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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Honda Odyssey Prices Paid and Buying Experience
24267 messages, Last post on Nov 08, 2009 at 6:12 PM
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Been watching the board for awhile and finally bought one last week. The sales woman I dealt with was fantastic. I bought from Midlands Honda in Columbia, SC. Last I checked they still had over 20 '08's still sitting on the lot and they haven't moved much in the last 3 months. Anyway, here is my deal. I got it with no haggling, may have done better if I had wanted to go through the 1-2 hour haggle process. Instead, I went in and gave them a price and said that was it, and they accepted. It took about 10 minutes. 2008 EX-L (Nimbus Gray) Base Price: $25,200 Doc Fee: $499 Dealer Installed Junk: was around $300 I think. So, OTD (minus taxes, which in SC is only $300) I paid right at $26K I also got the special Honda financing. Couple things to help with your Honda shopping. To get the special financing you have to have a Transunion score of 710 or higher. Just go to myfico.com and pull your Tranunion score (Honda Finance only uses Transunion). It cost about $12 (just for your TransUnion score) but it will let you know if you are going to get the special financing or not. Also, don't fall for the warranty crap they try to sell you in the finance room. Go to myhondawarranty.com It's a dealership out of Rhode Island who sells the same Honda warranty your dealership is going to sell. I got a 6yr 100k warranty for $690 through them. The dealership wanted almost $2k until I showed them my print out from this website. They then dropped to $820 but that is the lowest I they would go, I just ordered from the RI dealership and saved the $130. Other than finance guys, which are always a pain, the deal was smooth and pretty much the best experience buying a car I've had. I asked my sales woman if I could share her name and my price on here and she agreed. So, it was Midlands Honda in Columbia, SC. Her name is Laura Glass. She will work hard for you. She gave us her personal cell phone number, she has offered us rides, she even went in the back and helped the detail guy who was going slow, so that I wouldn't have to wait as long. I came back a couple of days later to pick some stuff up and when I went outside she was washing my windows and wiping the car down. In a day when car salesmen just stand around looking for the next deal, it was refreshing to come across someone who remembers the value of hard work. Laura earned herself a life long customer. By they way, the van is great. My wife loves it. If you have any questions, let me know. You can contact me at stackman97 at yahoo dot com.
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Looking for 2009 EX-L pricing info. I live in NC. So far the lowest quote I got is $30,069. Need add 3% tax, $398 doc fee, and $74 title. |
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Replying to: antheo (Nov 24, 2008 7:17 pm) |
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Finally got 08 Odyssey EX-L w/RES at 27376 including dest charge. Tax 7.75% for CA SJ county. Got 1.9% rate. my score was over 710 so good deal.. Thanks for everyone who posted here. I was going to get it from Carsdirect and they asked 28700... Dealer was Hond of Ockland, CA. I had 2006 Odyssey LX and trade in.. trade in was worst price but getting new car with good price so... They are selling new 2008 LX for 19000 and i got my trade at 13500.. (my rear bumper needed to be fixed so not bad deal but not great deal either.) |
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I tried to buy extra warranty but looks like CA and FL can't buy.. FYI. My dealer offered at 1000 dollar for 7year 80k. |
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Replying to: erick830 (Nov 22, 2008 8:31 pm) That sounds like a good deal. In the bay area, the lowest that I have seen is 31600+TTL. will wait for Thanksgiving or Christmast to see if the dealers that I have contacted will offer any lower. |
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Replying to: unclesalty (Nov 24, 2008 2:02 pm)
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Replying to: range1 (Nov 26, 2008 7:42 am) MOON TOWNSHIP HONDA (412)269-4100 RL3848EW KA RE/IV DEAN HONDA (412)466-8120 RL3848EW KA WH/IV PIAZZA HONDA OF DREXEL HILL (610)789-9420 RL3848EW KA WH/IV CONICELLI HONDA (610)828-1400 RL3848EW KA WH/IV JONES HONDA (717)394-0711 RL3848EW KA WH/IV BOBBY RAHAL HONDA (717)766-4300 RL3848EW KA WH/IV PRESTON HONDA (724)658-9755 RL3848EW KA SX/GR SMAIL HONDA VILLAGE (724)836-6030 RL3848EW KA RE/IV SMAIL HONDA VILLAGE (724)836-6030 RL3848EW KA WH/IV So with just nine left price will continue to climb. For reference your quote is invoice minus the $3500 in dealer cash minus another few hundred dollars. Good luck and happy shopping. |
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Replying to: night_ranger (Nov 22, 2008 9:50 pm) Thanks. |
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first the numbers. as the title says, just bought 08 Odyssey EX-L w/o RES, Navigation. here were the figures. Base Car $25892 Tax 6.25% $1618 TTL, Accessories $640 Drive our price $28150 Couple of observations (I would welcome any comments). First, I waited too long, thinking that my leverage would increase as it got later in the year. That is not true. I negotiated with 17 dealers (12 in Houston, 1 in Galveston, 4 in Austin). Out of the 12 in Houston, 5 were sold out, 1 had one in stock, 1 had 2 and the one with the largest number had 7 in inventory. I should mention that this is for "brand new" and not demos (I defined demos as anything that had over 50 miles). In hindsight, it would have been better to have shopped end of Sep or beginning of Oct. I talked to dealers (who did not have any in stock so they had little to gain by telling me this) who told me where they sold their last 2008 and they were better deals than the ones I could get in late Nov. 2. The consistency in the pricing among all the dealers was surprising. Of the 7 in Houston that had a brand new EX-L in stock, the drive out prices ranged from $28.1k to $28.5k. There were a few quotes that I got that were lower... and this leads to my next point.. 3. Even if you ask the dealers for a drive-out or out-the-door price, do not assume that that is the absolute bottom line price. I got some low OTD quotes only to discover that the dealer installed accessories (such as tinted windows and Pro Pack) were not included in the figure. You need to ask if the figure includes all accessories as well. 4. Ask for the mileage on the car. I had two deals where the OTD price (after verifying accessories were included) was in the mid $27k. I discovered at the end that both had over 300 miles on them. Whether you'd make that tradeoff is up to you but you should be aware. My conclusion from this experience. Every deal that I came across that was too good to be true had something hidden. As in life, there is no free lunch. These dealers do not misprice. If something is being missed by someone, that someone is most likely you. If you find a dealer at this stage in the game, for a brand new EX-L, that would sell at the true OTD price of $27.9k or better, take it. I belive very few, if any, can do that price. I did not find any. The dealer's "cost" seems to be between $27.9k and $28k (this is from the data I gathered backed by conversations with dealers whom had none in stock). If you want one of these and you waited until now, i think you will find that there is not going to be much variability in the pricing. I think if I held out a little more, I could have gotten another $100 or so, but frankly, I was getting sick of the car buying process and just wanted to get it over with. In case you wanted to know, I bought mine from John Eagle Honda, who incidentally had the most in their inventory. Having said that, I think they will be sold out in under 2 weeks. I was very satisfied with the whole purchase process at John Eagle. F&I guy was nice enough. Didn't try to oversell the warranties so I appreciated that. I would go back there again. If anyone wants my data, I would be more than happy to share them. Keep in mind, the inventory is shrinking pretty quickly. Hope this helped. Have fun shopping.
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