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Replying to: chwtom (Dec 21, 2008 8:04 pm) I don't know where you are in WI, but I just did a search for any 2008 Odyssey within 200 miles of Allentown WI and came up with 184 NEW 2008 Odysseys on Autotrader.com. Start sending emails to each of those dealers and work it! |
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Replying to: dr_g (Dec 21, 2008 9:04 pm) Autotrader.com shows more than 50 2008 EX-L Odysseys within 100 miles of Newhall (just picked a random city near LA). There's a brand new 2008 Odyssey deal in there. Have you emailed ALL the dealers (even those with one or less in stock - they might be hungry enough to do a dealer trade)?
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I got a quote for EX-L with RES for 26999, which would be OTD for about 29365 in Florida...it seems like a good deal. I did the bidding thing, where I had dealers bid against one another. There is still one dealer, about 75 miles away who says he will beat this price by "atleast $500" but wont give me a quote, either written or over the phone, he says I have to come it to get the pricing...is he blowing smoke...the conversations were NOT good over the phone, he was really evasive/pushy and had a shady feeling...Can he really only offer me a better "deal" in person rather than fax/email/phone? Or is he going to bring me in for a hard sell.
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Replying to: i4gotmyid (Dec 22, 2008 1:33 pm) I wouldn't drive 10 miles without an email quote in hand. Why would he give it at the dealership but not over the phone? One reason -- he wants you in the door so he can pressure you into taking a bad deal. Personally I wouldn't waste my time as that guy sounds very shady to me.
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Replying to: arvai2 (Dec 22, 2008 3:45 pm) |
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I have been offered 35,800 + 700 (destination) for a 2009 Touring (no pax) in the Raleigh, NC area. They are out of 08's. Does this sound good? Thanks.
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Replying to: hondaphan (Dec 21, 2008 11:20 pm) No one is in a hurry to short sell 'em when they have a captive buyer.
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So after I had the wife spend about 4 hours calling almost every local dealer in SoCal, I found about 8 new EX-Ls w/ RES & NAVI - one of them being the white one mentioned above that had 5k miles on it. After driving to Penske Honda in Ontario I have to say they are rude and unorganized. A sales rep hung up on my wife yesterday when she refused to give her phone number (I don't think we're allowed to post names or I would). My wife did call again (she's persistent) and spoke to a nice rep who said there was a Green Metallic (probably the most popular color) so we went there first thing in the morning. 1/2 way through the test drive I realized it was a 2009 (saw the key tag sitting at a red light - I didn't even bother looking at the grill). They had no 2008 w/ RES & NAVI. He assumed it was an '08 by where it was parked. An understandable mistake if you're lazy - all they have to do is look up inventory. Wife and I then drove to Honda Cars of Corona since they had a black/ivory one left. Car looked a little beat up inside for having only 25 miles. Tried to haggle with the sales rep and he refused to budge for 20 minutes. 5 hours later we agreed to 28,750 plus 1,400 for 7/100K extended warranty + TTL. It had a protection pack on it which I don't need for 450, but I know they can't strip that off the car easily so I was willing to go above the 29.5k mentioned here. I wanted to see if I could get the online extended warranty mentioned here but I remember somebody said CA residents couldn't buy it and the finance guy kept underbidding until I agreed to 1400 (I paid only 1k for my 2006 TL which I bought for 32.5k). All docs and fees were normal (not inflated) prices. Woodland Hills had a black ivory, Vista has a Blue, Palmdale (have fun driving there) has a silver. Think there are a few burgundy as well, a white one somewhere, a demo white in Irvine. Let me guys know what you think of the above deal and good luck with the hunt for 2008 EX-L w/ RES & NAVI - in SoCal it's getting slim pickings.
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Replying to: dr_g (Dec 22, 2008 6:47 pm) We got the 8yr/120k hondacare for $1300 at the dealer when we bought it, so you were in the ballpark for that,too. Actually you got the color we were trying to find, but settled for silver. |
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I have spent the last 4 days wasting my time. I am looking for an 08 EX-L with RES (no nav). Nobody in Wisconsin has one, apparently, but that doesn't stop them all from telling me they do. This is what happens (it's like they circulate a manual telling them how to do this). I call, asking if they have any of these in stock. They say yes, why don't I come in and check it out. I say what color. They say they're not sure, can they call me back later, because they are so busy, or can I just come in. I ask them to call me back. They don't. Half a day later, I call back. They say they have a gray one. I'm so excited! I ask for a price quote. They say they'll have the internet person email me a quote. They don't. I call back several hours later. The internet person says they "were just emailing me right now" with the quote. I get the quote. It looks good. I say lets do the deal. I ask to confirm that it's gray. They go check. "oh shoot, that one sold". we do have a white one with the Nav package, would you be interested in that? I try not to swear at them. I got the same song and dance at 4 different dealers. So I gave up and bought a Routan with 0% financing for 72 months. I would've preferred the Odyssey, but I couldn't deal with that crap anymore.
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