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20095 messages, Last post on Aug 21, 2008 at 8:56 PM
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I appreciate everyone's posts here, they helped me get a pretty good deal on a touring R&N. I emailed about 10 dealers w/in 2 hours of me (Lexington, KY). I had determined there were maybe 2 black (the only color I wanted) T R&N's w/in this radius. My local dealer (Don Jacobs) didn't have one, and as is typical couldn't tell me exactly when/if they could get one until I put some money down. I needed the car asap, so that wouldn't do. Got one quote from the Cinci area for 36180, but they also didn't have one. Luckily, Swope in Richmond KY (obviously affiliated w/ the oft-mentioned Swope in Louisiville) had the car and matched the Cinci offer. I countered and we got it down to 35960, which after the invoice increase would be approx 800 over invoice. I have followed cccompson's posts on the fantastic NE Ohio deals, but didn't mind paying a bit more for a local delivery. I think this is pretty good as my inventory searches turned up very few T R&N's, and even fewer in black. Plus they offer a free 10 yr/100k powertrain warranty (if serviced by them), free washes, 10% discount on accessories, etc. Very easy, no bull sales process via email. Should take delivery tonight.
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First, I want to thank all those who have contributed to this forum over time. It has been extremely helpful in determining pricing, availability and regional differences. Now it's my turn to share and hopefully help others. I recently purchased a Silver Pearl EX-L at Invoice from a local dealer, John Holtz Honda, in Rochester, NY. I was very pleased with my buying experience and would encourage others to consider buying from them, especially through their Internet Salesman. He treated me in a highly polished, and professional manner throughout the process and we quickly settled on a price for a straight cash deal. There were no surprises like high doc. fees, pushing dealer installed options, warranties, etc. I also had an older trade-in that we couldn't come to terms on. But that also worked out since I sold it to the first buyer for significantly more that I was willing to take on a trade-in. I probably should have bought a lottery ticket too! I think several factors helped me secure this deal. First, I e-mailed a request for quote to almost 40 different dealers throughout the region encompassing about a 250 mile radius. I took the suggestion from someone in this forum to state in that request that I was familiar with the vehicle's MSRP, Invoice and Holdback and what I'd be willing to pay, which in my case was "slightly" over Invoice. I was amazed how many dealers quickly engaged and were forth coming with reasonable and competitive offers. Within a couple days, and numerous e-mails and phone calls, the process settled out and I had several dealers at Invoice, a few others less than $500 over Invoice and about ten dealers at $500 over Invoice. Many of those deals had no other back end fees, just normal NYS registration fees. To top it off, the majority had the vehicle in stock (and sometimes even several). The only thing I'd do differently next time would be to solicit from fewer dealers because I felt obligated to correspond with everyone - even those dealers that were "fishing" or didn't have competitive quotes. Forms letters helped, but the tweaking still added up. As noted by others, a number of dealers won't engage, or do so much slower than others, which is hard to predict. One upside was I got a great snapshot in time of this vehicle's availability in my general vicinity. If anyone in this forum are interested in my experience with others dealers in this region, I'd happy to share what I can. Ultimately, I only struck one deal and therefore can't say much for other dealers beyond the quoting process. That said, there were clear differences, beyond price, which shorten my list considerably. Good luck to those of you positioning to buy a new Odyssey. We've only had ours a short time, but it certainly seems worthy of all the accolades. |
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Thanks to this board, we just purchased a EX-L from Borman Honda in Las Cruces, NM for $27,600. We did a lot of shopping in New Mexico; here’s a summary of prices found… Garcia Honda (Albuquerque, NM) – visited in person and were quoted $29,500. They have a “no haggle” program, and aren’t kidding about it – they would not negotiate with any other offer we brought them. Perfection Honda (Albuquerque, NM) – horrible! We were referred to them through the Costco auto program (what a joke -- $500 off MSRP). They wanted to sell me a specific car on their lot with $500 of options I’d never pay for. Said they could “go down” to $30K and wanted me to call my husband so we could “wrap up this deal.” Deal!? I was there, very pregnant and with a toddler, and I walked away as fast as I could. When we came to them with other offers later, they claimed they could go under $28K, but never came through. Much good cop/bad cop drama between the salesperson and sales manager. Tiring. Berger Honda (Clovis, NM) – in phone negotiations, went down to $27,700 (provided in writing) and offered to deliver the car to ABQ for $50. Unfortunately, the salesperson wasn’t very responsive (slow to return calls, etc. until he heard we were going elsewhere) and they didn’t have our first choice color. After waiting on Berger a bit, I emailed a few other dealers in the state with their offer and asked if they could match it: Borman Honda (Las Cruces, NM) – emailed back within an hour offering $27,600 and our first-choice color (Sage Green Pearl). Seemed too good to be true, but they faxed a Purchase Order with the VIN, etc. Wouldn’t take a deposit, but my husband drove down early this morning to pick up the vehicle. Completely clean transaction – no hassles whatsoever. Hanson Honda (Farmington, NM) – emailed back within an hour saying they’d match $27,700 but as of today (4 days later) still hasn’t told me what they have in stock. Roswell Honda (Roswell, NM) -- emailed back saying they couldn’t match the price, and anyone selling at $27,700 must be bluffing. The whole process took about a month. Very pleased with the outcome. Perhaps this info will be useful to those looking for Odysseys in Arizona/Colorado/Texas – if you don’t mind driving!
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Replying to: dsmith1381 (Feb 25, 2005 9:45 am) Normally, I use the internet methods described in the posts immediately preceeding this one and they have worked much the same to good affect. Either way, one must strive to accomplish the same thing - to get dealers to compete for your business. There is always a store somewhere that is (for whatever reason)truly motivated to sell. You can determine the navigation system information either on-screen or by examining the disc itself by ejecting it from the player under the driver's seat. |
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Replying to: e28m5 (Feb 25, 2005 10:57 am) |
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Is Honda still producing LX's? We don't want all the options of the EX, but its so difficult to find many LX models. Does anyone have any information on this?
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Replying to: sportymonk (Feb 24, 2005 7:48 pm) The prices went up on Feb 14th and web sites are still showing the old invoice price. Thanks |
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Replying to: jscott2 (Feb 25, 2005 3:55 pm) |
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Replying to: grac (Feb 25, 2005 4:00 pm)
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