Honda Cars Pasig 

Honda Cars Pasig is owned and operated by Honda Cars Makati Inc.  As one of its four dealerships, this one’s got a small façade, but a big overall area.  Customer parking is relatively easy, despite having to share it with unclaimed units from the service department.  The dealership is clean overall, but not exactly sparkling new.  The service bays, however, look well maintained. 

The showroom has a simple ambience with an airy atmosphere.  The cool granite floor, white walls and brightly-lit environment are good pluses.  The sales desk greets the visitors along with the artic-blast of the air conditioner.  Unfortunately, the sales people are more content fooling around with each other, avoiding any sort of contact with the customers.  Response time was actually quick at three minutes, but it felt longer because of the feeling of being unattended to. 

A showroom display unit is available much like Toyota Shaw-Ortigas.  Sales Executive Ruthie Silva assisted us during our brief stay.  She starts off right by giving the pluses of the CR-V: the 10-seater configuration, the
i-VTEC engine and so forth.  She also mentions how it does compared to its soft-roader rivals. 

With Honda's ramped-up production, delivery time is short: two weeks for the Clover Green and about a month for the Satin Silver.  Paperwork has been prepared before hand with everything from the product brochure to financing options all available right off the shelf.  

The overall deal with the CR-V isn’t as sweet when compared to the Toyota though.  The sub-million purchase price doesn’t come with rust proofing, seat covers or even tint.  The only freebies are the floor mats and LTO registration.  There’s no trade-in option for an old vehicle either.  On a good note though is that the 3-year / 100,000 kilometer warranty includes both parts and labor except the stereo, tires, battery (they are covered by separate warranties), and consumables, unlike Toyota which offers a 3-year / 100,000 kilometer warranty for parts only. 

There’s less bias when it comes to Honda’s financing and insurance deals as the latter presents far more flexibility with the choice of in-house or third-party with no penalties of any kind.  What’s more, Honda does insurance repairs even if the papers are still in process—that means fewer headaches for those prone to vehicular accidents.

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