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Replying to: hjc (Apr 27, 2005 10:28 am) The prices here in IL seem to be a bit higher than NJ and CA. I contemplated buying in NJ (i'm from an area near there), but for the hassle I just did it here. Grand seems to have lower prices but they are known for being, well -cheap and sneaky (i'm being nice about it). I got a quote from them and worked it from there. Honda of Lisle was real quick to match but wanted a credit card to hold the car (yeah right). I did hear from a former collegue who did an awesome deal through the online sales department with Jacobs Twin (it's on the edge of the city). He somehow ended up getting a CR-V for $1500 under invoice in December. I got mine at Schaumburg, and they were good to deal with. Ideally I could have messed with Grand and saved another $4-500 or about $1K by going to NJ, but like I said the hassel was the offset for me. IL sales tax at Schaumburg was 7%, and I had a trade as well. I could have done better on the trade by selling it outright, but it's just a thought for next time. Package deal may go to your benefit. Never hurts to just call somewhere and get an idea. I called McGrath in Elgin, O'hare and Motorwerks in Barrington but never went. Just wanted an idea of who had lower prices and were easier to deal with. just my 2 cents  Best advice is to reasearch and print out anything you find and take it with you. Schaumburg tried to stick KBB invoice price on me when Intellichoice was about $1K less.
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Replying to: lilduke99 (Apr 27, 2005 8:49 pm) lilduke99, I also emailed Schaumburg initially but they kept calling instead and seemed to want to talk about almost everything under the sun but a quote. The same is true with Barrington. Muller, O’Hare, Pauly and Continental were more upfront with aggressive quotes.
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Begining stages of working with dealer and wanted to get opinion of folks on this forum about May incentives - any thoughts on if the 1.9% goes away? Dennis - Any input? How are you doing with your search in GA? Anyone you rec? Also any answers why Carsdirect has a $1k ~ $1.7k lower price for same car in NJ? Thanks all!
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Replying to: ronmexico (Apr 28, 2005 2:12 pm) I just kept up the contacts and got current prices from them, so I can post them and steer folks that way. Someone from here just got a car from the dealer in KY I was working with (from a recommendation from yet another forum member). If you e-mail me via my profile I can send you the contact info for the Atlanta area dealer that will give you a nice price. They are not going to give as low as some NJ prices, however. If I were you and you are ready to buy - I would do it by Saturday. Dealers will be highly motivated on the last day of the month. Some dealers don't seem to discount certain Accord models as much as others, I have noticed. Strange how that is. The loaded up car you want has a TON of hold back in it and would SEEM to be a slower seller (not that many folks want a really expensive Accord) so it would SEEM you could get well under invoice on this car. Dennis |
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Replying to: pamvan (Apr 27, 2005 12:46 pm) Hopkins did accept my e-mail offer of $25,900 for the EX V6 with Navi. I have been driving it for 12 days now and have no regrets. I just got a call from Bloomington/Richfield Honda today and the saleswoman asked me if I was still interested (I took my first test drive at B-R). I told her I bought the car at Hopkins and she was dissapointed that I didn't give her a chance to match the deal. I told her she acted disinterested and seemed unwilling to give me a good price. I told her I came up with 25,900 as a price I thought was good for me and offered the dealer a fair margin. She then told me she had a customer picking up an EX V6 with Navi today for 25,400. Whatever. I personally don't like the dynamics of playing on dealer off another in a bidding war. I may have left some extra money on the table, but I am happy with the entire transaction and wanted to buy from a local dealer, one with extended service hours, etc.
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Replying to: benm (Apr 28, 2005 10:06 am) Honda of Lisle was just a little too pushy about "holding the car" for an hour or so until I could get there. Barrington was real snooty over the phone and quoted me $26K for my EX-V-6 w.o navi. HAHA  I did hear continetal had pretty good deal, but they are kinda far from me.
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Replying to: tweet (Apr 27, 2005 10:59 am)
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I saw it while I was getting my '02 Civic Si serviced. (After various bouts of vandalism and theft -- including the front seats -- I was about ready to unload the Si.) It was on the back lot, unlocked with the keys in it! They started out out wanting $12,8xx difference, which I thought was ridiculous. We then got to $9500 difference, but that was still more than I wanted to pay, because I live in Jersey City, near NYC, and don't see the need to spend a whole lot on a car. So I said $450 for four years and I'll take it, knowing that meant they would have to come down another $2K or so. After a little back and forth between the salesman and manager, they took it! It ended up as $76xx difference +TTL, structured as giving me $11,180 for the Si (what I owed on it, and at least $2k more than its real trade-in value) and me paying $18,8xx for the LX. I added a 7/75 warranty for $985, so I'm financing $20,7xx at 4.59%, resulting in a payment of $476. I'm pretty happy with the deal. Keep your eyes open; there are still a few '04s out there! |
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so benm, are you up for tomorrow? I need to know if it's going to be worth the 2 hour drive up there  Which dealers are you talking with? (I just called Decatur this morning, and they gave me a IMO nonsensical price of 25.1 before taxes. They said I had the wrong information, so naturally I asked their invoice. They promptly told me back that I "don't even need to know" their invoice, because they aren't in the business to sell cars at invoice. lol)
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Replying to: benm (Apr 25, 2005 9:18 am) I just picked up the EX-L 4 cyl, with prot. package and XM for 21,800. OTD was 23,4XX, since I wasn't offering a trade to offset taxes. Hope this helps. It worked out something like this: 21,800 -- Selling price 55 -- Doc fee 1441 -- Tax 143 -- Plates (new) ----------- 23,439 -- OTD Hope this helps. |
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