amir was here

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=324619&page=1

Quick Silver

That is some fucked up shit. He should have gotten the initial approval in writing. He should go and get an auto loan for a U.S. Bank and buy of the car, and then just pay the bank off.

AztecRol

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He should have read the lease agreement before he came down here with the car!!!! He could have kept it in canada with a relative or a friend.

Loseit

iTrader: (1)

i can't believe how brutal his fellow board memebers were!! Absolutely no love. AHahahahah....canadians!!

TypeSKid

OMG! That sucks! Kinda funny though. He broke the agreement, what does he expect is gonna happen?! LOL!

dbox

exactly what i was thinking. i think its bullshit myself, its not like the guy tried to fuck honda over. thats gonna kill his credit though

Slimey

Ha Ha Ha. I thought I was the Slimey one.

Seems to be another reason why a vehicle lease is a crappy business arrangement. He's under some false pretense that he 'owned' the car in the first place. He leased it. It was Honda Canada Finance's car that he was 'borrowing' for a monthly fee. He violated his end of the contract; they took the car back.

The guy should have read the contract he signed. Now, if he wants to pursue it, he probably needs an attorney to get the bank's car back.

CBR1100XX

It is a Bull Shit policy. Bottom Line

IntegraVT

iTrader: (1)

I'm still not quite sure why he called them... I know violates the lease agreement... But as long as you keep up with the payments and return the vehicle in Canada at the end of the lease; who is going to know if you drove it in the states for a couple of months?

I'm sure driving to FL from Canada probably killed his mileage allowance anyway.

Slimey

I agree - stupid decision on his part. But if he did want to do things by the book, he should have obtained any and all contract amendments in writing.

DISRUPTV

I agree w/the sentiments heer regarding that he broke his leasing contract and should've just either kept the car in canada or create a bank acct in canada solely 4 the purpose of paying off the car


Anyways, he got a call back from Honda, and they apologized and promised to return the car to him later today. I think thats a nice gesture on Honda's part

soopa

thats crazy. whole situation seems a bit shady tho...

but fucked up on Honda's part neway.

Slimey

Honda or Honda Canada Finance? Two different companies. One builds, sells, and services cars. One sells and services financial contracts (ie: its a bank). I'm sure the latter is owned by the former, but I think the distinction is important.

Agreed. Good gesture and good business on their part to keep the customer in mind. The guy had his heart in the right place, just not his brain.

I wonder if Honda Finance realized that the extra mileage he put on the car would be worth extra $$ (or the Canadian equivilent) at the end of the lease term. Maybe that became the financial incentive they had to let him finish out the contract.

This should be a lesson to those that sign contracts. Read them. You can be held accountable for what you sign. He got lucky, you often need an attorney to 'renegotiate' a contract after the fact.

Hopefully his car wasn't abused in the repo process.

DISRUPTV

Slimey, goodpoints


To clarify, he got the call from Honda Finance of Canada