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#14590 of 20762 2007 Odyssey EX by speterson1 Feb 01, 2007 (8:33 am)
Just bought an 2007 Ody EX and am happy with our purchase, especially since our area (near Peoria, IL) doesn't have that many choices for Honda dealers. I was afraid that since there's not a whole lot of competition around here the local dealer (Bob Lindsay Honda in Peoria) wasn't going to be willing to negotiate. Best thing I did was get several equotes from some of the larger Honda superstores in the Chicago area so I had some leverage when talking price with our local dealer. Make sure you do this BEFORE you start talking prices! The quotes from Chicagoland were excellent, below or at invoice, and although our dealer wouldn't come down quite that far, he came down enough for us to be happy. Didn't really want to take a 2 hour trip to Chicago to buy a car (heard too many horror stories with quotes being ignored, unquoted add-ons & fees, etc. etc.), and Bob Lindsay Honda is totally above the board and doesn't pull any of that garbage, so we're happy. Here's what we paid:   26,537.82 ---> 2007 Odyssey EX + mudguards base price     57.00 ---> doc fee  1,662.18 ---> 6.25% sales tax    143.00 ---> license plates 28,400.00 ---> final out-the-door cost   We also got the 3.9% financing for 60 months. Very good experience, and out salesman was excellent. If anyone in the Peoria, IL, area wants a polite, very knowledgable, kind, non-pushy salesman email me and I will be happy to refer you to him.   Steve   p.s. I'm envious of the several Florida buyers on this thread that got their Odys below invoice! Nice hunting! Must be nice to live where several Honda dealers compete...
#14591 of 20762 How to obtain email address from dealers? by needavan6 Feb 01, 2007 (11:38 am)
I am interested in buying an 07 Honda Odyssey. I am trying to do an e-mail bid as suggested in this forum to get some good price quotes for Odyssey. However, most of the honda websites don't provide email address for internet sales manager. How do I obtain these email addresses? Do I have to call each of them and ask for it? If I do, won't they ask for my name and phone number? The "request a quote" bullet on websites always ask for phone numbers as well. Thanks for answering my questions. Replies to this message: speterson1 (Feb 01, 2007 1:57 pm) 4bearhug (Feb 01, 2007 9:58 pm)
#14592 of 20762 Re: How to obtain email address from dealers? [needavan6] by speterson1 Feb 01, 2007 (1:57 pm)
Replying to: needavan6 (Feb 01, 2007 11:38 am) Are you in a larger urban area that has several Honda dealerships that you could conveniently visit? If so, follow these steps: 1) Go to automobiles.honda.com 2) Right under the main picture type in a zip code for the large urban area you're closest to and click "locate a dealer" 3) The website will then list the dealers closest to the zip you typed in. Decide how many you want quotes from, and for each one of those, right-click on the "request a quote" button next to the dealership and select "Open Link in New Window" from the pop-up menu (I'm assuming most people use Internet Explorer). Then you can select the model and trim level you're looking for. After filling out your contact info - and yes, you can leave your phone number blank, it's not required - you can submit the information and that dealership should email you with a quote. Close the window and repeat this step until you've hit all the dealerships you want quotes from. 4) Once the dealer emails you, you can then ask them all the details you want regarding pricing and options. 5) Take your best quote to the dealer you would like to do business with and see if they can match or beat it!   Another way to go about it is to just Google any Honda dealerships you know the name of. If they have a website it will probably show up and most of the local Honda dealer websites I've seen will publish the contact info of their internet manager.   Good luck and happy hunting! Steve
#14593 of 20762 Re: Out of state registration fee [clubber] by 4bearhug Feb 01, 2007 (9:43 pm)
Replying to: clubber (Jan 31, 2007 10:40 pm) Honda City in Chicago. They were great to work with, but I had 4-5 quotes from the Chicago area that were very close. All were $800-1000 under dealer invoice. I listed several dealers in an earlier post in this thread that gave very good quotes. I would highly recommend the email approach to eliminate the dealership pressure. It's especially useful if you know exactly what you're looking for.
#14594 of 20762 Re: How to obtain email address from dealers? [needavan6] by 4bearhug Feb 01, 2007 (9:58 pm)
Replying to: needavan6 (Feb 01, 2007 11:38 am) You can do what was mentioned in other reply or you can call them. I decided to call them because I had prepared one email that contained very specific information of how I wanted to proceed. Actually calling them was fairly easy and most were very familiar w/ people asking for the email address for a "request for a quote". It probably took about 15 min. to get 20 email addresses for my quote request. Of course they may ask your name and phone number, but that doesn't mean that you have to give it to them. Tell them you name and all of the information that they need will be spelled out in the email. Trust me, they're trying to sell cars, plenty of them will be happy to give you the email address. I had no trouble getting it from any of the dealers I called. I sent my email to 20 dealers and I had 13 replies within 24 hours and a deal 36 hours after I sent the original email. Good luck and feel free to email me and I'd be happy to talk more w/ you.
#14595 of 20762 Re: Odyssey EX-L w/ XM radio add-on [jstephens1] by sjobs99 Feb 02, 2007 (12:34 am)
Replying to: jstephens1 (Jan 29, 2007 7:26 pm) jstephens1,   I'm in the PHX metro area, too and would be interested in the name of woman at Norm Reeves Honda. I know you can't post it here, but are you allowed to email it directly to me? If so, please send her contact info to: "sjobs99 at hotmail dot com". Thx in advance! Replies to this message: jstephens1 (Feb 02, 2007 9:34 pm)
#14596 of 20762 Odyssey EXL RES in Ohio by halofever Feb 02, 2007 (3:38 am)
After much debate with several dealers, I can't seem to get anyone below $29,500 for a Cherry EXL-RES. What are others seeing in their markets? Replies to this message: cccompson (Feb 02, 2007 4:53 am) voodoo1 (Feb 02, 2007 7:50 am)
#14597 of 20762 Re: Odyssey EXL RES in Ohio [halofever] by cccompson Feb 02, 2007 (4:53 am)
Replying to: halofever (Feb 02, 2007 3:38 am) It would appear that you have established your market price if the bottom line is the same with the stores you've contacted.   As for other markets, just read a month's worth of past posts in this thread or check the Odyssey owner's club website (the name of which I'm prohibited from posting here).   Ohio has had great Odyssey prices for a couple of years. Don't know where you are but if you haven't already done so, get quotes from some NE Ohio stores as well as Hugh White, Honda East, and Marysville Honda in the Columbus area (steer clear of Immke and Roush where prices are higher).
#14598 of 20762 Re: Odyssey EXL RES in Ohio [halofever] by voodoo1 Feb 02, 2007 (7:50 am)
Replying to: halofever (Feb 02, 2007 3:38 am) I paid 29,600 in Victoria, TX. This was as low as I could get them and they said they were losing money. I didnt shed any tears, by the way. As long as they are not adding any extras, you may be as low as you can get.
#14599 of 20762 Re: LI Odyssey EX-L DVD & NAV [bowbie] by acurat Feb 02, 2007 (8:17 am)
Replying to: bowbie (Feb 01, 2007 6:11 am) Price with destination is around $1000 over invoice--whether the holdback is 3%, or reduced to 2% as rumored on post-Jan 2007 vehicles, they should be able to do lots better. I'd question it too--others have been buying below invoice. I've leased a number of cars so I appreciate the logic in some circumstances. Yet with a payment that high, I'd encourage you to run the numbers for a purchase too. Good luck!!

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