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Replying to: jmurman42 (Apr 30, 2006 2:18 pm)
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Replying to: jph3006 (May 01, 2006 3:37 am)
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Replying to: jmurman42 (May 01, 2006 5:17 am) Cars.com sends an e-mail to 3-4 dealers, and I use that as leverage with the local guy. The lowest price is in McMinville, over 100 miles from my house, so if I had any issues, I'd like the local dealer to deal with. Kendall in Eugene can be a real pain to negotiate with, so I get a quick quote on line, and have them beat it(worked on the '04 EX-V6 I bought 2 years ago). |
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Replying to: slorenzen (May 01, 2006 10:35 am) Now, have you actually spoken to any of the dealers that sent you quotes and asked them what they have in stock? Or when they will be getting one in? I can assure you that a dealer that has one, will not dealer exchange one. This might be something that you would want to do asap. You might find that a dealer that has one might not be the lowest price and they might not drop their price either. So, thats a decision you might have to make. I get inquiries for EX Navis all the time and my price, even though I'm about $300 over invoice, I wouldn't drop my price one cent "to match another dealer" The "retail" salesmen here get full MSRP for this car FYI, however we do have a large enough inventory so I know that other dealers are backlogged for months...as we tend to be too. Good luck to you.
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Replying to: jmurman42 (May 01, 2006 11:02 am) |
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Base Price: 16677.26 Freight: 550 Tint: 157 Gravel Guards: 166 Total With Acc: 17550.26 Document Fees: 299 Sales Tax: 1333.82 Tire Disposal: 5 Title Reg Fees: 311.92 Total: 19500 I think I am getting a decent deal considering that this civic is coming in 3-4 weeks... I am buying this car at DOBBS HONDA. My buying experience is so-so. I had to go two times to the dealer because of a contract problem (Not really the dealer’s fault.) I went there in the morning (5/1/06) with the intention to buy. However they did not have any civic lx autos so I deposited $500 for a Galaxy Gray Metallic Civic auto LX for $19,650. I did not want the EX due to the sun roof (Had a nasty experience with the Scion TC’s sunroof.) I felt a bit down cause I wanted to buy one today and drive away... and was carrying a ton of cash. I then went back home and saw that I did not sign my contract. (Had a copy of the contract... There was an X but no signature! lol) Now the fun part! I checked my email and found out that another dealership was offering me a better deal. (More accessories and 400 less) I called them and found out my deal was sold and they would not give me a deal at all. I went back to DOBBS Honda and talked to a sales manager... I had printed the offer on the internet and asked if he could match what they were offering me. He put on a show by counting my deposit and putting it on my table... Then he tells me to go to the other dealership cause he can’t match it. Boy was I pissed! He acted like I was saying that I did not want the car. I blew a fuse and yelled something with sherlock at the manager and the manager promptly walked out. (I basically said I did not come here to be pissed on and that I saw that I did not sign the contract... of course with lots of bad words... and probably incoherently) If my mother was not there, I would have probably ripped the manager’s head off. (No ride so parents were there). I went to the desk and asked to see the head manager. Desk tells me that the head manager is gone and that the manager I was talking to IS the main manager. I was about to leave to buy another Toyota product when my mother insisted on talking to the manager. Desk called the Manager we were talking to and he did not come out - which totally pissed me off. So the desk called the Internet Sales Manager (AKA ISM from now on)(She was with the main manager so we picked up her name) My mother told the ISM that we never said we wanted our deposit back and that the manager did not need to put on a show and make us feel bad. The ISM told me that since I SIGNED a contract, trying to changing it would piss the manager off. I told the ISM that I did NOT SIGN the contract, which was one of my primary reasons I came back. (Didn’t want them to change prices on me cause I didn’t sign) The ISM asked me who signed and insisted that she saw a signature... Well the ISM walked back and after 5 mins or so both managers came back out looking apologetic... The main manager called me Sherlock... lol guess I'm a smart ass... The main manager said they would drop the price to $19,500 and that they could not possibly match the price of the other dealer. They changed the price, I signed, paid the deposit again and got a copy of the new contract. Jeez, I actually wrote a story.
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Is it true (as I've been told by a local dealer) that 95% of 2006 Civic EX sedans being built are automatics? I hadn't heard of such a dramatic ratio before, and sadly for me I want a 5 speed. I see that a lot of posts concern 5 speeds. Did any of you have any trouble getting them? Thanks.
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Just purchased on Saturday a 2006 LX sedan auto from Clinton Honda in N.J. The details: purchase price $ 17000 tax 1020 doc fee 167 tire fee 7 dmv/tags - 4 yrs 229 total OTD $ 18423 The doc fee is a rip-off but the only way around it was to try and get them down on the purchase price. Doc fees should be outlawed, it is just another way of making more profit for the dealer when it should be part of their normal overhead of running a business. Other wise, the deal went smoothly, no problems. One of the better dealers I have dealt with. They did try to sell me a series of extended warranties, but I passed. New Jersey rakes you for four years of registration on all new cars.
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Replying to: rutger3 (May 02, 2006 6:27 am) A little story: The LAST time I had work done at Merchants, it was to replace a bulging radiator hose. I was living in an apartment and had a long commute the next morning so I didn't have the place or the time to mess with it. They "hosed" me for the hose, clamps ($12 a piece) and everything else, but the thing that really burned me was $15 to de-grease the engine (he said he won't let his guys work on a "dirty" engine and it was a standard charge on all cars) and $8 for rags. I gave him three choices: a) don't charge me for the de-greasing since they have rags, b) don't charge me for the rags if the engine was recently sterilized or c) I could just hit him in the head. He took the $8 off the bill. |
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Replying to: cmruff (May 01, 2006 8:38 pm) anyway, i'm having a really hard time locating my car in black or royal blue, both sedan and coupe, here in southern california, and i've checked dealers within 150 miles. I can't stand automatics for my own reasons, and trust the manuals better and just really want a manual too. I know that some dealers do have the car I want since some other dealer says they can trade for it, but all the dealers are not honed in on each other's inventory. I'm actually very shocked that there are not more manual transmissions. Can I ask, those who have been looking for manual transmissions, what area of the country are you from? I guess I'm getting too obsessed with this, but if demand is high in certain parts of the country, wouldn't they just make the car and send them out to the dealers? Maybe some of you dealers here can give a little enlightenment on the topic. It would be helpful. Thanks.
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