When I lived in Bangkok I bought two cars from the Ferrari Concessionaires Honda garage and they were always helpful and efficient. So when I was looking for a new model and Honda Pattaya quoted three months delivery and Honda Bangkok quoted “tomorrow”, it was an easy decision.
I prefer having the car serviced in Bangkok too, so I rolled into the service centre yesterday and was greeted by an official greeter and a lady who gave me some chilled water. Had it been the Ferrari Concessionaires I would probably have got a full-body massage and some chilled champagne, but not a bad effort from Honda.
The service man explained, in Thai, the work that they would carry out, some of which I understood, and then estimated the cost as being 1,800 baht which seemed not unreasonable for a 20,000 km service and certainly cheaper than the Ferrari place down the road. Sadly, they over-ran the estimate and the final charge came to 1,830 baht; but I was given a full tour of the engine bay where they pointed out what they had checked or replaced. They also cleaned the car inside and out and the engine bay looked more sparkly than usual. After a service, the car always feels more lively and if I had not had the automatic speed limiter in operation (the wife), I am sure I would have arrived home in extra quick time.