Honda Civic Prices Paid and Buying Experience

OK, I ended up buying a VP automatic in Royal Blue. Happy as a clam. Price was the best I could get (16,230 OTD) and the car was actually in stock. There was a big after Christmas sale at Boch dealership in the Boston area. Other dealers should take note: I communicated online (in a chat mode) with a salesman and we agreed on a price online, then I came to the dealership and actually was shown the car I bought and documents were almost ready when I arrived, with the price we agreed on. Boch claims they are the largest Honda dealership in the world. I don't know if this is true or not, but I was quite impressed. I cross-shopped against Corolla, but could not bring myself to buy it, Civic is so much nicer.
Good my 2-week search ended. Happy Holidays to all!

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The price including destination was 15,175, then they gave me a doc fee discount to $249. I paid $86 for new plates and do not remember what else. Total 16,270. I did not bother to ask what invoice was when we chatted online. The price was "one-day special", but I do not know if that is true or not. I would certainly recommend trying them. What I liked best is that all the price negotiation was online, and I could print out entire chat. When I arrived, we did not discuss prices at all. Boch dealership was crowded yesterday, unlike in other places where I went in the last 2 weeks, which were somber and empty.
Also, I liked that they had the car in stock and when I drove it, it had only 3 miles on it.

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Thanks. I'll search Internet what the proper break-in procedure is. I do not recall if I did anything special on my 1997 Civic. It would've served me still, if a drunk wouldn't have totaled it crashing in the rear. A tow company is still to tow poor thing away... The old Civic's dead, hail the new one!

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