Re: Reply from Gail re: Honda cars for short people

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

OK.  FWIW, you can find the Insight at

 https://automobiles.honda.com/insight

Is the Honda CR-V you got a hybrid SUV?

 > From: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 > Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:45:30 -0700
 >
 > Hi Robert and Noelle,
 > 
 > I only received this email from you when we got home from being at the Honda
 > dealer about 5:30 PM from a 1:15 PM appointment today. When I just now
 > looked at the Honda website, it didn't show they had any Insight cars. Those
 > reviews you sent me were dated in 2020, so most likely they no long
 > manufacture nor sell those cars.
 > 
 > The first thing I did when I arrived at my appointment was ask if there were
 > any other suitable cars for my situation such as a 2 door car that was a
 > little higher off the ground than my Civic Touring car and had the features
 > of the front seats going up higher so I could see the front hood without
 > extra pillows/cushions. Our salesman said that Honda no longer makes 2 door
 > cars which I was surprised at and didn't know that before. I also asked
 > about getting a slightly used car such as the mileage I was trading in, but
 > he said they didn't have any except starting at 16,000 used miles. Before I
 > arrived there I asked Dick Axilrod if he knew anything about cars that he
 > could help me, so he recommended a friend of his, Rick, whom I know
 > who lives at ER whom I then talked to. Rick said that everyone he knows who
 > has a Honda CR-V (SUV) car really likes it for all the reasons that I was
 > looking for. My Honda salesman made it very clear to Don and I that there
 > were no other viable options that Honda had re: the features I wanted.
 > Therefore, after test driving that CR-V that I test drove briefly yesterday
 > now at a much more thorough and longer drive going through a list of a lot
 > of paces/situations, Don and I were pleased with its performance such as a
 > better turning radius and very stable feeling car. 
 > 
 > Then we spent time negotiating price down further from where we ended up
 > yesterday. I ended up getting a lower monthly payment for financing this new
 > car and a higher amount in cash back after they paid off my remaining
 > balance due of $18,106.35 for the Civic Touring car of an additional
 > $8393.65 (which together equals $26,500) which I put towards paying off the
 > financing of the CR-V and was closer to the book value of $30,547.00 for
 > that touring car with a little more than 3000 miles on it. So after all
 > those hours at the Honda dealer, I drove home the 2022 EX-L 1.5 T all wheel
 > drive (AWD) CR-V. I just wanted to finish this deal, get the new car, and
 > get back to my normal life moving on from there. I go back tomorrow at 11 AM
 > to get trained in more detail in how to operate this car to the Honda
 > salesman we have been dealing with. Hopefully over time we will be very
 > happy and satisfied with this car which unfortunately is a little more
 > expensive than the Touring car was, but hopefully doesn't cause me any more
 > iliotibial band friction syndrome since we no longer have to sit on
 > cushions, the seats do go up higher with a memory feature for both of us to
 > see the front hood plus the car being higher off the ground compared to the
 > Touring car and my 2007 Civic Ex car so less bending getting in and out.
 > 
 > Best,
 > Gail