I dropped by Astoria Honda today in Melbourne to test drive a silver S2000.. which had very bad buzz from the clutch. After I dropped it back I said, it's clutch is stuffed and buzzes like crazy. The dealer said "They all do that"... I said "No they don't" and he proceeded to opening the door and showing me out!!!! WTF!!?!?!?!?! I am sure they sell lots of cars with that attitude! Idiots!

 

why don't you send a friendly, informative letter to the dealer principal, noting what happened...

 

Wow, what salesmen did you get? I went to Astoria Honda a few years back when I was looking at dc2 ITR's and they were nothing but helpful and friendly. They even offered me a test drive of the 99' S2K they had on sale at the time...knowing I wasn't even looking to purchase one. I agree, you should write a letter to them noting how you were treated and what happened.

 

Hey NeO, are you a fan of Extreme Fighting or a participant (your sig?).

 

Hey Iggy, I'm a big fan of Mixed Martial Arts, otherwise known as Extreme Fighting. I've been training in Martial Arts (most notably Kickboxing of late) since I was young, but unfortunately I'm not yet a participant...at least professionally.

 

My personal trainer got me interested in it... as he participates. In fact he's some champion in Japan or something.. he keeps going to Japan to defend his title. Looks very cool.. I watched this year's heavyweight title fights (ie all knockout ones)... nasty sheeet

 

Thats cool, whats your trainers name? Maybe I've heard of him...and what organisation does he fight under? I actually prefer the organisations in Japan (PrideFC, Shooto) over the American UFC, much more exciting fights...and overall better skilled people in my opinion. Do you watch K-1 at all?

 

Heya, his name is Banzi, and he fights PrideFC I think... lives here in Melb tho.

 

I can't say I've ever heard of him...strange too, as PrideFC is very mainstream as far as MMA goes. He holds a title you say...? Maybe he fights or trains under an alias...although I can't say Ive heard of anyone based in Australia fighting in PrideFC. There are handful of relatively big names in Australia, 3 I think...most fight in Pancrase (Japan). The major superstars are mainly from Japan, Brazil and Russia.

 

Next time I see him I'll find out... I havent trained wtih him for a month now (got sick and needed time off), but in the new year I am hoping to get back to it! Either way, those guys are nuts (including Banzi)...