March Madness

What a month March turned out to be. It was the toughest month the automotive industry has ever experienced. Despite the horror stories of bankruptcies, banks pulling flooring lines, and massive dealership layoffs, the staff at Wilsonville Honda dug deep and pulled out the equivalent of a basketball buzzer beater. The changes the store has made, which began over 6 months ago, in the form of expense reduction and a detailed examination of each and every process that is performed, allowed us to continue to grow (as unbelieverable as that may sound) by leaps and bounds in our Service Department while the Sales Department doubled its market share in the Portland Metro area during the same time period. I have been greatly blessed by a tremendous staff that has worked its collective butt off while always prioritizing all that they do around the needs of the customer.

Since we are in the last throws of March Madness, I thought I'd provide a few links to some good ol' basketball-related humor:

The first clip is over the Lakers Kobe Bryant jumping over a Maserati. You have to check it out:

Now that you've been sufficiently impressed with that feat (or Kobe's feet...), here's how it was done before the special effects were added:

The NCAA Final Four is upon us, and with the competition on court, there is always much debate among the pundits as to how to improve the format. This cracked me up:

NCAA Expands March Madness To Include 4,096 Teams

If you have a little extra time, I leave you with the ultimate form of punking someone using basketball as the backdrop. If you've ever been to a game, you know halftime usually presents the opportunity for someone (or some group of people) to display their lack of basketball skills (much to the delight of the crowd) while trying to win something -- appliances, a car, cash... This clip has them all beat.

As a last minute addition to this post, my daughter Caitlin insisted I share this: