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| well i did some insurance shopping and the lowest rate i got is 320 a month with allstate. the acura care extended warranty was $2000, but they also charged me an extra $595 for an aquisition fee. not too sure what that is. both of the fees were under "optional service contracts" on the receipt. i guess i did jumped the gun a little bit with this car purchase. my excitement for the type s got the best of me. maybe i should have gotten the base model. but i have to admit that the type s is one sweet car. | |
actually i am only paying 280 per month for insurance with allstate. the reason it was 500 a month was because farmers insurance charges a really high premium for some reason. the only thing i really hated about my buying experience were the dishonest sales people at the dealership. i guess i should have expected that some people can get really desperate enough to lie in order to make a sale.
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in this day and age that should be your presumption when you walk through the door: that they will lie through their teeth to make a sale at the most advantage to them. And of course, there are some salespeople out there who are honest, ethical, upstanding citizens, and I have no wish to offend them, but the group viewed as a whole is a bunch of sharks. As for insurance, I was paying $1285 per year for my RSX and thought it was unacceptably high. $3360 per year would have been out of the question. Still, you got a great car at a decent price, with a long warranty, so forget the financial stuff and enjoy it to the max! 
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WOW Dridmang, I too just had an unfortunate experience at Mike Harveys Acura. This happened within the last week. I purchased an RSX Type S, the sale and everything went really well. A couple of days later, the sales lady calls me and tell me that my lease did not get approved so I had to return the vehicle to the dealership. The sales lady told me that I would get my down payment back so I wasn't very worried. I was a little disapointed but not too surprise given that my credit is fairly new. My other option was to finance the vehicle, but I just needed another month to save up some money, and I would have came back to purchase the vehicle. Two days after I returned the vehicle, the sales lady calls me up and tells me that we have a problem. I drive down to the dealership and they tell me that the vehicle could not be rolled back and that my only choice were to keep the vehicle or get the base model. I told her that I needed another month to save up for the down payment, but the sales lady told me that I had no choice, "either I purchase a vehicle NOW or I take back that Type S"  . I kind of figured what she was trying to do becuase it was very close to the end of the month. So I didn't believe her. They also sold the vehicle that I returned at the same time the saleslady was telling me that I had no choice but to keep the vehicle or take another one. (not cool  ) Suffice it to say, I will still get an RSX, but not from Mike Harvey Acura. 
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I leased an RSX 5M w/ leather  Vandergriff Acura (Van Tuyl). They use the 4 square sales method - trying to negotiate on pmts - but I stayed on vehicle price (forcibly)  . Basically the agreed upon price somehow changed on the contract - I caught the "error" and the F&I mgr took over to fix  it. Essentially the pmt went from $386 to $266 when done right. Totally loaded up the back-end! So here is the deal not a great deal but the market is tight here so I feel pretty good about it. Gross Cap - $23529.25 Adj cap after trade and dwn pmt $20471.26 Rent charge 1049.9 Residual $11928.60 Term 36 mos 15k mi. Pmt $266 |
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Replying to: dridmang (Nov 30, 2005 12:44 am) |
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Replying to: dridmang (Nov 30, 2005 12:44 am) all extended warranties can be cancelled. in fact, if its thru honda..u'll get a full refund if done before 30 days. that saleslady will have her commission charged back the following month lol happy new year dont waste time... if i recall, u have to get the cancellation form from the dealer or just call honda directly. keep us posted |
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Replying to: dridmang (Nov 30, 2005 12:44 am) pro rated anyways so u'll get all of your money back
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I recently made an offer to all Acura dealers in the Seattle area. I live about 2 1/2 hours from the closest dealer so I figured my time was best spent making a deal via email. One dealer replied w/in 1hour of my sending the email. Only one other dealer replied and he still won't give me a straight answer. See ya. I asked for the base model w/ leather and no options. I got $21,200 before taxes and a doc fee of $35. It is a few hundred below the TMV for that vehicle so I figured I got a decent deal. When I got to the dealer, he had accidently deleted the email. Which was typical. In any event, I made copies of both my offer to him specifically and his reply. I wanted on of two colors and they said those colors were very hard to find. I might wait a month or two. Being that I work on a ship that doesn't really make much difference to me so I said fine. They kept insisting I chose another color. I'm not sure if they were lying about the fact the particular color was not available so they could get me to buy one off the lot. Anyway, long story short I didn't want to come all the way over there for nothing so I put $500 down to hold the vehicle when it shows up. Can they order that specific vehicle if you want, or is it true when they say the cars just come randomly to their dealership every month from Japan? Is my only option to wait for the car?
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Replying to: juicymoose (Jan 17, 2006 7:13 am) All dealers would rather you buy a car that is on the lot, because no sale is final, until delivery takes place.. A bird in hand... so to speak.. If you want a particular color, I'd try to stay in contact with them weekly, to let them know you are serious, and to keep them focused on the task. regards, kyfdx Host-Prices Paid Forums
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