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Honda Pilot Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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Re: Pricing Help.. Opinions Needed. Thx. [yuliya1] by kellysim
Apr 19, 2009 (1:04 pm)
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Replying to: yuliya1 (Apr 18, 2009 7:41 pm)

You won't get a EXL '09 for 30k out the door in MI, MI hasa 6% sales tax, so that's impossible. Out the door means with tax/tags/reg/title.
 
I'm in PA. Philadelphia area. The guy who said that they offered him an EXL for $30,200 in OH out the door is mistaken (OH has a 5.5% sales tax). They might've offered it for $30,200 without tax and without tags. Maybe if you reside in DE or AK where there's no sales tax you could get it for something like that, maybe.
 
Waiting for the '10s is your best bet. At that time they'll be very eager to get rid of this EXL inventory. There's a lot of it. Every dealer around here has at least 10 of them and some have 30. I would've waited if I could. I had to buy because I needed the vehicle for my job.
 
Good luck.
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Socal Shopping Experience by daddyyankee
Apr 19, 2009 (4:38 pm)
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Just started shopping for a Pilot today in So Cal. So far these are the prices I am being quoted:
 
LX 2wd- up to $1,500 below invoice
EX 2wd- up to $2,200 below invoice
EX-L 2wd- up to $2,500 below invoice
 
Don't be fooled by low dealer stock. According to this article written in Feb 09 the factory is producing way too many: http://blog.al.com/assembly-lines/2009/02/
The dealerships are so overstocked with vehicles that they don't have room to store slow selling models like the Pilot. That's why inventory appears to be low. The excess inventory of Pilots is being stored at the factory. I agree with Kellysim that the $1,500 dealer subsidy for the Pilot is weak. I have not seen a single 09 Pilot being driven around in So. Cal in the past 6 months !!! The 09 Pilot seems to be selling as poorly as the S2000's. Honda will have not choice but to substantially bump up the incentive in order to clear inventory. In So Cal, most dealers only have the EX-L and up. No one is interested in $35k to $40k SUV's these days. I am going to hold out for another couple months and try to get $10k off MSRP for an EX-L.
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Re: Pricing Help.. Opinions Needed. Thx. [kellysim] by yuliya1
Apr 20, 2009 (5:07 am)
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Replying to: kellysim (Apr 19, 2009 1:04 pm)

Kellysim, thank you for your response. I thought I saw you mention in one of your earlier posts that an EX-L should be about 28K now. That, with MI sales tax, documentation fee, title and plates comes to about 29,900 - that's where I came up with 30K. The dealers around don't seem to think so I was just curious if where you are, the actual cars are selling for cheaper for some reason. I am going to wait another month and see if they can offer me anything better at the end of May. Is there a way to find out when 2010 come out?
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Re: 2009 EX 4WD [stoopy] by maxwellshouse
Apr 20, 2009 (6:24 am)
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Replying to: stoopy (Apr 16, 2009 4:53 am)

they offered me $3800 for my 2000 Odyssey. I think overall it was a sound deal.
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Re: Socal Shopping Experience [daddyyankee] by bubsy1
Apr 20, 2009 (8:08 am)
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Replying to: daddyyankee (Apr 19, 2009 4:38 pm)

The above post may have a direct effect on the comment that the dealers in NJ told me a month ago that they have run out of EX's and more should be coming in May or June.
 
If there is such a demand for EX's, why don't the dealers have more of them in stock?
 
All that is available in NJ are the EX-Ls and above.
 
Also, if the dealer is saturated with EX-L's then why are they reluctant to sell them at a deeper discount to clear their inventory for EX's?
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Re: Socal Shopping Experience [daddyyankee] by CalifLookieLoo
Apr 20, 2009 (8:27 am)
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Replying to: daddyyankee (Apr 19, 2009 4:38 pm)

"I have not seen a single 09 Pilot being driven around in So. Cal in the past 6 months !!!"
 
DaddyYankee:
 
You didn't see me waving at you from my Nimbus Gray 2009 Pilot Touring the other day? I was driving right behind a White Touring - but, I ran him off the road so I can continue to be the only 2009 Pilot driver in Southern California......
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Re: Socal Shopping Experience [CalifLookieLoo] by jayrider
Apr 20, 2009 (11:29 am)
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Replying to: CalifLookieLoo (Apr 20, 2009 8:27 am)

He would have seen you but he was on the cellphone and munching a monster taco from Jack-in-the Box.
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Re: Socal Shopping Experience [bubsy1] by jayrider
Apr 20, 2009 (11:33 am)
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Replying to: bubsy1 (Apr 20, 2009 8:08 am)

The real discounts on the ex-l's will happen when the 2011 models start trickling in. Don't laugh -- it could happen. Be patient -- very patient.
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Re: Socal Shopping Experience [bubsy1] by daddyyankee
Apr 20, 2009 (11:35 am)
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Replying to: bubsy1 (Apr 20, 2009 8:08 am)

In So Cal it appears that the larger Honda dealers are willing to make their profit solely on the holdback of 2 to 3%. They are willing to settle for even less profit on the touring models since the higher msrps result in more holdback profit. I'm sure they would love to sell for less, but there is no way they will sell for a loss unless it is a 1 only at this price loss leader. I'm just baffled that American Honda hasn't sweetened incentives. On the flip side, a fire sale on Pilots would reduce their resale value. A win win situation would be for AHFC to offer long term low interest financing. If you think not being able to sell 09's is bad, there are some dealers in So Cal that still have 2008 Pilots.
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Re: Looking for a good deal on a 2009 Pilot in Chicago area [pilot4e] by hftrp
Apr 20, 2009 (7:40 pm)
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Replying to: pilot4e (Mar 11, 2009 1:58 pm)

i need the info from you. thank you and have a good night.

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