Date: Tue, 4 Oct 88 10:50:11 edt
From: Tom Kuhn <kuhn@malvolio.LCL.CMU.EDU>
Message-Id: <8810041450.AA02682@malvolio.LCL.CMU.EDU>
To: bovik@k.gp.cs.cmu.edu
Subject: About Honda Dealers


Here's a message forwarded from the general bboard, giving the results I
got from a post for info. on Honda dealers:

Thanks to the 15 people that replied, and particularly to Bill
McSteen, who sent me the 10 responses he got to the same question a
year and a half ago.  From a total of 29 replies (15 from everyone out
there, 4 from Bovik, and 10 from Bill), here are the results.  I rated
each person's testimony on a somewhat subjective basis, as one of the
following: very bad, bad, poor, OK, good, and very good.  For
instance: if the person bought a car from the dealer, and didn't say
much more positive about it, it meant that dealer got an OK on sales.
So, here they are:

McKean       Sales: 2 v.bad, 4 OK, 2 good, 1 v.good
             Service: 4 bad, 1 good, 1 v.good

Dean         Sales: 1 v.bad, 2 OK, 2 good
             Service: 1 v.bad, 1 good

Yenko        Sales: 1 poor, 1 OK
             Service: 1 good, 1 v.good

Valley       Sales: 1 poor, 3 good, 1 v.good
             Service: 1 v.bad, 1 poor, 1 OK, 1 v.good

Baierl       Sales: 2 good
             Service: 1 poor, 2 good, 1 v.good

Washington   Sales: 3 good, 2 v.good
             Service: no data

Honda Village  Sales: 2 good
               Service: no data

You may interpret these results however you wish.  I also got one strong
recommendation for Matta Motors in Glassport as an excellent Honda service
center.  They aren't a dealer, and they work exclusively on Hondas.  Again,
Thanks to those who responded.    
                                         - Tom