Edmunds.com | Inside Line | Auto Observer Your Account | Help | Directory
You are here:
![[F]](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxicons/site.gif){kind=small}
Forums
Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Acura MDX Prices Paid and Buying Experience
9165 messages, Last post on Nov 30, 2009 at 9:55 PM
You are in the Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Forum. Your Hosts are car_man & kyfdx
|
|
|---|---|
|
I bought a red/parchment '08 MDX Tech from Sunnyvale Acura in Silicon Valley yesterday. Purchase price was $40,100 (including destination), a savings of a bit over $4,300 from MSRP of $44,410 (incl. dest) and about $300 below invoice. I got an excellent lease offer from them (I'll post it in the other thread) but ultimately decided to buy with the 2.9%, 36 month offer (no 60 month 2.9 in Caliornia). The only minor disappointment (aside from the XM, which still hasn't activated after 3 tries - XM tech support is on it) was the finance manager's refusal (adamant, at that) to match Saccucci's price of $2065 on a zero deductible, 8 year, 120k mile extended warranty; his perspective was that the number was $50 above his cost and he wasn't interested. Fair enough, I'll get it from Saccucci, but it would have been nice to throw it in the financed amount. With the law in California prohibiting aftermarket warranty sales to California residents (anti-comsumer theft, imho), I don't think Cal. dealers are used to discounting warranties much. After a few weeks of hard shopping and some unpleasant (read typical) dealer interactions, the internet sales guy at Sunnyvale was a pleasure to deal with - as I told him on Sunday afternoon, he's an honorable man in a dishonorable profession. They offered me an incredible deal on a TL, but ultimately I wanted an MDX so I went with that despite the more moderate discount. In response to my initial call, they sent through a very detailed lease/buy comparison, and they started with a price really close to where we ended up, i.e. if you don't enjoy the negotiating process you'll start with a great number from them (it helps that they compete heavily with Stevens Creek Acura, which is a low price shop, too, a few miles down the road). No BS, no hard-sell, he showed me the page with MSRP, invoice, his internet price, and his cost after holdback. All around, just a really pleasant experience. If I like this one (and after the drive down to SoCal yesterday afternoon, I'm very happy with the MDX), I'll just keep going to these guys (after doing my research, of course). I'm liking the idea of the upcoming diesel TSX, that could be next. I'm not going to save much money, if any, by shopping around, and the experience was excellent - I highly recommend them to anyone in Northern Cal. (and for those farther afield, flights are cheap to SFO or SJC, alternatively shipping would be less than a grand to most of the western US). I've spent a lot of my last few months on this and other forums, and I'm ready to get my mind back on work. ;->
|
|
|
Replying to: flemo123 (Feb 18, 2008 7:59 pm) |
|
| I know its a big question, but do any of you have a sense of what may happen after March 3rd? Any whispers as to what the deals may be then? I'm in the market for a Tech/Ent in NY and would hate to miss the boat on a a good deal, but could also wait if I knew something good was coming along. BTW, I'm pretty much focused on a lease but that shoudn't matter, should it? | |
|
Replying to: flemo123 (Feb 18, 2008 7:59 pm)
|
|
| Just left a West Palm Beach FL dealer, they said no 2.9% 60-month financing was available for the MDX, only 2.9% for 36 months. Was the other deal only available over the weekend? | |
|
|
|
Replying to: ursamajor1 (Feb 19, 2008 7:16 am) I am roughly looking for the same (08 MDX with Tech) and live in San Jose. Who did you work with at Sunnyvale Acura ? What kind of price were you offered by Steven's Creek Acura ? Did you buy any accessories and what did you pay for them ? What was your TOD ??? I am not in a hurry but would like to cash-in a good deal now. What is your sense if this deal would get better or worse over the next 30 days ? Thanks. |
|
|
|
|
Replying to: kcejake (Feb 19, 2008 3:04 pm) I went to Boston Acura and with WCD1's help bought a tech/entertainment MDX for 41,900. I liked speaking with Prime Acura and had intentions to buy there but they wouldn't make it happen.I called Warren the sales manager and he never called me back twice. So they lost two sales not one. On another note it seems that no one wants to give the 2.9% so talk to the sales manager I did and that's how I got the price deal direct! |
|
|
|
|
Replying to: flemo123 (Feb 18, 2008 7:59 pm) So theoretically you could get one around 39,000. This is according to Consumer report.. We went to Acura of Boston and dealt with the sales manager. |
|
|
|
|
Replying to: rajurocketman (Feb 19, 2008 3:48 pm) I bought the cargo cover and the all weather mats (I'm driving back to my home in Utah this weekend). Both were around $150 list, they sold them to me for around $130, which they said was their cost from their parts dept. At that point I wasn't going to argue for another $10. Warning - make sure they have the cargo cover in stock, they didn't have one in parchment and they're going to ship it to me. Minor irritation. I don't recall TOD, but it was based on the purchase price + accessories + $55 doc. fee + $310 or so of DMV stuff + $12 (I think) DMV tire disposal fee + 8.25% sales tax. I didn't actually get a quote from Stevens Creek; I got quotes from Sunnyvale that I knew from this forum and other research were as good as I was going to get nationwide, and they were decent enough to deal with that I just did it (my sanity and equanimity are worth something). I mentioned Stevens Creek a couple of times and B. looked at me ruefully - I think they're always matching Stevens Creek pricing. One other note - the best price I saw here on a Tech was $39,750, which I'd seen previously quoted from an unnamed SoCal dealer as well as from Stevens Creek. I mentioned it to him and he said those were for older stock that the other dealers had before a recent price increase, he had one of those, a Steel Blue/Taupe and he would match the $39.750 price on that one. I ended up paying $350 more to get the color I wanted, Red/Parchment, which I know from looking is very rare. The final numbers were close enough that I went with what I wanted. Hard to say whether it'll get better. I get the sense that the MDX is selling quite well, unlike some of the other models that are being replaced, so they don't see the need to jam the price down on those. |
|
|
|
|
Replying to: ursamajor1 (Feb 19, 2008 4:56 pm) Do you feel that you paid $350 more for your specific color as it was special OR that was simply a way for the dealer to extract more money ? The inventory for Sunnyvale Acura does not show up on their web-site ... Any other way to find out ? For the Accessories, any rule of thumb to pay x% more or less than what you find the price to be at Acura web site ? Did you get bodyside molding ? Is that usually the same color as the Exterior color of the vehicle ? Would you recommend (or not) getting bodyside molding ? Did you interact much with Steven's Creek dealer (or any other dealer) and what was your experience ? Thanks
|
|
You are here:
Forums
Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Acura MDX Prices Paid and Buying Experience
New? Join Now!
Forum Tools
Search Forums
Browse by Vehicle
2009 Acura MDX
Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
Today's Chats
