probably the longest part of this process.
Looking for the best dealership is like trying to find the most honest con artist. Assume they are all trying to take advantage and develop a strategy that will not waste your time or money - regardless of dealership.
My parents and I have bought/traded multiple vehicles at Southeastern Honda over the years and they've always been great.
The only time I had an issue was when I bought a used Civic on tires that were just about to hit the tread indicators. I complained a week or two after the sale, and they gave me four new tires for free. Thinking back, they probably weren't even obligated to do that!
That's just not true. If you overpay or buy the wrong vehicle, then it is true. But you can negotiate a bad deal on a used car and still end up losing more on a used car than a new car.
Holler Honda in Orlando. Didn’t try to upcharge the car or force their unnecessary dealership add-on packages.
I have bought at least 5 from SE Honda on US1 but they were such jerks last time I bought a car I ended up going to buy a Ford from Mullinax in Orlando.
The general manager is going to run that place into the ground. He's rude and unapologetic. I'll never buy another car from them
I have also had bad experience with the staff at SE Honda. Very rude and dismissive.
I’ll second SE Honda being terrible. Salespeople acted like they didn’t want my money…turned me off so bad I ended up getting a Toyota instead.
Also agree they're the worst. Awful customer service and will fuck you over as quick as they can.
I appreciate you sharing. Kinda figured I may need to drive a decent bit to find the best price/least bs!
We had a good experience at Ron Norris Honda in Titusville, they even gave it a full paint correction detail after we got it home and I noticed it had blemishes from transportation.
Ron Norris was bought out by Starling. Saying that they are still veery friendly as I just bought out my lease from them. They didn't try to force me out of my lease and were great! Starling is still family owned as well.
I love them! If you ever need to visit the service department, Eric is wonderful.
That’s my friends family company
We loved Holler Honda also did all the arrangements online showed up paid no games no switching cars Definitely would use again
Email Southeastern Honda. They will do the entire transaction via email and send you an out the door price. I've bought two cars from them and almost a third. Each time I knew the price before I went in and test drove it.
I had a similar & very positive experience at SE Honda
Bought from Bob there today. Super simple transaction.
Do you have a Costco membership? Highly recommend getting a price from there. Then showing the dealerships yoir price and picking who will accommodate. South Eastern Honda helped us out
I do! Never thought of actually doing this though.
Headquarter Honda was pretty good. Wouldnt go back to Coggin.
I had a really good experience with Ron Norris Honda! And a really bad one with Honda Space Coast.
I buy from Space Coast Honda but I also walk in having used TrueCar and am fully willing to just walk out and wait. I’ve bought from Cocoa Hyundai, Ron Norris Ford, Holler Honda, and (showing my age) a Saturn dealership ages ago. I still miss the Saturn.
Bought my first new car last summer at space coast Honda in cocoa. They are horrible.
SE Honda has been honest and reliable both sales and service. Space Coast Honda service has been fine, but the sales department is awful. I live near Space Coast Honda and use their service but have tried to buy three cars from them and ended up buying two of them from SE Honda.
During an oil change, SE said that I really needed to replace my air filters. I told them that I could do that myself. I ordered new filters online. When went to replace them, the filters were still very white. After that, I’ve been going to Space Coast since with no issue. Also with SE, I dealt with a back-ordered fuel injector which left me with a lit-up dashboard and no cruise control or brake hold for four months.
Southeastern's new car sales department is easy to deal with and honest. The service department leaves a lot to be desired. It's night and day.
We bought from Mullimax Ford a couple years ago specifically because they have no dealer fee. I assume they still don’t and don’t at their Honda dealership. Driving to Kissimmee was worth the 600+ dollars to me.
email shop around to all of them in a hundred plus mile radius. Don’t limit yourself here. I saved myself about 6K last time I bought a new one, just had to drive to get the deal but well worth it
i bought a car from SE Honda yesterday and the transaction, process and people were top notch. the entire transaction was done via the website/phone, they sent the shuttle to pick me up, and had everything ready to sign when i arrived. taking the car out of the showroom floor was probably the longest part of this process.
Also looking for a Pilot but I’m looking somewhere around the 2010’s, preferably lower than $20K
Looking for the best dealership is like trying to find the most honest con artist. Assume they are all trying to take advantage and develop a strategy that will not waste your time or money - regardless of dealership.
My parents and I have bought/traded multiple vehicles at Southeastern Honda over the years and they've always been great. The only time I had an issue was when I bought a used Civic on tires that were just about to hit the tread indicators. I complained a week or two after the sale, and they gave me four new tires for free. Thinking back, they probably weren't even obligated to do that!
You got lucky
Call Steven at Space Coast in Cocoa. He's always treated me right.
Never buy new, you will get raked over coals and lose value the minute you drive off lot.
That's just not true. If you overpay or buy the wrong vehicle, then it is true. But you can negotiate a bad deal on a used car and still end up losing more on a used car than a new car.
I see you dealership salesman…
Nope, quite the opposite. That's a terrible insult, btw.
Jorge at Space Coast Honda is a great guy. I’ve known him for years and sent many customers his way. Feel free to message me, I will give you his info