I won't say it was the perfect experience because ...
I won't say it was the perfect experience because it never is, and I won't say it was the perfect car because it wasn't, however, with that being said this dealership in my opinion is the best in Suffolk County for the following reasons. I dealt with Nick and he did a great job 10/10, he's a rare breed for car dealerships.
1. First, and foremost I wanted a Chevy Malibu. I think it's a better car, than the Honda Accord in terms of UX, tech & overall handling on the road. I really tried to get the Malibu but the sales people over at Hunting Chev just gave me a real bad gut feeling. They tried to push me into two different colors after claiming only one color was available the day before, not to mention they came down almost $120/monthly from what they originally quoted me at. Now this price was lower than the Honda Accord, however, buying a car is much like a temporary marriage, you aren't just marrying the girl, you get the family as well, and to be perfectly frank, the Huntington Chev dealer was not a place I ever wanted to deal with again, not even to pick up free money let alone go for tune-ups & oil changes.
2. Some car sales people think that talking for five minutes and they scurrying off to the back to "talk to their sales manager" is a viable business tactic, I could not agree less. As someone who is currently working a full-time job and taking night classes to pursue an interest/hobby, I don't have much time. Huntington Chev did not understand this, even after I said it 15-20 times. Their blatant disregard for their client, the person they called 12 times in four business days, was some what disgraceful. Babylon Honda listened. As soon as I laid out my situation and my time constraints they brought their A-game.
**** Current Score ****
Huntington Chev = 0
Babylon Honda = 2
3. I can't speak for other people because I am only me, myself & I, but something that really pisses me off is being interrupted. I understand if you're at a bar talking sports or movies or tech of what be you, that people can get excited to share their perspective or opinion, that is life, people are people. However, when you are giving a business your time, and you are explaining something, to be cut off, not once, not twice, but close to 50 times, that is downright verbal customer abuse. In case you are not keeping up with the current theme in this review, yes, Huntington Chev's appalling "sales team" barely let me get a sentence out before cutting me off. Babylon Honda, they waited a second or two to actually process what I was saying before responding. There are people who wait for their turn to talk (i.e. Huntington Chev) and then there's people who actually listen (i.e. Babylon Honda). Again, I don't/can't speak for anyone, if you get your giggles by being interrupted that is not my business, but as someone who has things to do, this was a big red flag, and a serious reason I went Honda.
4. The guys at Huntington Chev just gave me a bad vibe, very typical sales people. Babylon Honda, while it's a smaller dealer, the people seemed like actual people and not poorly programed JavaScript functions that need to be debugged every other day. Nick was very personable and easy to talk to in terms of what was doable and not doable.
5. Parking. This is the last and final point, there is no parking at the Huntington Chev dealer. They literally put so many overpriced Corvettes out front to show off, that their customers have to park at Stop & Shop and walk over. Is this is a big deal all things aside? Yes. It's a big deal because it shows you what kind of business Huntington Chev is running, they would rather try and showoff that make sure their clients are taken care of, downright telling right there.
*** FINAL SCORE***
Huntington Chev = -1
Babylon Honda = 5
RECAP: I won't say that this was the best experience of my life, it wasn't. But I will say this, I wanted a Chev Malibu, but Huntington Chev dealer was terribad x 20000, and Babylon Honda was extremely reasonable, honest, and gave me a great price.
4.5/5