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22111 messages, Last post on Oct 07, 2008 at 6:45 AM
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| Good call on the OEM “style”, I never noticed that before. There is however one seller on e-bay who apparently is a Honda dealer, they are selling the lights for $230, a savings of $90. The details state that they are Honda OEM fog lights. Now to find out how much my dealer will charge to install. I was going to do it myself until I saw the instruction stating to take off the front bumper. Nope, I’ll let them do it. | |
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Bag the protective coatings. Get yourself a nice high-grade wax (Zaino or some equivalent) and call it good. All these paint and fabric protectants the dealers try to add on to the sale are only a way for them to pad their profit. If he's charging you $500 for it, you can bet he didn't pay much more than $50-100. Don't fall for it. Johnny |
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Regarding the pre-tax, license, doc fee price of $22,700, that is exactly what I paid for an EX-L 2.4 Sedan with AT; however, I bought my 2004 car in late August which is 6 months ago. It was a pretty good price at that time. Since then, the transportation charge was raised $30 and my California car is a PZEV (low emission) car which ads $150 to the MSRP and $135 to the invoice, I think. The out-the-door price (total amount of the check I wrote) was $24,876. Most of the deals I've seen recently are at invoice plus taxes and other fees. An Accord you buy now will be "new" for only 6 months, so your price should reflect about half of what a year-end discount should be. With respect to California, I think there's a law that prevents the "documentation fee" from exceeding $45. There's also a $5 fee for "tire disposal" or something like that. So if a dealer is charging over $50 for fees in addition to tax and license, it should be considered PURE PROFIT in those states where dealers can charge anything for "documentation."........Richard |
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vito> I went to dealer today to get a new EX-L vito> in Redondo Red Pearl... No haggle price of vito> $22,699. According to Edmunds, MSRP is vito> $24,300, Invoice is $21,867 and TMV is vito> $23,082 including destination charge. I can do the math for you to tell you what the dealer paid for the vehicle. Using those figures the True Dealer cost including destination charge is Invoice (22,357) minus Hold back ($729)which equals $21,628. You can use this figure to negotiate from. Depending on the supply & demand equation for Accords in your area you might purchase one for $200 to $300 above this number (including dealer handling fee but not including Tax, Tags & Title). In a very competitive environment you possibly can buy the car for below this number vito> Bought it for $22,699 + $299 (handling vito> fee) + $1800 (tax) = $24,800...Bought it vito> for that price $22,699 + $299 (handling vito> fee) + $1800 (tax) = $24,800... Is it a vito> good deal? I'm not an expert of the prices in your area but thats why I supplied you with the formula above however I did check another service like Edmunds with regard to an Accord 4dr Sedan EX-L 4cyl 5AT (CM5684JNW) and they suggest target pricing at $22,557 (inc dest). Both of these service use averages to compute these target prices. So it is really just a guide. However it would seem from using these formulas that there is money still left on the table. vito> John Elway will allow you to return within vito> three days.. I will return it.. What vito> should I offer?? What should I try to get? Use the formulas above to determine what counter offer to make. Call another dealer in you area (ask for the Internet Department) and ask them if they will accept your lower offer (Don't explain just tell them the car you want and tell them what you are offering to buy it for). Then you can tell the first dealer that you have a lower offer from another dealer that will probably motivate them into lowering the price to what you want. Otherwise return it (since you say they allow that) and shop for the same car again this time with multiple dealers by requesting bids over the Internet in an email/Fax attack. Good Luck. Let us know how you make out. |
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Bought an '04 Accord LX sedan, 5MT, Eternal Blue from Beaverton Honda in Oregon on 28 February. $18,450 including destination charge, no sales tax, put down $2000, used the 48 months  2.9% for $368/mo This is below TMV, am very happy with it. |
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Hey Everyone- new to the board but I have been keeping up with the posts and have found them to be VERY helpful! I have decided on an 04 Accord LX AT (no extra options)for my first new car and went for my second test drive this weekend. I test drove a Coupe but I am not sure if I want the 2 or 4 door yet. I was quoted a price with out any negotiation of $17,999 OTD. I am sure that with a little haggling I could have gotten it even lower but I knew I wasn't ready to buy the car just yet. I thought that this was a really good price considering that I didn't have to haggle and the salesman was very nice and didn't pressure me at all. What do you think? Also- I want the side airbags but I have noticed that very few dealers have them on the LX and of those dealerships that do have them, they only have 2-3 on the lot. Of course they always say that they can "find" one for me but I know that it's better to go to the dealer that has it on the lot and buy from them to avoid paying the delivery charge. Any suggestions? |
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Question for all the smart people here: Through our local credit union, we can buy new Accords for $300 over invoice. I'm interested in an 04 LX-4cyl automatic, which according to their numbers would cost me about $18800 before taxes, fees, etc. There is also a local dealer that has an '03 model with 10,000 miles on it asking about $17800 (before any haggling). This is a Honda Certified car and so it carries their 7yr, 100k power train warranty. So my question is, which is a better deal? The new one with 0 miles and regular factory warranty, or the '03 with 10k miles, remaining factory warranty and extended power train warranty for roughly $1000 less? Any thoughts? |
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i'd go with the new-- to me 17800 isn't that great a price on a used 2003 accord... why not offer 18000 on a new 2004 LX auto-- the previous post got one for 17999, allegedly. or offer... 16500 on the 2003. am i nuts? |
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| I would buy the new car if the difference is not that much. The smell of a new car is well worth it. I would not pay $300 over invoice for the '04 LX. If you look hard enough, you will find one at or below invoice. I bought mine below invoice. All I did was visiting several dealer websites within 200 miles radius. In their websites you usually can ask for a quote. That was all I did and I just went to the dealer that gave me the lowest quote. It happened to be 100 miles from where I live but I saved more than $1000 compared to the quote I got in town. | |
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| After messaging with 3 different dealers in PHX, AZ, I purchased an 04 EX Sedan, AT, 4 cyl w/SC airbags and rear wing spoiler, window tint, and splash guard options for $21,693 plus $298 doc fee and tax, title, and license. This was $300 more than other dealers offered due to redondo red paint. Dealer refused to allow advertised 0% financing for first 15K citing financing package was only for non-discounted vehicle. Dealer did offer 2.9% for 60 months with 0 down. Was this a good price for the vehicle? I would also appreciate any comments about the dealer's position on the 0% financing not eligible for a discounted vehicle. | |
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