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Thank you arinmiami.....Let us know what you get. I wanted the EX with the NAV system, but am not willing to part company with my money paying MSRP and would like to pay no more than $500 above invoice if that is ever possible for the near term. I live in Clearwater, and have three Honda dealerships nearby, but two of them are not dealing. One tried to deal giving me $500 under MSRP, but changed his mind very soon after. Guess the boss told him to hold off on that first quote, and get MSRP. Some are now dealing across the country, but not in my neck of the woods yet. I can hold off for a good while, since I still have a 05 Rav 4 with fair gas mileage. |
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Replying to: mikefm58 (Oct 05, 2005 5:15 am)
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Replying to: mugs (Oct 06, 2005 3:38 pm) Looks like by year end they will start selling for invoice price. I still think though it has several safety features, these are overpriced. Mileage alone can't justify a Civic purchase when one can get an Accord for extra $2k. |
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....I really like the new Civic, too (though I'm not in love with the dash, it's more than a bit fussy), but at almost $20k for an EX, the Accord for almost the same price (and only slightly worse mileage) looks pretty good, and the Corolla at probably $4k less comprably equipped does, too.
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Replying to: mldj98 (Oct 06, 2005 4:44 am) I do not loose that much money. If you drive a TL for 8 years or 120,000 miles then cost is $4000 per year or $333 per month. Anyhow, I have found that if one buys a good Honda Acura product for decent price early in model year, one can drive most of the model year and sell just before next model year for surprisingly good price. In OK tax is 3%. Many other states would be much much worse. Plus I never have to buy tires, batteries or pay for repairs. But definitely cheaper to keep a car for life but what fun is that?
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Replying to: psy (Oct 06, 2005 5:47 am) |
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Replying to: tawneycat (Oct 07, 2005 4:55 am) I have seen some of your posts over at the TL forum....you sound like me...Honda...Acura type of person..... Plus I know exactly how you feel about changing cars allot and being a car nut...ditto for me as well....although my better half thinks I'm loco.... How is your new Civic? How abot those MPG? Thanks
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Anyone from Detroit, Michigan in here who own a 2k6 civic? If so, how did you make out? Currently I have a dealer who *may* be able to cut me $500 below the sticker and also give me extended warranty for free (60 months/100,000 miles). I'm looking at getting the EX trim w/o sat. navigation. Thanks! |
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For anyone who's considering a factory installed GPS unit consider this: 1. The updates are only going to come so long as they decide to continue them. If you're leasing that's fine but if you're buying there's no guarantee that 5+ years down the road they'll still be updating this particular unit. Other companies like Garmin and iWay use companies that do nothing but create the maps. Thus it's a much safer bet that they'll continue to be updated. 2. The option is a lot more money for a lot less features. The civic, for example, charges $1500 for the GPS unit. In comparison, I was able to find the Lowrance iWay 500c for $670. I was also able to find the Garmin 2720 for $830. The Garmin unit also checks traffic reports and will automatically reroute you if traffic happens to be bad on the route you're on. Both have received Editor's Choice awards from CNet and got rave reviews on gpsinformation.net . The only advantage that I can see to getting this is that you get a unit that is a part of the car and is maintained by the dealer. Other than that it's not worth it. |
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Other advantages - at least to some people - of the built in units that you do not mention are: 1. Cool factor - having the color screen built in to the dash changes the appearance of the whole interior, most would say for the better 2. Less chance of theft/break in - portable units are a tempting, easy target when left in plain view mounted on the dash 3. Bigger screen size 4. Faster response times (although I have not tried Garman's 2620, which I understand is supposed to be very good) Besides what you mention, also In the portable's favor is that routes and sidetrips can be planned/mapped via computer in advance, and easily transferred to the unit. And of course you can easily move it to different vehicles and spare the expense of buying one for each vehicle you buy/lease. |
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