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Replying to: bobby981 (Mar 07, 2007 9:54 am) Put out 10-30 requests for bids last week of the month, to all the Honda dealers within a radius of your locale. Email or fax. Give your Cell #. Email seems to be the preferred method. This is easy from Honda dealer locator on their website. Give the 1-2 model(s) you are interested in, options and 1st-3rd choice in colors. Tell them you are contacting 20 dealers, and will buy before months end. Tell them you need their best shot as you don't have much time from work. (It may take 2-4 iterations with the best to get their true best shot) There really is no other time to buy a car than month's end. This may flush out 1-4 eager beavers needing to meet a sales target for the month. See how the callbacks work out the last few days . Try to work with the Sales manager with the few serious ones. What incentives are in the whole isn't usually public knowledge so you really need to flush it out this way, and see what they will cough up. (Who will bid lowest) Flexibility on models/colors is a plus. 40% or so of those manufactured seem to be silver. Go to edmunds.com and get your #'s (MSRP and such) together on your models of interest. Don't take the edmund's TMV "what others are paying" too seriously though. Read my post 8516 on 2wd vs 4wd. and such. Forget about a Fleet purchase as you won't buy enough from them to be worthwhile and sometimes individuals get a better price. (You're spending your money vs other people's money) Dealers will accept your check but may require ID and SSN . Dealers may let you put some of the amount on a credit card, but if you really work a good deal they may limit it to $500-1000. If you give them a ton of profit they may accept $10000+. Do put a small deposit (if required) on a credit card. If not driving home that day. Economical SUV seems an oxymoron so I don't know. I like the Pilot best and the Trailblazer. I've seen ads for $8000 off a TB and thats the only way I'd buy it. New 100000 mi warranty for 07 Chevy too. I think the 07 4 runner is available for about 3k off, although you'd have to work it as above to get the true bids. --jjf Hi guys, I need to buy a SUV (7 seats at-least) and I like Honda so guess I’ll go for Honda Pilot. Can you please guide me in - 1. 2WD vs. 4WD: I live in Southern California (Orange County) so i don't go in any snow area. Is it better to get 2WD or 4WD for this weather? 2. Price / Group buy: What should be good price for such trims? If anybody wants to buy together i am ready to go and get it. 3. Mode of payment: Can we pay by credit card? I’m just wondering if I can get some mileage points out of this big buy. Do dealers accept our checks? In the past i had taken loan check from credit union and that had worked. 4. How to negotiate? Yesterday I called one dealer and the sales guy offer was nowhere close to the amounts I’m seeing on this forum. 5. Comparative SUV: Is there any other economical SUV I should consider? Thanks in advance for commenting to my questions. Bobby
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Replying to: jfritsch (Mar 07, 2007 2:24 pm) |
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Replying to: bobby981 (Mar 08, 2007 8:47 am) $27410 - for 2WD EXL (leather) $29418 - for 2WD EXL (leather) with Navigation System -- taxes, reg, etc are on top of this. -- What do you think? I'm driving rental car right now, sold my previous car, so need to get one as soon as possible. -- Bobby
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Replying to: bobby981 (Mar 08, 2007 8:51 am)
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Replying to: suv4betsy (Mar 08, 2007 1:22 pm) I got it for $30,966 b4 tax and tags. I just want to thank everyone on the site, it has been a ton of help! |
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Answering my own question here, but i just got an email quote from a Boston area dealer that explicitly showed a $2000 dealer cash incentive on a 07 AWD EX-L (no financing.) $28,300 before tax and tags (but including dealer fees) was the opening offer.
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Replying to: bobby981 (Mar 08, 2007 8:51 am) $26500 include dest. Your quote is kind of high for 2WD. Gas price is shoot up, why not wait for a month or two. It will save your $2K. 
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Replying to: stidesforty (Mar 09, 2007 6:07 am)
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Replying to: dolsey01 (Mar 09, 2007 6:45 am) Thanks for all your comments. It was helpful. -- Here is my buyin experience. -- Price: Yesterday i bought 2WD EX L, with Nav. Price: 29,318 OTD: 31,950 As additional comps I got mats, wheel locks, mud guards, cargo tray and one free oil change. -- Experience: I had negotiated and settled for price before i went to the dealer. I asked sales managers to beat the best offer i already had. Before i went there i also asked for color(nimbus grey) and i told that i want low mileage on it. He said they got it and the miles on it is low and defintely not more than 70. On reaching, i test drove a pilot and didn't know he was going to stick that car to me. It had 70+ miles and it seemed to be demo car. I didn't want that car. They tried their best to sell me that car and it was not pleasant experience. Ultimately, after2 hours they got me from different dealer with v low mileage (that included driving distance) and i took that. The experience after that was pleasant. -- Payment: They allowed upto 3000 on credit card. -- Let me know if i got a good deal. Well i could not have waited longer. I needed a car. Bobby
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Replying to: bobby981 (Mar 09, 2007 7:24 am) Happy Ridin' --jjf |
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