06-07-2019, 02:27 PM
Most dealers these days only stock fast moving service parts.
Dealer can order parts from Honda and get them in one to two days.
The internet has made a trip to the deal as obsolete as rotary dial telephones.
Why wast time driving to a dealer only to find they don't stock anything.
As for the dealer business model; the mega dealers dominate the landscape.
Going to a mega dealer is like shopping at Walmart.
The days of the single model line family wonder dealer is gone for ever.
I find it odd that they had front pads for your CB1100 and not rears.
The rear pads used on the CB1100 are common to a hundred other Honda models.
Go figure.
Dealer can order parts from Honda and get them in one to two days.
The internet has made a trip to the deal as obsolete as rotary dial telephones.
Why wast time driving to a dealer only to find they don't stock anything.
As for the dealer business model; the mega dealers dominate the landscape.
Going to a mega dealer is like shopping at Walmart.
The days of the single model line family wonder dealer is gone for ever.
(06-07-2019, 11:56 AM)Charlie Bravo_imp Wrote: Here's a rant. Wishing to support my local brick and mortar store, I went into a local Honda dealership, one of the largest in SoCal, on Beach Blvd in HB, to get a set of brake pads, front and rear. The parts guy said they only have the front, no rears. The rear is what I really want. They can order it, he said, but that would be another trip. I left. A few days later, I went into another shop, Del Amo MS on Cherry in LB. The had one side of the front, they can order the rest, etc. I see why riders buy online.
I find it odd that they had front pads for your CB1100 and not rears.
The rear pads used on the CB1100 are common to a hundred other Honda models.
Go figure.