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The dealerships that I contacted are located in El Paso, TX, and Alamogordo and Las Cruces, NM. This information may help those around these areas. Rudolph Honda: Everything went as normal, we were negotiating the final price and he was willing to beat the price (before TT&L) of another dealeship; btw they had already sent me the TT&L breakdown. I was about to commit and asked the final price. Finally after 2 attempts where they pretended they didn't understand my request, they sent me the total price. It was 200 dlls more expensive than the other guys' offer. I confronted the sales manager and showed him the TT&L amount he had sent me, and proved him it didn't make sense and I wasn't saving any $ but paying 200+...his email replay was "Thank you for your interest, if you change your mind give us a call" beware of this dealership. Jack Key Honda: Great attitude from the sales guy, honest and w/o gimmicks, only problem is that it's 100 miles away from El Paso and didn't beat El Paso Honda's lowest price. Honda Borman Autoplex: inexperienced salesman (he didn't know that the Si needs premium gas), pushy, disrespectful and obnoxious manager. He was more interested on talking and pushing the sale than listening to the customer. Offered $500 dollars trade-in for my car that according to Blue Book is valued at $5000. When I was on my way out he literally threw his business card on his desk and told me to give him a call if I changed my mind. beware of this dealership. El Paso Honda: Great internet sales manager, John Hummels, honest and straight forward, if he cannot match the offer he doesn't beat around the bush and tells you. I'm buying my LX-S from them. |
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My daughter bought a 2009 Civic EX 4 door sedan, with automatic, moonroof, mudflaps & wheel locks included MSRP $20,775 paid $17,775 +TT&L We had a similiar offer for a 2009 Corolla but my daughter loved the two tier dash in the Civic. We showed the Honda dealer the Toyota dealer's offer (they are practically next door to each other) and told him we would buy the Corolla if he couldn"t match the $3,000 off like the Toyota dealer. We also got the 3.9 financing for 60 months (that expires at the end of March) |
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Replying to: tjchin (Mar 06, 2009 8:36 am)
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Replying to: tbtmedia (Mar 12, 2009 4:45 pm)  3.9% = $349.06/mo $19,000 for 3 years 2.9% = $551.71/mo You can check out different combinations here http://www.bankrate.com/brm/auto-loan-calculator.asp
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Hi folks, I'm looking to buy an 09 Civic LX and will need financing... I've read over & over that arrange for your own financing before you walk-in, don't tie it into the price of the car, etc. That makes sense to me, so I looked online for financing. In the current market, I'm able to get outside financing at about 7%. No where close to the 2.9% & 3.9% that Honda Finance has to offer. So given that I'm interested in the Honda Finance offer, is it a good idea to get myself pre-approved from the Honda Finance website, or should I involve the Honda dealer in this? I mean, is there any advantage in getting approved in advance by Honda Finance? Or should I leave it to the dealer and maybe he makes a few hundred dollars from the referral? And can I usually use this to my advantage in the price negotiations? Thanks in advance for any replies, I would appreciate a quick response, I might be buying a car over the weekend... -Sam
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Replying to: sammyd2 (Mar 13, 2009 11:17 am) In order to take advantage of the 2.9/3.9 financing (which expires at the end of the month) you have to have excellent credit, so it doesn't apply to everyone. I printed a certificate available at Honda.com and presented it to the dealer's F&I guy. He stared at it like it was a naked picture of Michelle OBama and declared he wasn't aware of any finance offers from American Honda Finance Co. (which I find really hard to believe). He disappeared for awhile then I saw him talking to the sales manager and the salesman who sold me the car. 45 minutes later he told me I got the desired financing at 3.9 for 60 months. I kind of got the feeling if I didn't have the certificate with me I wouldn't have gotten the financing deal. Just make sure you print that certificate and take it with you to the dealer. Good luck. |
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Replying to: jmraz73 (Mar 10, 2009 4:48 pm) Thanks!
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Replying to: sammyd2 (Mar 13, 2009 11:17 am) As I'm sure you know, one of the supposed advantages of pre-arranged outside financing is that you can approach the dealer with a "cash" offer. However, you're correct that finding a better deal outside Honda Finance's 2.9/3.9 offer is next to impossible. If you are certain you'll qualify, don't sweat it. When I purchased my Civic, I simply told the sales person that, based on my credit, I expected to qualify for Honda's lowest rate (2.9 for 36 months, at the time); and if I didn't, I wouldn't be buying. I didn't have any problem at all. |
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| Looking at getting a 09 Civic sedan LX and recently went to a couple dealers in the Boston, MA area. Best price i got was 16,500 in cambridge and salesman said "we might be able to do a little better". A burlington dealership wouldn't do any better and said they'd match the 16,500. Good price? anyone in MA have some prices to share? | |
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Replying to: lost57 (Mar 13, 2009 3:44 pm) Go to the Honda website and request quotes from multiple dealerships saying you want their bottom line best price(I did this and the second lowest quote was 17,100 from Honda of Boston(in Everett). I did my quote from Atamian on their website. They totally honored the quote and there was NO haggling. The sales person I dealt with was Jamie Gitshier and he was great. It dos not look like a mall when you go in there(the building is older), so I assume that is probably why they can offer low prices. Good luck!
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