In August I traded in a 2016 Pioneer 1000-3 EPS orange for a new 2018 Pioneer 1000-5 LE. I specifically went here because the dealer said they just got one off the truck. After signing the papers and bringing it home, I was marveling at my new Honda and thought, hey, lets scroll through the odometer and hours since my contract said it had 6 miles. Low and behold, it's had 85 miles and 16 hours on the clock. Yes, I was foolish not doing this before buying it but, you know how you get in the glare of showroom lights... So, I immediately called the dealership and the sales people told me that's wrong, you don't know how to read an odometer. Long story short, they admitted it had high miles and agreed to do the first oil change and dealer service the next day. Seems the LE was there for months and it's miles were from moving it in and out daily....yeah, and I came down with last nights rain...fell for the: just came off the truck yesterday. So I drove the hour long ride back to the dealer in the morning, and they did the service. Next day I went for a 40 mile ride and again, I did not check the mileage on the way out of the dealer; I have this weird streak in me that makes me think people do what they say they are going to do. Anyhow, I had less miles on the odometer (62 mi. and hours too) than I had the day before and I had just completed a 40 mile, all day ride! Again to the phone call to Fast Eddie and again he told me I didn't know how to read an odometer. I dropped it, what was I going to do anyhow? I did save video's of scrolling through before and after though.
Fast forward a couple of months and my son wants to buy a Pioneer. Definitely not going back the the Fast Eddies' dealership and passed it to go up to another dealership in Cocoa Beach. Made the deal the evening before and was basically just signing papers and picking up the new Pioneer making small talk; one thing led to another and we talked about my hours/milage stuff with the other Honda. One of the managers there brought out one of their mechanics and guess what? He used to work at the other dealership and he told me he routinely changed out the dashboard displays on all ATV-UTV's at the other dealership.
Yes, it screws Honda but it also screws the consumer and is just an example of the shady tactics most (I said most, not all!) vehicle dealers pull.
