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Replying to: ritlin (Apr 08, 2006 10:59 am) I guess if the person buying is lying, that's "ethical"! |
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I received out the door price quote today and I'm trying to figure from your previous posts if this is ok. From what I can tell, it's in the ballpark of a pretty good deal. Any input? 17400 for 06 Civic LX Auto Sedan. I'm negotiating with 3 dealers via e-mail and they have all agreed to that price. |
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Okay isell, here is your chance to shine. Is the $17,400 a fair price for both dealer and customer on the LX auto sedan ? If not, what would you consider a fair deal on this car. You know what it cost you and what the sticker is. There are more available now then 3 months ago, yet it still is in fairly high demand. You want to sell cars at a respectable profit and the buyer wants to save as much as they can. There must be some happy medium. BTW, what is the number of civics Honda thinks they will sell this year?
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Does anyone know what a decent price is for alloys for the LX sedan if purchased from the dealer? isell, you may know this. If buying a new car at a fair price, should the dealer be willing to give you alloys at cost, or discount?
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If anyone out there has purchased a Civic LX Coupe with an automatic transmission lately and can give me some real pricing information, I would appreciate it immensely. I am looking with my daughter and she has it down this and the Scion Tc. Both cars are in high demand with the Scion Tc, having the one price to all policy. I have done for myself and others on previous car purchases and it seems to bare pretty great fruit. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! 
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Replying to: rutger3 (Apr 08, 2006 3:35 pm) That would be a VERY good price to pay for a Civic LX. We simply DO NOT have these sitting around in any quanities. Prices vary by market conditions and inventory levels. They are not "more" available than they were three months ago, at least in my neck of the woods and they are in HIGH demand, not "fairly high" demand. Yes, we do want to make a decent profit and we know our buyers want to pay as little as possible. That is a given. I have no idea what Honda's projections are for this year but I do think they were blindsided by the great success and they had no idea Motor Trend would vote the Civics Car of the Year. It's frustrating. |
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Replying to: toddar (Apr 08, 2006 4:29 pm)
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I am not sure what your point is about the place I bought my Si offered me more for my trade in reference to an ethical dealer! The place I was before offered me over $4000 less than the place I went, or even the internet price from their own site. David McDavid-Irving, in my opinion is a very unethical company, and I would not do business with them or any company like them(I hope your's is not isell). Most Honda places, especially going through the internet sales side, will give you $2-400. off of any civic except the Si. If they won't do that or offer you free/discounted Honda accessories you are getting ripped(just my opinion)! There is about a $2000 dollar mark up in most civics, and you can find the invoice there. In addition, most dealers get an additional amount for every car they sell, something like a dealer kick back or something(isellhondas can tell you what it is called). What's more, i fyou wait till the end of the month, or end of the quarter, there are incentives that the manufacturer pays for the number of cars sold, if the quota is met. The last quarter ended on March 31st. My point, isellhondas, about the telling one dealership that you can get a better price for the car or your trade from another dealer is to hunt for the deals, not fabricate information. However, if one was to do this in order to level the playing field, I would not disagree with it in order to get the best price. After all, I know of only one dealership, out of at least a dozen I have dealt with over the last 5 years, that did not just out and out lie to me. Because of dirty dealerships, consumers have to be very informed and a little sly to get out of there inscathed. I did my homework, and even though my salesperson was smart, I knew more than he did about the Civic. I found a good price on the HONDA extended warranty, and because of this, the Finance Manager let it slip what his price was for the same warranty, and then blamed it on the salesperson for supposedly telling me what the price was. MY MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE IS TO BE WILLING TO WALK OUT, especially if the salesperson knows you are ready to buy. The Civic is in high demand, but you will not walk into every dealership just to find a line waiting on the few Civics around. I was surprised that there was no line on the Si I bought, and when my parents went looking at the Civic the dealership gave them $400 off just to keep them from walking out to look at a Mazda3, which is a tough competitor with the Civic, and are only now starting to discount their cars. My parents bought a 4 door LX. I went to a dealership in Longview, Tx, and found about 8 civics on their lot, went back a week later and found at leat 4 of the same ones. Maybe going to smaller markets is a good idea too, where there aren't as many fanatical buyers out there like the ones reading this forum every day(myself included). The site I got on to find the extended warranty is jayhondacare.com and found it by just doing a search on yahoo for honda extended warranties. I hope this onformation helps. I have bought quite a few cars in the past 5 years and made many mistakes. I just hope this will keep others from making the same mistakes. David Oh, I love my Si!!!
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Replying to: butterflyjones (Apr 08, 2006 1:30 pm) Anyway, I have not had any problems, no squeeks, cracks, or funny road noises. In fact, I had an '04 Accord before this, with acura 17 inch wheels, a cold air intake and a flowmaster exhaust which was much louder than my Civic. I have to talk on the phone a lot, and use a bluetooth headset, and I am very surprised how quiet it is. The only thing is I think it is a little out of alignment, and pulls to the right(just being honest). I will see if the dealer will fix it for me for free and let you all know. You can also get on ebay and find out some of the lowest prices on accessories, even OEM accessories from Honda dealers who sell on ebay. I have even seen the "Pro Package" being sold on ebay for about $200(honda's price is $344-installation not included, which in my area is $84/hr). When I showed this and other prices to my dealer, they sold me the same "Pro Package" for $235(a wash when considering shipping costs off ebay). If anyone wants prices on the other accessories I bought, just ask me and I'll tell them. Better yet, why not ask Isellhondas what their price is, or what an honest price would be for them! Trust me, there is quite a mark up, as Honda has always been proud of their parts and accessories. The aero kit, which Honda charges $1483. can be found on ebay from another Honda dealer for $995. My point is just shop around, unless you don't mind paying full price! Me, the worst thing I can think of is to be taken advantage of, or even worse, finding out months later that I was taken advantage of. I don't mean to ramble, just wanting to answer the question as thoroughly as possible. |
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Replying to: rutger3 (Apr 08, 2006 3:38 pm) |
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