Georgia Honda Car Dealers

Well, yes of course it's depreciated, but I've also paid the loan down over that time, so I should roughly break even or possibly make a buck or two. Not sure until I get a number from a dealer on the trade. I'm trying to get into something that's a good amount cheaper than the TL but still nice if possible. a 21,000 car is about 1/3 cheaper than a 33,000 car. Plus the Civic gets much better mileage, so I'm saving that way too. Plus if I lease the Civic that's cheaper than a finance. So my payment would likely go from 650 to 300-ish plus another 50 bucks or so in gas. I could get a simple Kia or something with no options, but I'm trying to get something just a little nicer. I thought about the LX but it's not that much more for the EX. I hear ya though. And are you suggesting the Prius is a bad idea? Too expensive? Still about 23,000ish. And the gas savings are significant. Seems like it might be worth it. Any other ideas for a car instead? As posted above, apparently the 2012 Civics are crap. What else might you suggest?

We purchased a 2012 EX-L 4WD Pilot in December 2011. It has almost 3,000 miles on it. Here's our mileage so far: 1. Took a trip to CA with 7 passengers and luggage inside the vehicle. Trip computer reported 20.x mpg on mostly freeway driving between 75-80 mph. 2. We do a lot of freeway driving (80% of the time) and we've been getting 22.x mpg on almost every tank of gas. This is with 5 passengers and no luggage load. 3. Overall mileage since we bought the vehicle = 21.x mpg. We haven't reset trip computer B yet. Granted this is a 4,500 lb vehicle and not aerodynamic as a car but we're very happy with the mileage. We didn't buy it for gas mileage but for passenger capacity and neither me or my wife wants to drive a minivan. Hope this helps.

The Pilot is our 3rd Honda as well. It is my wife's DD. We bought it primarily for the room. We have 3 children 5 1/2, 3, & 2 months. They are all in child safety seats. The Pilot allows us to seat all 3 of them in the 2nd row, leaving the 3rd row stowed away for cavernous cargo room. There's even a set of LATCH anchors in the 3rd row where the boys (5.5 & 3) like to sit. I also bought it for the reliability, it's a Honda after all. 4WD was a top priority for me too. Don't write the Pilot off due to its abismal gas mileage. You should drive it back to back with its competition. You are a Honda guy & might not like the softer ride of the Highlander (which is 10" shorter than the Pilot). Read the consumer reviews here on edmunds. Everybody who owns a Pilot really loves it. The other 2 Hondas in my current stable: 2010 Black/Ebony Acura TSX w/ Tech pkg 5AT (47K miles) 2001 Milano Red/Black Honda Prelude Type SH 5MT (145K miles) Good luck & let us know what you decide.

I own a 2011 Pilot EXL w/ NAV 4WD. I bought it in May 2011. I currently have about 12,000 miles on it. So I'm well past the 2 traditional "engine break in points" of 5K & 10K miles. We LOVE our Pilot. The ride, the ulitity, the passenger room, the cargo room are all fantastic. The gas mileage is just awful. My wife gets maybe 15.5 driving around town. We usually get about 360 miles per tank. I just took a weekend trip from our house in Stamford, CT to Pittsburgh, PA (about 400 miles each way). I averaged about 17.5 mpg for the entire trip. Cruise was set at 75 going there and 65 coming home. My best tank was a little over 19 mpg & that was literally driving the Pilot as if it was a hypermiling Prius (Set cruise at 60, let everybody pass you...) The thing is, whether you get 12 mpg (my wife driving all city miles during break in), my PB 19.2 mpg, or even the EPA sticker claim of 22 mpg, it costs the same amount to fill the Pilot up every week. Don't let the Pilot's poor gas mileage send you fleeing to another marquee's dealership. We do LOVE it. In our mind, there was no better 3 row, 4WD SUV out there.

This is just a FYI...I know it's not new, but we just bought a 2010 Civic EX sedan with 33k miles for $15,800 yesterday in Buford, GA (metro Atlanta). Looking around at what's out there on used Civics, I am very happy with that price.