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Replying to: blkex06 (Nov 23, 2005 6:05 pm) You got a 'deal', and to check if it is good or bad,look up the Edmunds True Market for the Vehicle. And compare it with you price to be paid. The wheel locks and door guards are 'add ons' by the dealer to pad your bill. Other than the car, you got caught basically buying useless high margin stuff that is marked up to 1000 percent, and the value of these stuffs are in doubt. $400 for an alarm is too much for something that can be done for $100-$200. I empathize with you. We buy cars now and then, in a lifetime we buy a few cars at most. We play with the pros. In an uneven playing field we often are the losers. I bought a Civic 06 Mt and Nav. with $800 over invoice. While overjoyed, I got rolled over with dealer 'add ons' when I go to the next room to see the finance guy. Now a good deal for the car is cancelled by the bad deal with the add ons. Thanks for sharing. Manny |
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Replying to: mvs1 (Nov 23, 2005 5:54 pm) I made a search in these Edmund's Discussions and discovered a young woman buying a Hyundai Sonata 06 Dealer Car Care Deal close to $2000. I had considered a Hyundai Sonata myself before I bought the 06 Civic. The Sonata comes with a 5 year bumper to bumper warranty and ten year warranty for the power train from Hyundai. This young woman was sold an redundant warranty. Same as an GPS tracked Onstar equipped car is being sold a Lojack. One man's gain is another woman's loss. Manny |
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Replying to: mvs1 (Nov 23, 2005 6:01 pm) I have already e mailed them yesterday at 4 p.m. Since I am supposed to give them notice within 72 hours, I made sure that I sent it within that time frame. I asked the dealership to call me. They never did up to now. Before yesterday, they called me very often to make sure I am getting all the paper work ready, and the insurance ready to complete the transaction. And to pick up the car. All of a sudden, all is quiet on the Western Front. No phone call from the dealer at all. Everyone should have a good 'Thanksgiving'. So I will call tomorrow. My pick up date is next Wednesday anyway. It is the principle of the thing. I didnot come this far and blown away in the end. Manny |
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Replying to: jetlap (Nov 23, 2005 7:07 pm) |
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New to this forum, hope this hasn't been covered before. I have been very happy with our 2000 Civic VP, time to replace our 1995 Z24 Cavalier, new Civic Coupe DX looks to be the perfect replacement, so start doing a little research: No air conditioning - No Value Pack - Very limited color choices - Whats going on here? Window sticker for an LX would be $17,660 EX even more, might as well get an Accord. Twomotor
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Replying to: twomotor (Nov 25, 2005 2:35 am)
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Replying to: twomotor (Nov 25, 2005 2:35 am) Who wants a car without air conditioning? |
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Replying to: deans1 (Nov 25, 2005 5:11 am) Twomotor |
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I wanted to share this part of my "buying experience." Most people probably know this, bit I'm posting for those who may not. After I negotiated a price on a 2006 Civic, I went home and applied for an auto loan through AAA. I was directed to Capitol One and received an email one minute after I applied for a 5.6% rate. They send you a check that is good up to the approved amount. If you want the check fed exed, next day delivery, it costs $15 for the delivery. You take the check to the dealer, fill in the amount, and signing the check pays for the car and binds the loan contract (no more loan papers to sign). Taking delivery of the check doesn't bind you - you can just tear it up. I asked the dealer if he could match the interest rate - he couldn't. The dealer in a last gasp effort to sow doubt said to make sure that I had "gap insurance" to cover the difference between the total collision value and the payments (example - buy car for $19,000 - leave lot and total it. Insurance pays $17,000) I didn't want the gap coverage. If I want to protect against that, I'll just get ahead by making 3-4 payments ahead. You basically pay almost as much for that gap coverage as you would pay of the car were totaled. Besides, if this occurs, you roll the "gap" into a new loan anyway. I also wanted an extended warranty. I know that some people advise against it. To me, it's insurance. I've had some repair experiences that cause me to want this. Anyway, I looked online and saw that www.collegehillshonda.com and other dealers sell these warranties online. The price there was about $500 lower that three local dealers quoted me. There is no finance charge on these warranties - you can pay all at once or stretch the payments out. The dealer matched the price. Finally, I wanted a couple of accessories. I brought the online price to the parts department - they matched it. I hope this helps someone out.
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