I visited AutoNation in Westminster, Kuni, Schomp, and Planet. Honda of Greeley and Markley got written off early due to their high pressure tactics even via email, text, and phone calls.

AutoNation was ok. Their pricing was not the best. Nothing remarkable.

Kuni ...... well, the sales rep fits the stereotype of a car salesman. Sales manager is super high pressure. He even tried to discourage me from visiting other dealerships even though I told him that I already made appointments there. So we wrote Kuni off and will never do any business with them.

Schomp ..... we were impressed by the services. No pressure at all. Very professional. We knew about the fixed pricing. We thought this was the place to buy our Honda, but we still need to visit Planet.

Planet .... they called us to confirm our appointment 45 minutes before the time. We confirmed it and told them we were on our way there. We arrived early ..... front desk was empty. Lots of staff walking back and forth seemingly busy. They walked passed us and nobody said HI or asked if we needed help. This went on for a good half hour. Then we sat down while trying to "read" the place and decide what to do next. By this time our impression has gone way far into the negative. Then there was a staff member who walked by and said HI. But he did not stop to talk to us. He went to assist other customers who just arrived. What about us? 10 more minutes passed, and my wife wanted to leave. Ok, we take our business elsewhere. Just as we stood up and about to leave, the same guy who greeted us walked by and I called him over. When I gave him my name, he was surprised ..... because he was looking for me. But he saw us sitting down thinking that we were already helped by other sales rep. The guy's name is Ray Williams. He apologized profusely for missing us and letting us waiting for so long. He acknowledged that he and Planet dropped the ball there.

I told him we were on our way out and would go to Schomp to buy our Pilot there. But I would like to know what he could put together for us. Ray put together some numbers and gave us the printout. We were surprised to see that his number was the lowest of all offers we received. He beats Schomp by $600 for one particular Pilot LX they have in the lot. The only catch is, the color is not what I wanted. Planet has a fixed price policy and no dealer fee either. Apparently, this specific Pilot LX has been sitting in their lot for 57 days. He explained to us that he could offer larger discount the longer the car sits in the lot. The car has just 53 miles on the odometer. He explained that their clienteles prefer higher end Pilot. So the lower end LX does not sell that quickly. Ray also told me that in 3 days, when the car enters the 60th day in the lot, he would be able to knock another $100 off the price. This is the first time a car sales rep explain this to me. We like Ray. So we decided to wait another 3 days and buy our Pilot LX from Planet. Our final price was $700 lower than that of Schomp and $600 less than Kuni (and the car from Kuni had hail damage that they would repair before selling it).