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Replying to: ndan (Sep 18, 2009 6:53 am) I got out the door at $35,000 even on my base model MDX Bali Blue with Taupe interior. The breakdown of this price is as follows: Traded in 2001 Acura 3.2 TL with 60,000 miles on it (cracked front bumper, minor tear in passenger seat leather, lots of little dings all over the car like minor hail damage) Tax was 7.72% for Colorado+Denver taxes. Accessories included were chrome side steps, roof racks/cross bars, tow package, body side moldings. (Approximate price $2200) KBB lists my cars trade in value at around $6300 so I feel I did fairly well overall on this bargain. With trade ins you never know and maybe I could have done better after market, but I think I did well considering the exterior shape my car was in. Looking at invoice of the MDX at about 38100, accessories around 2100, you end up with 40200 and when you consider tax is 7.72% and was out the door at $35,000 all fees included, I essentially got the car at 32350, so approximately 1500 below invoice at the end of the day? Denver taxes suck......and the next best dealer was getting me out the door at $37000 all inclusive. I dealt with 3 dealerships in the Colorado area to reach this price and two of them had great experiences. The only bad experience came at Mile High Acura. I went there and got an appraisal, after a quick 10 minute inspection was told they could give me $4000 for my trade in and might be able to do $4200 or $4300. Was also told they would not sell the new MDX for less than $38100+dealer fee of approximately $400. Was told all of this by one of the worst sales managers I have ever seen. I am in sales myself and the internet sales manager Tom Easaw has no idea how to interact with an educated consumer. I can see his technique working on someone who is committed to buying a certain vehicle and commited to buying from the closest dealership possible, but that's it. His manner came off as demeaning and lacked respect. When presented with the apparent reality and the true market value he responded that his dealership didn't work like that. Looking back it was all so humourous how this guy could be a manager. His sales representative Randy was very pleasant though and I can only imagine if Randy was a manager and Tom was unemployed, they might have gotten my business. The other dealership I dealt with but did not purchase from was Courtesy Acura in Littleton. I have nothing but good things to say about them including Jeff, their internet manager, and Pat, their salesman. They had be out the door at $37,000 (taxes, dealer fee, trade in factored in) which was partly my fault because I used Tom's information above as a starting point and had not done enough internet research when I went to them. I would have done the deal that day had they had the car I wanted on the lot, but was told I would need to wait up to 3 weeks for the vehicle. Anyway, as far as the Denver area dealers go, if you're looking to buy n Acura, head to Courtesy Acura in Littleton and talk to Pat...STAY AWAY FROM MILE HIGH UNTIL TOM EASAW IS GONE, MY EXPERIENCE WITH HIM WAS AWFUL! While waiting for Courtesy to call me back with a date on my car, I decided to respond to an e-mail I got from Pikes Peak Acura down in Colorado Springs. I had a figure set in my head of $31500 difference+tax and after about 15 minutes of negotiating with their sales manager Leif, we agreed on $35,000 all inclusive out the door with $10,000 down on my credit card (which means $200 in my pocket with schwab credit card) and the remaining $25,000 financed at 1.9% for 36 months. The car I wanted wasn't on the lot at the time we agreed, but they told me it was in Michigan and on a train on its way down here. It arrived this morning and they had it all geared up with my options by 6pm and ready for me to pick up. The closing was pretty slow even though I had an appointment and I ended up waiting 30 minutes longer than I should have had to, but my experience was generally positive. I'll probably have all my service done at Courtesy Acura due to my positive experience there and desire to prevent Mile High from getting any of my business and have told my friends who have Acuras to head there as well. That's my story and I'm sticking to it 
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Replying to: mtgoanchorman (Sep 23, 2009 10:02 pm)
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Replying to: mtgoanchorman (Sep 23, 2009 10:02 pm) thanks |
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Replying to: pragy (Sep 24, 2009 6:55 am) You can break it down however you like though. I traded in my 2001 TL with 60,000 miles. I had them put on chrome side steps, side molding, tow package, roof racks/crossbars. My sales tax rate was 7.72%. I financed $25,000 of the vehicle at 1.9% for 3 years. There were a few other fees that were all wrapped into the price. I paid $10,000 on my credit card so got $200 cash back there from Schwab. End of the day, when all was said and done, I paid $35,000.56.
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I am interested in buying the 2009 MDX with either Tech or Tech +ent package and wondering if anyone has recently bought MDX with any of these configs. If so and if you don't mind please let me know how much you paid OTD (breakdown would be really helpful) and the name of the dealership. Would really appreciate the help. |
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setting: major metro area Lease coming due on my American car. I always got great rates with employee discount from big 3 automaker. now lease rates suck. Why should i pay $100 per month more for the same car, when demand is down and the economy sucks?? No point in leasing AFAIK. Not investment advice. first was interested in 2010 lexus rx. local dealer horrible quote. went to regional area dealer 1 hr away, test drove rx, didn't like several things, and quote was horrible and bad tactics that were laughable like asking me to sign offer sheets before they were "presented" to the manager. good cop bad cop goodbye! thanks for the test drive lol. Also interior seemed cheaper quality vs even a couple years ago, but I may be wrong. further research: MDX becomes interesting to me. Test drove a base. Liked it. Test drove a friend's TL w/TECH: reaaaaalllly liked the nav/radio and really wanted backup camera for safety with kids espec w/MDX. Decided must have TECH if buy MDX. Although loooooved TL, TL a little too sporty and tight a suspension, and liked the extra room in MDX. Decided to buy MDX (can drive for 8 years, then son can drive it...amortize over 15 years...great deal lol!!!) multiple dealers inquired. all want me to come in before giving real quotes. all give BS highball quotes even after I inform about my knowledge of others on this blog, invoice, incentives, holdback, incentive interest etc. No one wants to play ball. Maybe they can't drop price cuz not mgrs? contacted mgr in neighboring state dealership (75 min drive). offerred 39750 + TTL, back and forth until i accepted 40100 + 250 fee + TTL. I ask them to deliver car to my house to sign papers after test drive, then i test drove the car, and signed and bought the car. I think I got an ok deal, but not the greatest deal. But whatever, at least the dealership that was easy to deal with and gave me minimal BS got my business and we closed deal quickly. The other dealers wanted me to drive in (up to an hour for many of them), get hooked on the car, and then sit in the pressure cooker of the dealership. Their offers sucked. I suck at negotiating BTW
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I plan to purchase a used 2004 MDX Touring pkg. It has 70K and asking price is $15K. I have a few questions: (1) Is this a good price. (2) what issues regarding vehicle should I be aware of. I hear about tranny and Navi issues but not familiar with details. (3) Any other advice on this car or the purchasing of this car. (4) essentially any informative input would be greatly appreciated.
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Replying to: jpjazzkat (Sep 24, 2009 9:31 pm) You may search for the tranny issues at this forum for Honda Odyssey or Acura MDX. It may cost $$$$ to get it fixed. The current MDX model with AWD is quite different with 2004 model. |
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